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With Horst Tappert (l.) in “Derrick” in 1973: Harry, the eternal sidekick
Photo: Peter Bischoff / Getty Images
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With Horst Tappert (l.) in “Derrick” in 1973: Harry, the eternal sidekick
Photo: Goebel / picture-alliance / dpa
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Fritz Wepper (M.) in “Die Brücke” in 1959: Barely 18 and already a leading role
Photo: Film Publicity Archive / United Archives / Getty Images
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Wepper in Munich in 1973 while filming the crime series “The Inspector”: On the way to becoming a television star
Photo: Georg Göbel / picture alliance
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With friend Princess Angela of Hohenzollern in Canada in 1978: Beyond the tranquility of German television
Photo: Peter Bischoff / Getty Images
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Wepper as a cartoon version in the “Derrick” homage: “Harry, get the car!”
Photo: UIP / picture-alliance / dpa
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With his brother Elmar in the series “Two Brothers”: Fritz, the older
Photo: United Archives / kpa / IMAGO
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With Janina Hartwig in the series “For Heaven's Sake”: long-running hit with the ringing of bells, in which Wepper played the scheming mayor
Photo: Armin Weigel / dpa