Overview
- Becker died in Hamburg at age 90, with multiple outlets reporting he passed in a hospice and confirmation provided to dpa by Pastor Sieghard Wilm.
- He became widely known to TV audiences for portraying Otto Stein in ARD’s medical drama In aller Freundschaft, a role he held from 2006.
- Trained at Munich’s Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, he built a prominent stage career with Theater Bremen, Deutsches Schauspielhaus and Thalia Theater in Hamburg.
- His screen work included the Trenck series (1971) and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1976), and he performed Jedermann in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt from 1997 to 2004.
- He remained active late in life with a 2025 stage production titled Das Floß der Verdammten, appeared on camera with son Ben in 2022, and was also noted for past political advocacy including support for a clemency plea for RAF member Christian Klar.