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Swabian Actor Walter Schultheiß Dies at 101

SWR, citing his family, reported his December 22 death in Wildberg at age 101.

Overview

  • He was buried in a small private ceremony, according to SWR.
  • He became widely known on television as Vermieter Rominger in the Bienzle installments of Tatort.
  • Born in Tübingen on May 25, 1924, he first appeared on stage in 1945 and later held an early engagement at the Stuttgarter Volkstheater.
  • He formed the radio duo Karle und Gottlob at the then Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where the street-sweeper sketches became a Saturday fixture.
  • SWR Intendant Kai Gniffke praised his enduring influence, noting he worked into old age and most recently appeared for SWR with his wife in the film Laible und Frisch – Do goht dr Doig, while living at home in Wildberg with his family.