Overview
- His family confirmed he died on December 22, 2025 in Wildberg at age 101 and that he was laid to rest in a small private ceremony.
- SWR adjusts tonight’s schedule to air the 45-minute portrait “Der Schauspieler Walter Schultheiß – Ein Jahrhundert Leben!” at 20:15 and the 2013 film “Global Player – Wo wir sind isch vorne” at 21:00, with both also available in the ARD Mediathek.
- He gained nationwide recognition on television as Bienzle’s landlord Rominger in Stuttgart’s Tatort and earlier became a radio fixture with Werner Veidt as the “Karle und Gottlob” street-sweeper duo on SDR.
- Active into his 90s, he took his first cinema lead in 2013’s Global Player and later appeared in Laible und Frisch, often working alongside his wife, actress Trudel Wulle, who died in 2021.
- Over seven decades he received major honors including the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (1987), Baden-Württemberg’s state merit medal (2003) and the Baden-Württembergische Ehrenfilmpreis (2013).