Overview
- He died on December 22, 2025, in Wildberg, Baden-Württemberg, with family present and was buried in a small private ceremony, according to SWR citing his family.
- He became widely known nationwide as the landlord Rominger in the Stuttgart Tatort alongside Kommissar Bienzle.
- His breakthrough came in the 1960s on SDR radio with the street-sweeper duo Karle und Gottlob with Werner Veidt, following his first stage appearance in 1945.
- SWR has adjusted Saturday’s schedule to air at 20:15 the 45‑minute profile “Ein Jahrhundert Leben! Der Schauspieler Walter Schultheiß” and at 21:00 the film Global Player – Wo wir sind isch vorne, with both available in the ARD Mediathek.
- He received the Federal Cross of Merit in 1987 and later Baden‑Württemberg honors, and in recent years lived in Wildberg with his son Götz and his two granddaughters.