ACTOR

Horst Tappert

1923 - 2008

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Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama Derrick. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horst Tappert has received more than 297,850 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Tappert is the 762nd most popular actor (down from 682nd in 2019), the 1,174th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,048th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Actor.

Horst Tappert is a German actor, singer, and entertainer. He is most famous for hosting the German version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Horst Tappert ranks 762 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Parillaud, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Balsam, Wentworth Miller, Kelly Lynch, and Max Wright. After him are Sofía Vergara, Scott Wilson, Lila Kedrova, Annette Bening, David Duchovny, and Charles Chaplin Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Horst Tappert ranks 54. Before him are Aristides Pereira, Walter Kohn, Queen Anne of Romania, Norman Mailer, Linda Christian, and Stephanie Kwolek. After him are Dev Anand, Freeman Dyson, Victoria de los Ángeles, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Merton Miller. Among people deceased in 2008, Horst Tappert ranks 52. Before him are Robert Rauschenberg, Janez Drnovšek, Phil Hill, Dino Risi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Dorothy Vaughan. After him are Tassos Papadopoulos, Joshua Lederberg, Rajko Mitić, Sufi Abu Taleb, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Henri Cartan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Tappert ranks 1,174 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Alfred Krupp (1812), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Mesut Özil (1988), and Franz Josef Strauss (1915). After him are Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), and Franz Ehrle (1845).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Horst Tappert ranks 18. Before him are Horst Buchholz (1933), Hardy Krüger (1928), Emmy Göring (1893), Gert Fröbe (1913), Karin Schubert (1944), and Lale Andersen (1905). After him are Erika Mann (1905), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Til Schweiger (1963), Christiane F. (1962), Diane Kruger (1976), and Anne Wiazemsky (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

Derrick
Stephan Derrick
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Derrick contre Superman
Derrick (archive footage)
Derrick and his deputy, Harry Klein, back from holidays, discover that french TV channel 5 is dead. They'll have to build a plan to create a new "new 5 channel". They'll be helped by Starsky & Hutch, Matt Houston, Captain Kirk or french inspector Navarro, while Superman, assisted by Number 6 and Roger Moore, will try to thwart their plan.
Jan 1st 19926.8 / 10
Gorilla Gang
Insp. David Perkins
When another dead elderly gentleman is fished out of the Thames, Inspector David Perkins is convinced that the gorilla gang is active again. On a doll found with the body, characters of an African language are discovered. Together with Sergeant Pepper and language specialist Susan MacPherson, the search for the head of the gang begins.
Sep 1st 19685.406 / 10