- Joachim Fuchsberger
Joachim Fuchsberger (born
March 11 ,1927 in Zuffenhausen, today a district ofStuttgart ) is a German actor and television host best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in variousEdgar Wallace movies (always playing one of the good guys, often a Detective Inspector withScotland Yard ).Fuchsberger was a
parachutist duringWorld War II . His nickname Blacky, which has been incessantly used by the media, hails from that time. In the English-speaking world, he is sometimes credited as Akim Berg or Berger.He withdrew from film and television work in the 1970s and concentrated on his stage career. Only in the late 1990s did he start reappearing in some television movies.
Fuchsberger was also the stadium announcer at the
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.He has been married to actress
Gundula Korte since 1954. Their son, Thomas (born 1957), is a composer. Fuchsberger lives inMunich and nearHobart ,Tasmania .Persondata
NAME= Fuchsberger, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Berg, Akim; Berger, Akim
SHORT DESCRIPTION=German actor and television host
DATE OF BIRTH=March 11 ,1927
PLACE OF BIRTH=Zuffenhausen, today a district ofStuttgart , Germany
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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