Known from Loriot films and absolute cult series: Nikolaus Schilling is dead
Created: 01/02/2022 Updated: 01/02/2022 10:36 AM
From: Armin T. Linder
Nikolaus Schilling (r.), Here at a rehearsal for the play "The Robbery of the Sabine Women" in 1999 in Heppenheim.
© Arne Dedert / dpa
Mourning for a legendary actor: Nikolaus Schilling is dead. Not only Loriot fans know him, but also "Tatort" experts and the viewers of an absolute cult series.
Holzminden - Great mourning for actor Nikolaus Schilling: As it became known only several weeks later, he died on December 1st in the senior citizens' residence "Zur Weserbrücke" in Holzminden.
This is reported, among other things, by the
Daily Anzeiger
("TAH") and the
Westfalen-Blatt
.
The actor was 98 years old.
Nikolaus Schilling is dead - he starred in two Loriot films
According to the
TAH,
his last public appearance was
already nine years ago, after which his dwindling eyesight prevented more, he was almost blind.
Schilling can look back on a decade-long acting career - and became a legend in two ways.
On the one hand, he played in the two Loriot films "Ödipussi" and "Pappa ante portas".
Nikolaus Schilling is dead - "One heart and one soul" also made him known
On the other hand, he was part of the WDR cult series “A heart and a soul” about “Ekel Alfred”: Schilling played Otto Graf, the father of “Ekel Alfred” s son-in-law Michael.
The YouTube clip shows him on the door in gray from 1.35 minutes:
“The Loriot films and also the disgusting Alfred East Zone episode run on television every few months.
I still get feedback today - and I even watch the programs from time to time, ”he once explained to the
Westfalen-Blatt
.
"It is frightening that many of the colleagues like Heinz Schubert, Dieter Krebs, Elisabeth Wiedemann and Lotti Krekel from the 'One Heart and One Soul' team are all dead."
Schilling was also seen in numerous other German film and series productions as well as at the theater.
Among other things, "The Country Doctor", "A Case for the Fox" and "Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land" are in his vita, and he was seen in several "Tatort" episodes.
The fans also mourn a series legend from "Golden Girls".
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