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 has a decades-long acting career behind him – 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”. * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA. (lin)
