Millions of viewers know him above all as the friendly doctor on board the “dream ship”: actor Horst Naumann has now died at the age of 98. He was a film, television and stage actor as well as a radio play speaker.
German television actor Horst Naumann has died at the age of 98. A ZDF spokeswoman confirmed his death to the dpa news agency. The “Münchner Merkur” had previously reported on it. According to the information, the Duisburg resident died last Monday.
Naumann’s best-known role was that of the ship’s doctor Dr. Horst Schröder in the ZDF series “The Dream Ship”. But in his more than 50-year career in theater, film, television and radio plays, he also played Dr. in the ZDF series “The Black Forest Clinic” from 1986 to 1989. Romans.
Successful in many genres
Naumann was a trained theater actor. His screen career began in the early 1950s in films from the East German DEFA studios. He moved to West Germany and was seen in numerous popular ZDF series from the 1960s onwards.
The Dresden native was also a sought-after voice actor with hundreds of speaking roles. His distinctive voice could also be heard in numerous radio plays.