The actor Dieter Schaad (crime scene, Lindenstrasse) is dead. He died “suddenly and unexpectedly” last Saturday at the age of 96 in his hometown of Wiesbaden, as his agency confirmed. She relies on information from Schaad’s widow.
“We mourn the loss of a great actor and a warm-hearted person who was interested and committed into old age,” said the managing director of the agency 60plus, Ulrike Boldt, the German press agency. “14 days ago I visited Dieter and his wife in Wiesbaden and was fascinated by his esprit, his curiosity and his humor.”
From 1945 to 1947 Schaad attended acting school in his hometown of Wiesbaden. In addition to engagements in Worms, Bielefeld, Krefeld, Cologne, Darmstadt and Wiesbaden, among others, he was in front of the camera in more than 120 film and television productions. Most recently, in December 2022, he shot the Cologne WDR program directed by Nina Wolfrumcrime scene “The Last of Others,” which is still airing.