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Arthur Brauss

Died
August 29, 2025
Age
89 years

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Arthur Brauss, 89, German actor (Cross of Iron, Hot Pavements of Cologne, The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty).

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Arthur Brauss (24 July 1936 – 29 August 2025) was a German actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Arthur Brauss was born in Augsburg, Germany, on 24 July 1936, the son of a gardener. In 1954 he became Germany's youth champion in pole-vaulting and a member of the national athletics team. In the same year, he graduated from high school in Augsburg. After an apprenticeship at a construction machinery factory, Brauss received a scholarship from the University of Wyoming and studied mathematics and economics while also discovering his interest in acting.

In 1960 he returned to Germany and worked at Radio Free Europe. In 1963, under the direction of Rolf Hädrich, he made his cinema debut in Verspätung in Marienborn as a military policeman. In the ZDF children's series Timm Thaler (1979), Brauss appeared as a first officer on a ship.

As a voice actor, Brauss lent his voice to Dennis Hopper, Brian Dennehy, Max von Sydow, Stephen McHattie, Robbie Coltrane, and others.

He became well known as police officer Richard Block in Jürgen Roland's television series Großstadtrevier. In addition to his international work, Brauss portrayed various roles in Tatort and Der Alte. He made guest appearances in Café Meineid, Münchner Geschichten [de], Das Kriminalmuseum, Siska, Auf Achse, Wolffs Revier, Ein Fall für TKKG, Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, Polizeiinspektion 1, Kottan ermittelt, Der Kommissar, Balko, Polizeiruf 110, SOKO München and Der Staatsanwalt [de]. Brauss participated in over 190 film and television productions.

In 2014, Brauss had largely retired from German television and worked mainly in theater. In 2009, he took over the role of Götz von Berlichingen at the Burgfestspiele [de] in Jagsthausen. He lived in the Munich district of Schwabing for over 40 years, and after more than 50 years of partnership, he married Marie Poccolin in 2024. Brauss died on 29 August 2025 at the age of 89 in his Munich apartment.

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