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Actor Ralf Wolter died at the age of 95

The film and television actor Ralf Wolter is dead.

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Actor Ralf Wolter died at the age of 95

The film and television actor Ralf Wolter is dead. His wife confirmed this to the German Press Agency on Friday in Munich. She did not provide any further information. Wolter was 95 years old, he had withdrawn from the public years ago.

Born in Berlin, he became known, among other things, through several Karl May films from the 1960s - he played Sam Hawkens, the companion of Old Shatterhand - and was also a popular guest star in many television crime thrillers, for example in "Tatort", in "Der Alte", "Ein Schloss am Wörthersee" or "Coast Guard".

His signature role, however, was that of the odd but quick-witted trapper with the crooked wig - his character Sam Hawkens, as viewers of the popular "Winnetou" film series knew, was once scalped by Indians.

Many viewers also associate Wolter with the film role of a second Karl May character: that of Haji Halef Omar Ben Haji Abul Abbas Ibn Haji Dawuhd al Gossarah.

His performances alongside Pierre Brice and Lex Barker are probably the ones that audiences will remember the most to this day. Ralf Wolter had his last appearance in a film in 2012, in Bis zum Horizont, dann links.

The actor, who has lived in the Bavarian capital for many decades, was born in Berlin. His father was a circus artist, his mother a musician. After attending drama school, Wolter began as a cabaret artist. Theater stations were stages in Berlin and Potsdam, later Munich.

In addition to his acting career, Wolter also made headlines privately for the first time in 2002: three people died in a car accident on the A24, which the then 75-year-old caused himself by making a risky turning maneuver.

Wolter, who had also left the scene of the accident without permission, was later sentenced to ten months' imprisonment and a fine for negligent homicide.

The resident of Munich leaves behind his wife Edith and two children.

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