As he was a talented photographer, some of his pictures were exhibited at the "documenta" in Kassel.
His character "Alfred Tetzlaff", a narrow-minded, politically incorrect square, on the hit show "Ein Herz und eine Seele" (1973) became the role of his life.
Is buried in the Wenningstedt cemetery on the island of Sylt.
Member of the famous Berliner Ensemble from 1951 until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. He was engaged by Bertolt Brecht personally.