Werner Abrolat was a German

Germany

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 actor

Actor

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 best known for his role as various characters in the West German

West Germany

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 crime-drama television series Tatort

Tatort

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...

.

Abrolat first appeared in a number of Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...

 Italian films in the mid 1960s, appearing as a member of Indio's gang in the 1965 Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

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 film For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a supporting role as a secondary villain...

in only his second role.

In the early 1970s he made a number of films as a voice actor providing the voice for the character of Tjure in Vicky the Viking

Vicky the Viking

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. From the mid 1970s he mostly appeared in German films and German television

Television

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 in the 1980s and 1990s until his death in 1997.

Selected filmography

• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 3, Episode 11: "Das Superding" (1976)
• The Expulsion from Paradise
  The Expulsion from Paradise
  The Expulsion from Paradise is a 1977 German comedy film directed by Niklaus Schilling. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Herb Andress - Andy Paulisch* Elke Haltaufderheide - Astrid Paulisch...
  
  (1977)
• Herzlich willkommen
  Herzlich willkommen
  Herzlich willkommen is a 1990 German drama film directed by Hark Bohm. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Uwe Bohm as Friedrich Dombrowski* David Bohm as Fritz* Barbara Auer as Elke Kramer* Hark Bohm as Direktor Dr...
  
  (1990)