Horst Tappert

German actor (1923–2008)

Person human Q61608

Facts

30 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[23]
Date of birth: May 26, 1923
Date of death: December 13, 2008
Place of birth: Elberfeld
Place of death: Planegg
Country of citizenship: Germany^[11]
Occupation: television actor, actor, film actor, stage actor, film director
Award received: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Romy, Bavarian TV Awards, Bambi Award, Goldene Kamera, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Telestar, Willy Brandt Prize, Wound Badge (1939) in Black, Goldene Kamera, Telegatto^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Official website: www.agentur-palz.de^[31]
Cause of death: diabetes^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[34]
Described by source: Neue Deutsche Biographie^[33]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Family name: Tappert^[29]
Given name: Horst^[30]
Height: +1.87^[37]
Image harvest run: pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license: CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Image unavailable reason: no_pd_license
Manner of death: natural causes^[32]
Military branch: Waffen-SS^[24]
Military, police or special rank: Schütze^[25]
Name in native language: Horst Tappert^[35]

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Number of children: +3^[36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Schatkamer TV programs and their cast^[38]
P14750: A335-06F6-8CF0-764E-1D58
Participated in conflict: World War II^[28]
Place of burial: Gräfelfing^[10]
Residence: Gräfelfing^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en Horst Tappert fa هورست تاپرت ja ホルスト・タッペルト ko 호르스트 타파트 ru Хорст Тапперт uk Горст Тапперт zh 霍斯特·塔帕特 zh-hant 霍斯特・塔帕特

🔖 Identifiers · 54

ISNI: 0000000059346576
VIAF cluster ID: 14933552
Library of Congress authority ID: n99027503
GND ID: 117201669
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Horst Tappert (1969).jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p69851
AlloCiné person ID: 37567
American Film Institute person ID: 71126
Babelio author ID: 46891
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13532815s
CineMagia person ID: 570983
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 24969

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DDB person (GND) ID: 117201669
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 117201669
Discogs artist ID: 742049
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: horst-tappert
Evene ID: horst-tappert-40260
FAST ID: 431872
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_117201669
Film.ru person ID: horst-tappert
FilmTv.it person ID: 27102
Filmportal ID: 1239fcef55e7413195d45da5bc8ece20
Filmweb.pl person ID: 138616
Freebase ID: /m/0642lb
GTAA ID: 159918
IMDb ID: nm0850096
ISzDb person ID: 11610
IdRef ID: 050502786
JRC Names ID: 588177
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 117201669
Kallías ID: PE00050690
Kinobox person ID: 22139
Kinopoisk person ID: 308415
LdiF person ID: 80755
Letterboxd actor ID: horst-tappert
Letterboxd director ID: horst-tappert
LibraryThing author ID: tapperthorst
MYmovies actor ID (former scheme): 2388
MYmovies person ID: 2574
Munzinger person ID: 00000011778
MusicBrainz artist ID: 1329e412-c699-4fde-b304-75523ba43d66
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1443901
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 174848366
Open Media Database person ID: 18543
PORT person ID: 19911
SBN author ID: TO0V327892
SPAP ID: a/bc2d7a54-ac11-43e7-baaf-3504dcb8ebd5
Sceneweb artist ID: 33158
Swedish Film Database person ID: 147459
TMDB person ID: 18543
WikiTree person ID: Tappert-57
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjt7kHyGWCMBbHHKbxRrq
Yale LUX ID: person/713a240a-b4f4-47cf-b54f-fc52f4f0de91
ČSFD person ID: 5126

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Award received 5

Bambi Award, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Romy, Telestar, Wound Badge (1939) in Black

Occupation 5

actor, film director, film actor, stage actor, television actor

Cause of death 1

diabetes

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Given name 1

Horst

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Military branch 1

Waffen-SS

Military, police or special rank 1

Schütze

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of birth 1

Elberfeld

Place of burial 1

Gräfelfing

Place of death 1

Planegg

Residence 1

Gräfelfing

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Horst Tappert was born on May 26, 1923^[1], in Elberfeld^[2]. He died on December 13, 2008^[3], in Planegg^[4]. He worked as a television actor^[5], actor^[6], film actor^[7], stage actor^[8], and film director^[9].

FAQs

Where was Horst Tappert born?

Horst Tappert was born in Elberfeld^[2].

Where did Horst Tappert die?

Horst Tappert died in Planegg^[4].

What did Horst Tappert do for work?

Horst Tappert worked as a television actor^[5], actor^[6], film actor^[7], stage actor^[8], and film director^[9].

What awards did Horst Tappert receive?

Honors received include Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[12], Romy^[13], Bavarian TV Awards^[14], and Bambi Award^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Horst Tappert — place of birth (P19): Elberfeld. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Horst Tappert — place of death (P20): Planegg. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-30. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Horst Tappert — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Horst Tappert — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Horst Tappert — occupation (P106): television actor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Horst Tappert — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Horst Tappert — occupation (P106): film actor. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Horst Tappert — occupation (P106): stage actor. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Horst Tappert — occupation (P106): film director. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Horst Tappert — place of burial (P119): Gräfelfing. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Romy. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Bavarian TV Awards. Preisträger des Bayerischen Fernsehpreises 1989 – 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-22. stmwi.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Bambi Award. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Goldene Kamera. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Telestar. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Willy Brandt Prize. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Wound Badge (1939) in Black. welt.de. welt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Horst Tappert — award received (P166): Telegatto. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Horst Tappert — military branch (P241): Waffen-SS. welt.de. welt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Horst Tappert — military, police or special rank (P410): Schütze. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Horst Tappert — cause of death (P509): diabetes. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Horst Tappert — residence (P551): Gräfelfing. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Horst Tappert — date of birth (P569): May 26, 1923. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Horst Tappert — date of death (P570): December 13, 2008. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. variety.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Horst Tappert — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. Retrieved 2021-07-07. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Horst Tappert — family name (P734): Tappert. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Horst Tappert — given name (P735): Horst. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Horst Tappert — official website (P856): http://www.agentur-palz.de/Schauspieler/horst_tappert.htm. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Horst Tappert — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Horst Tappert — described by source (P1343): Neue Deutsche Biographie. Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2026-11-02. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Horst Tappert — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Horst Tappert — name in native language (P1559): Horst Tappert. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Horst Tappert — number of children (P1971): 3. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Horst Tappert — height (P2048): 1.87 m. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Horst Tappert — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject Dutch TV programs and their cast. schatkamer.beeldengeluid.nl. schatkamer.beeldengeluid.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Award received → Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Romy, Bavarian TV Awards +9

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On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Schatkamer TV programs and their cast

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