- Father of Meret Becker and Ben Becker, father-in-law of Alexander Hacke and Anne Seidel, son-in-law of Claire Schlichting, brother-in-law of Jonny Buchardt.
- As his father, an army officer, died in 1943, he was raised by his grand-parents.
- Attended acting lessons at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich from 1956 and 1958.
- Member and political activist of the German trade union ver.di.
- Has three children with his second wife Sylvia Wempner: Max, Emil and their adopted son Anton.
- His first acting roles were with the Munich Kammerspiele theater company. He also worked at Staatstheater Darmstadt and Theater Ulm before moving to Theater Bremen where he was the opera director.
- German television and voice actor known for his role of Otto Stein in the soap opera In aller Freundschaft.
- In 1963 he moved to the Bremen Theatre, where he also directed and, from 1965, was the opera's artistic director. He was dismissed without notice in 1969 and subsequently worked as a freelance actor.
- After graduating from school Becker attended the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich from 1956 to 1958 where he studied acting. During his time in education he earned money as a stage technician.
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