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- Height5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
- Rolf Schimpf was born on November 14, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Old Fox (1977), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Ida Rogalski (1969). He was married to Ilse Zielstorff. He died on March 22, 2025 in Pullach, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpousesIlse Zielstorff(1968 - May 25, 2015) (her death)? (divorced, 1 child)
- German character actor, best known as successor to Siegfried Lowitz in the TV crime series Der Alte (as Kriminalhauptkommissar Leo Kress).
- Began his career after the war as an employee of the food manufacturing firm Hengstenberg.
- Lengthy theatrical career from the late 50s with engagements in Lucerne and Berne, Switzerland, and in Germany at the Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart, in Lübeck and Hamburg at the Künstlertheater and at the Hamburger Kammerspiele.
- Son of naval offer Hans Schimpf (1897-1935).
- Served as an artillery officer during World War II.
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