---
name: "Peter Chatel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-chatel"
fi1m_id: "peter-chatel"
imdb_id: "nm0153998"
tmdb_id: 39006
wikidata_id: "Q90029"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 December 1943"
died: "25 August 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:01:06.711290+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Chatel

## Identity

Peter Chatel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-chatel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-chatel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0153998
- **TMDB ID:** 39006
- **Wikidata ID:** Q90029
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39006

Actor. Born 7 December 1943 in Bad Segeberg, Germany. Died 25 August 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 December 1943, Bad Segeberg, Germany
- **Died:** 25 August 1986
- **Also known as:** Peter Schlätel, Peter Schlaetel, Peter Chatell
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39006

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fox and His Friends*](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) (78)

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## Biography

Peter Chatel, born Peter Schlätel, was a German actor. He was born on 7 December 1943 in Bad Segeberg and died on 25 August 1986 in Hamburg.

He trained at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Hamburg and made his stage debut in 1967 at the Zimmertheater in Heidelberg. Chatel appeared in several films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including *The Merchant of Four Seasons* (1972), *Martha* (1974) and *Fox and His Friends* (1975), in which he played Eugen Thiess.

He also worked in Italy and received an acting prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 1970 for his role in *Gradiva*. Other credits include *The Assassination of Trotsky* (1972) and episodes of the series *Derrick*.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Eugen Thiess — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Top Kids* (1987), as William Maybach
- *Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil* (1986), as Wilhelm Maybach
- *Spécial police* (1985), Actor
- *Un Uomo in Trappola* (1985), as Avvocato Freddi
- *Blaubart* (1984), Actor
- *A Glass Full of Snow* (1984), as don Angelo
- *Il momento dell'avventura* (1983), as Andrea
- *Today We're Playing Boss* (1981), Actor
- *Birgit Haas Must Be Killed* (1981), as Betz
- *Malou* (1981), Actor
- *Lili Marleen* (1981), as SA-Mann
- *Looping* (1981), as Sirmone
- *Jane is Jane Forever* (1977), as Eugen - Reporter
- *The Sorceror's Apprentice* (1977), as Alex
- *Satan’s Brew* (1976), as Eugen
- *Shadow of Angels* (1976), as Mann / Thomas
- *Die Erzählungen Bjelkins* (1976), Actor
- *Hinzelmeier* (1976), as Hinzelmeier
- *Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven* (1975), as Photograph
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Eugen Thiess — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Herr Fleischmann, Bernhard Molz, Jean Lucienne
- *Karl May* (1974), series, as Horace Herzfelder
- *La Paloma* (1974), as Raoul
- *Martha* (1974), as Kaiser
- *Motiv Liebe* (1974), series, as Michel Chardin
- *1 Berlin-Harlem* (1974), Actor
- *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Secretary of State Hirse
- *Tenderness of the Wolves* (1973), as Karl Meier
- *Tonight or Never* (1973), as Master
- *Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day* (1972), series, as Mann in der Anzeigenannahme
- *Who Saw Her Die?* (1972), as Philip Vernon
- *The Assassination of Trotsky* (1972), as Otto
- *The Merchant of Four Seasons* (1972), as Dr. Harlach
- *Gradiva* (1970), as Norbert
- *Oh, Grandmother's Dead* (1969), as Guido
- *Camille 2000* (1969), as Marguerite's Friend
- *Tonys Freunde* (1969), as Alain
- *Ein kleines Fest* (1969), as Sebastian Wenninger
- *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Mario Colani, Tanieff, Ulrich Faber, Andreas Herkel
- *Die rote Geldbörse* (1966), as Günter
- *Die Gefangenen von Murano* (1966), as Gondoliere Giulio

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