--- name: "Walter Sedlmayr" canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-sedlmayr" fi1m_id: "walter-sedlmayr" imdb_id: "nm0781356" tmdb_id: 2741 wikidata_id: "Q66519" roles: [] born: "6 January 1926" died: "14 July 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-26T17:54:37.845997+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." --- # Walter Sedlmayr ## Identity Walter Sedlmayr - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-sedlmayr - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** walter-sedlmayr - **IMDb ID:** nm0781356 - **TMDB ID:** 2741 - **Wikidata ID:** Q66519 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sedlmayr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781356/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2741 Actor. Born 6 January 1926 in Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic [now Germany]. Died 14 July 1990. ## Details - **Born:** 6 January 1926, Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic [now Germany] - **Died:** 14 July 1990 - **Active:** 1974–1975 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sedlmayr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781356/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2741 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Walter Sedlmayr (6 January 1926 – 14 July 1990) was a German stage, television and film actor from Munich. After wartime service and a Notabitur in 1945, he began his career with minor roles at the Münchner Kammerspiele and in Heimatfilme of the 1940s and 1950s. He gained wider recognition through his association with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, appearing in *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974) as Mr. Angermayer, *Fox and His Friends* (1975) and other films. His breakthrough came with the leading role in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s *Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehemaliger Hofkoch wird* (1972). Sedlmayr became a popular Volksschauspieler in long-running television series including *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977–1988). Sedlmayr was murdered in his Munich apartment in July 1990; the case received extensive media coverage. Two former business associates were convicted of the crime in 1993. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Car Dealer — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) - *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Fi1m 88, as Mr. Angermayer — [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Küchengeschichten* (1991), series, as Wirt - *Der Schwammerlkönig* (1988), series, as Dädy Schwaiger - *Eichbergers besondere Fälle* (1988), series, as Herr Eichberger - *Rambo Zambo* (1984), as Haslinger - *Unsere schönsten Jahre* (1983), series, as Seidl - *Der nächste, bitte!* (1983), series, as Dr.med. Franz Waagreiner - *Monaco Franze* (1983), series, as Felix Hallerstein - *Mein Freund der Scheich* (1981), as Grindel - *Der Millionenbauer* (1979), series, as Josef Hartinger - *Vater Seidl und sein Sohn* (1979), series, as Vater Ludwig Seidl - *Anton Sittinger* (1979), as Anton Sittinger - *Seehundskomödie* (1978), as Eichwald - *Eichholz & Söhne* (1977), series, as Dritter Skatfreund - *Die Jugendstreiche des Knaben Karl* (1977), as Vater Fey - *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977), series, as Franz Schöninger - *The Old Fox* (1977), series, as Ziesenhut, Herbert Smolka - *Der Komödienstadel - Der verkaufte Großvater* (1976), as Haslinger - *Alle Jahre wieder – Die Familie Semmeling* (1976), series, as Reiseleiter Wiesner - *Hände gut alles gut* (1976), Actor - *Spannagl & Sohn* (1975), series, as Gustav Spannagl - *Spannagl und Sohn* (1975), series, as Gustav Spannagel - *Cold Blood* (1975), as Franz Grendel - *Lina Braake* (1975), as Emil Schöner - *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Car Dealer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) - *Das Andechser Gefühl* (1975), Actor - *Ein deutsches Attentat* (1975), as Ingenieur Miller - *Hahnenkampf* (1975), as Apotheker - *Die Schießübung* (1975), as Maximilian Raab - *Die Kurpfuscherin* (1974), as Ritter von Grundner - *Derrick* (1974), series, as Mr. Huber, Koch - *Der Herr Kottnik* (1974), series, as Alfred Kottnik - *Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal* (1974), as Franz Josef Reyer - *Die Ameisen kommen* (1974), as Kommissar - *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), as Mr. Angermayer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) - *Steig ein und stirb* (1973), as Leidinger - *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Janitor - *Macbett* (1973), as Candor - *The Experts* (1973), Actor - *Geschichte der Atombombe* (1973), as Prof. Walter Süß - *Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird* (1973), as Theodor Hierneis · Screenplay - *Drei Partner* (1973), series, as Herr Kottnick - *Bremen Freedom* (1972), as Pastor Markus - *A Free Woman* (1972), Actor - *Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day* (1972), series, as Witwer - *The Morals of Ruth Halbfass* (1972), as Waffenhändler - *The Merchant of Four Seasons* (1972), as Karren-Verkäufer - *Das provisorische Leben* (1971), Actor - *Mathias Kneißl* (1971), as Polizist - *Pioneers in Ingolstadt* (1971), as Fritz - *Rio das Mortes* (1971), as Sekretär - *Die Münchner Räterepublik* (1971), Actor - *Das Glöcklein unterm Himmelbett* (1970), as Judge - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Dünnkitz, Pröpper - *The Niklashausen Journey* (1970), as Pastor - *Baal* (1970), as Anwalt Pschierer - *Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin* (1969), series, as Daxinger - *Das Vermächtnis* (1969), as Redakteur - *Der Rückfall* (1969), Actor - *Frei bis zum nächsten Mal* (1969), as Bürgermeister - *Der Staudamm* (1969), series, as Hering - *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Polizist, U-Bahn-Kontrolleur, Bürgermeister, Alfons Tolke - *Die Unbekannte aus der Seine* (1968), as Polizist - *Magdalena* (1966), as Johann Plank - *Italienische Nacht* (1966), as Engelbert - *Pater Brown* (1966), series, as Privatdetektiv Muggleton - *Die fromme Helene* (1965), as Bauer Knoll - *Radetzkymarsch* (1965), series, as Rittmeister Taittinger - *Bei Tag und Nacht* (1964), as Celio - *Am Sonntag gehört Vati uns* (1964), series, Director - *Hafenpolizei* (1963), series, as Loetz - *Das Kriminalmuseum* (1963), series, as Alois Hirsch, Bahnwärter, Herr Schmiedl, Renz, Drogist - *Nach Mitternacht im Studio* (1963), Director - *Einen Jux will er sich machen* (1962), as Kraps - Hausknecht - *Der Marquis von Keith* (1962), as Raspe, Kriminalkommissar - *When Worlds Collide* (1961), as Ein Gendarm - *Ein gewisses Röcheln - Hitchcocktail für starke Nerven* (1960), Director, Writer - *Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil* (1959), as Alois Permaneder - *People in the Net* (1959), Actor - *Dorothea Angermann* (1959), as Willi - *Der Schäfer vom Trutzberg* (1959), as Eberhard von Trutzberg - *Der Pauker* (1958), as Aushilfslehrer - *Heiraten verboten* (1957), as Lois Haflinger - *Der Jäger von Fall* (1957), as Loisl - *Help - She Loves Me* (1956), as Schnecki - *Three Girls from the Rhine* (1955), Actor - *Der Frontgockel* (1955), as Beni Banzinger - *Waltz King* (1955), as Konditor Franz - *Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe* (1955), Actor - *Rosen-Resli* (1954), as Theo - *The Little Town will go to Sleep* (1954), Actor - *Ehestreik* (1953), as Wimpflinger - *Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau* (1952), as Muckl - *Zwei Menschen* (1952), as Martin - *Heidelberger Romanze* (1951), as Wirt - *Die drei Dorfheiligen* (1949), as Schwälble ## Awards ### Other awards — 5 won - Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1984: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - Bayerischer Poetentaler 1983: Bayerischer Poetentaler (won) - Ludwig Thoma Medal 1978: Ludwig Thoma Medal (won) - German Film Award 1973: German Film Award (won), for *Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird* - Grimme-Preis 1973: Grimme-Preis (won), for *Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/walter-sedlmayr