CabaretActor Fritz Wepper Dead at 82

Mar. 15, 2025

Fritz Wepper.Photo:Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty

Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty

Fritz Wepper, star of the 1972 classicCabaret, has died. He was 82.

The German film and television actor died at a hospice facility in his hometown of Munich on Monday, his wife Susanne Kellermann announced, per theGerman newspaper Bild.

Wepper’s health took a deteriorating turn after a long illness,The Hollywood Reporterreported, citing that the late actor had life-threatening sepsis last year.

Wepper was well known in his native country for his illustrious acting career, particularly on the small screen, starring in such titles as the crime seriesDerrick(1974-98),High Society Murder(2007-2017) and in his last recurring role as a mayor inFor Heaven’s Sake(2002-2021).

German actor Wepper died at age 82 in a hospice on Munich on Monday.Everett

Everett

He bagged his first major role at age 18 in the Oscar-nominated 1959 anti-war filmThe Bridge.In the film, he played a young man on a suicide mission defending a bridge in the last days of World War II.

International audiences will recognize Wepper for his charismatic part as gigolo Fritz Wendel in the 1972 musicalCabaret, in which he starred alongsideLiza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey and Marisa Berenson.

The actor starred in the 1972 musical ‘Cabaret’.Everett

Wepper had suffered a series of health setbacks prior to his death.Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty

Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty

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