10 Facts About Dieter Hallervorden

Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden was born on 5 September 1935 and is a German actor, comedian, cabaret artist and singer.

Dieter Hallervorden achieved great popularity in German-speaking countries in the mid-1970s with the slapstick series Nonstop Nonsens and his character Didi.

Nathalie Dieter Hallervorden co-starred in the TV series Die Nervensage and had a brief appearance together with her parents in Nonstop Nonsens.

Johannes Dieter Hallervorden plays the part of Melchior von und zu Panke, the ghost from the TV series Binny and the Ghost.

Dieter Hallervorden starred as a bumbling, Clouseau-like detective in the German television show Die Didi-Show.

Dieter Hallervorden released a number of music singles, often parodies of popular songs, among them "Du, die Wanne ist voll", a very successful parody cover of "You're the One That I Want".

An Afrikaans-subtitled version of the comedy sketch-show, Nonstop Nonsens, starring Dieter Hallervorden, was broadcast in South Africa in the early 1980s under the title Grapjas Didi.

Dieter Hallervorden played the lead role in the film Didi - Der Doppelganger, which was released in 1984.

In recent years, Dieter Hallervorden was popular with the leading roles in the comedy-drama films Back on Track and Head Full of Honey.

Dieter Hallervorden provided the voice for Vlad in the German dub of Hotel Transylvania 2.