Diether Krebs was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian.
16 Facts About Diether Krebs
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Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a stationery shop owner.
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Diether Krebs's godfather was Diether Posser, a lawyer, SPD politician and erstwhile Minister for Justice and Finance for North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Diether Krebs took acting lessons at the renowned "Folkwangschule" school of performing arts in the Ruhrgebiet and took on his first role at the theatre in Oberhausen, followed by some small film roles.
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From 1973, Diether Krebs became famous for his role as "Michael Graf" in the legendary comedy series Ein Herz und eine Seele, the German version of Till Death Us Do Part.
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Diether Krebs played the same character as Tony Booth's Mike, the left-wing son-in-law of Alfred Tetzlaff, played by Heinz Schubert.
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In 1978, Diether Krebs turned to crime series: for eight years, from 1978 to 1986, he played "Dieter Herrle", the miserable chief detective in the series SOKO 5113.
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Diether Krebs made several guest appearances in the well known detective series Tatort, as well as in the famous Polizeiruf 110 and Der Alte.
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Diether Krebs achieved more success as a cabaret artist and comedian: in 1981, he made regular appearances on Rudis Tagesshow with Rudi Carrell, alongside Beatrice Richter and Klaus Havenstein.
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Diether Krebs left his series, again because of disagreements with the producer.
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From 1985 to 1987 Diether Krebs achieved cult status with his comedy series Sketchup in which he took on a wide range of different characters, accompanied at first by Beatrice Richter and then by Iris Berben.
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Diether Krebs worked as a television presenter, for example hosting the New Year Gala on MDR from 1996 and the Goldene Henne media award ceremony in 1999, on MDR.
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The last years of Diether Krebs's life were marked by his dwindling success and serious illness.
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Diether Krebs was a strong smoker and by then he was suffering from lung cancer.
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In 1999, Diether Krebs played his last role in the Ruhrgebiet-based action comedy film Bang Boom Bang.
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Diether Krebs was scheduled to act in the longer cinema version of the film but died 8 months prior from lung cancer.