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German character actor, best known as successor to Siegfried Lowitz in the TV crime series Der Alte (as Kriminalhauptkommissar Leo Kress).

Began his career after the war as an employee of the food manufacturing firm Hengstenberg.

Lengthy theatrical career from the late 50s with engagements in Lucerne and Berne, Switzerland, and in Germany at the Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart, in Lübeck and Hamburg at the Künstlertheater and at the Hamburger Kammerspiele.

Son of naval offer Hans Schimpf (1897-1935).

Served as an artillery officer during World War II.