Dietz Werner Steck(1936-2016)

Dietz Werner was born in Waiblingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg. His grandfather Caspar Alberti was an actor in Nuremberg. This animated Dietz Werner at an early age to imitate his fellow human beings especially the local pharmacist which made it difficult for the family to get medicine at the only pharmacy. He went to Rudolf Steiner School where his artistic gifts were encouraged and his desire to become an actor grew. After his three-year training in Stuttgart his first engagement led him to Lueneburg. Engagements at the Wuerttemberg national theatre Stuttgart followed where he remained for more than 30 years. He played the whole spectrum from classical to modern, large and small roles. There Swabian author Felix Huby saw him on stage and had found the personification of his famed Stuttgart superintendent Bientzle. Since 1990 Dietz Werner does two episodes of "Tatort - Superindendent Bientzle" a year. Now also different television offers came pouring in. However, Steck remained faithful to the theatre and played the "Goetz of Berlichingen" at the original setting in Jagsthausen. In Stuttgart he performed in Moliere's "The Miser" as "Entaklemmer" (Swabian title) in his best Swabian dialect. In best Saxonian dialect he played composer Richard Wagner at the premiere of the musical "Ludwig II" in Fuessen/Bavaria. Presently he performs on stage in Stuttgart at the "Komoedie im Marquardt" with Walter Schultheiss in Felix Huby's play "Gruess Gott Herr Minischter" until March 2005. He lives with his wife Hannah in Stuttgart.