RIP Rolf Becker

 

"In aller Freundschaft" actor Rolf Becker died

WLZ

By Michelle Brey

12/12/2025

 

The TV world is in mourning. Actor Rolf Becker has died. He starred in the series "In aller Freundschaft", among others.

Hamburg – The actor Rolf Becker is dead. The Hamburg resident, father of actors Meret and Ben Becker, died on Friday at the age of 90 in Hamburg. This was confirmed by St. Pauli pastor Sieghard Wilm to the German Press Agency. The Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) had first reported.

In the ARD series "In alle Freundschaft" Becker played the pensioner character Otto Stein since 2006 - and thus became known to an audience of millions. According to NDR, he died in a hospice in the Hanseatic city. Later this year, in addition to his series role, he also appeared in the theater - in his own production: "The Raft of the Damned".

Born in Leipzig in 1935, Becker made a career in the theatre as well as in film and television. Growing up in northern Germany, Becker studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich after graduating from high school. After stations in Munich, Darmstadt and Ulm, he moved to the Theater Bremen in 1963, where he also directed himself. In his adopted home of Hamburg, he was later a member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the Thalia Theater, among others.

Becker became one of the most sought-after theater actors and also made a career in television and film ("Trenck" series, 1971, "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum", 1976). He also made a name for himself as a narrator of audio books with his distinctive voice. From 1997 to 2004 he played "Jedermann" in Hamburg's Speicherstadt.

Becker has passed on his acting talent to his children Ben and Meret Becker from his marriage to actress Monika Hansen. Since 1980, Becker has been married to actress Sylvia Wempner, with whom he has two biological sons and an adopted son.

BECKER, Rolf

B: 3/31/1935, Leipzig, Danzig, Germany

D: 12/12/2025, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany