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Acting

Edgar Bessen

Career: Active from 1961 to 2012, with a break from 2002 to 2011, busiest in 1966 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Legend of Tim Tyler: The Boy Who Lost His Laugh
69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edgar Bessen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
0.6, average 2.0
Satire & Parody
1.1, average 2.3
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 2
Character-Driven 2
Crime Investigation 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

116

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Weihnachten … ohne mich, mein Schatz!

as Opa Friedrich

2000s

5 titles · average score 61

Hamburg Dockland

57

TV show · as Robert Heidrich / Herr Rose

Das Duo

TV show · as Notar

Jud Süß – Ein Film als Verbrechen?

as Peter Paul Brauer

Neues aus Büttenwarder

TV show · as Reporter

Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman

65

TV show

1990s

20 titles · average score 61

Die Cleveren

TV show · as Kriminalhauptkommissar Geroldt

Ein Mann steht seine Frau

TV show · as Direktor König

Küstenwache

53

TV show · as Stadtrat Körner

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

TV show · as Herr Hallstein

Angst hat eine kalte Hand

as Colleague

Der gefälschte Sommer

as Bauer Jensen

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall

TV show · as Revierchef / Alfons 'Alfi' Möller

Adelheid und ihre Mörder

70

TV show · as Kirchhoff

Freunde fürs Leben

TV show · as Admiral Helmut

Heimatgeschichten

TV show · as Gerd Hollenstedt / Nachfolger

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

as Siegfried Lorenz

Hotel Paradies

TV show · as Oberkommissar Brest

1980s

24 titles · average score 60

TV show · as Perschke

Zwei Münchner in Hamburg

TV show · as Polizei-Einsatzleiter

The Country Doctor

TV show · as Rechtsanwalt Brodersen

Großstadtrevier

61

TV show · as Herr Linke / Henner Gusch

Ein Fall für TKKG

TV show · as Kommissar Glockner

Die Schwarzwaldklinik

61

TV show · as Dr. Mörsenbach

Ein Heim für Tiere

TV show · as Konrad Menzel

Konsul Möllers Erben

TV show · as Roggenstroh

Schwarz Rot Gold

TV show · as Globig

A Case For Two

60

TV show · as Herbert Lersch

Der Schatz des Priamos

as Müllerbursche

Achtung Zoll

TV show · as Schmitt

1970s

36 titles · average score 65

The Legend of Tim Tyler: The Boy Who Lost His Laugh

69

TV show · as Mr. Rickert

Ohnsorg Theater - Mudder Mews

as Sohn

Ohnsorg Theater - Die Chefin

as Karl Sprinkmann

Ohnsorg Theater - Frauen an Bord

as Peter Fly

Schließfach 763

as Schmidt

Supermarket

66

as zweiter Polizist

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

60

as 2. Aufseher

Ohnsorg Theater - Michel und Micaela

as Michel

Ohnsorg Theater - Vier Frauen um Kray

as Hein Kohrs

Ohnsorg Theater - Mein Mann der fährt zur See

as Adrian

Geschäfte mit Plückhahn

as Volker Neuwirt

Scene of the Crime

66

TV show · as Herr Westphal / Holm

1960s

30 titles

Ohnsorg Theater - Schneider Nörig

as Schlossergeselle Hannes

Ohnsorg Theater - Verteufelte Zeiten

as Heiko Herkens

Ohnsorg Theater - Peter Pink

as Max - ihr Sohn

Ohnsorg Theater - Tratsch im Treppenhaus

as Dieter Brummer

Ohnsorg Theater - Nichts gegen Frauen

as Rolf Petersen

Ohnsorg Theater - Die Königin von Honolulu

as Tetje

Preis der Freiheit

as Postenführer

Ohnsorg Theater - Gastwirt Goebel

as Bernhard Butenschön

Wilhelmsburger Freitag

as Jan Ahlers

Ohnsorg Theater - Vater Philipp

as Jan

Ohnsorg Theater - De dolle deern

as Bölts sien Olm

Ohnsorg Theater - Opa wird verkauft

as Schorsch Kulenkamp