Arthur Brauss

Arthur Brauss was a German actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Arthur Brauss was born in Augsburg, Germany, on 24 July 1936, the son of a gardener. In 1954 he became Germany's youth champion in pole-vaulting and a member of the national athletics team. In the same year, he graduated from high school in Augsburg. After an apprenticeship at a construction machinery factory, Brauss received a scholarship from the University of Wyoming and studied mathematics and economics while also discovering his interest in acting.
In 1960 he returned to Germany and worked at Radio Free Europe. In 1963, under the direction of Rolf Hädrich, he made his cinema debut in Verspätung in Marienborn as a military policeman. In the ZDF children's series Timm Thaler, Brauss appeared as a first officer on a ship.
As a voice actor, Brauss lent his voice to Dennis Hopper, Brian Dennehy, Max von Sydow, Stephen McHattie, Robbie Coltrane, and others.
He became well known as police officer Richard Block in Jürgen Roland's television series Großstadtrevier. In addition to his international work, Brauss portrayed various roles in Tatort and Der Alte. He made guest appearances in Café Meineid, '', Das Kriminalmuseum, Siska, Auf Achse, Wolffs Revier, Ein Fall für TKKG, Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, Polizeiinspektion 1, Kottan ermittelt, Der Kommissar, Balko, Polizeiruf 110, SOKO München and .'' Brauss participated in over 190 film and television productions.
In 2014, Brauss had largely retired from German television and worked mainly in theater. In 2009, he took over the role of Götz von Berlichingen at the in Jagsthausen. He lived in the Munich district of Schwabing for over 40 years, and after more than 50 years of partnership, he married Marie Poccolin in 2024. Brauss died on 29 August 2025 at the age of 89 in his Munich apartment.

Partial filmography

Stop Train 349, as I.M.P. The Train, as Lt. PilzerVon Ryan's Express, as Lt. Herman Gertel Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert, as Billy-Boy Hot Pavements of Cologne, as Paul Keil Carmen, Baby, as Garcia', as JoschiSette baschi rossi, as Captain De BrandDead Body on Broadway, as Hank

', as Mike', as Priest
', as Casanova Jonathan, as AdolfHauser's Memory, as BakJaider, der einsame Jäger, as Bastian$, as Candy ManThe Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, as BlochGeradeaus bis zum Morgen, as Luc
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, as Comrade MichailowCry of the Black Wolves, as Tornado KidThe Girl from Hong Kong, as Delgado', as Franz Kuppler, photographer Verflucht dies Amerika, as Sebastian Jennerwein
', as Abdul CarracoThe Swiss Conspiracy, as Andre Costa', as James WesleyCross of Iron, as Pvt. Zoll
', as ManfredMister Deathman, as Vincent NapierSlavers, as RustamTriangle of Venus, as HowardAvalanche Express, as NeckermannThe Rebel, as Klaus BeitzMein Freund Winnetou, as Lt. Robert MerrilEscape to Victory, as Capt. Lutz The Winds of War, as SS InterrogatorHappy Weekend Raffl Großstadtrevier, as Richard BlockIshtar, as German GunrunnerItinéraire d'un enfant gâté, as PhotographerGummibärchen küßt man nicht, as ColonelConfessional, as General MaslovskyMy Blue Heaven, as JudgeKnight Moves, as Viktor YurilivichWir Enkelkinder, as MerkleinMurder at the Savoy, as Jürgen Hoffman', as Deterding5 Stunden Angst – Geiselnahme im Kindergarten, as Kommissar HaffJoseph, as HamorBrennendes Herz Ms. Bear, as SchroederLatin Lover, as Helmut GlaserContaminated Man, as Lead Detective
', as JeremiasDer Fürst und das Mädchen, as John Mc Gregor, as Dr. Kugler