Dietmar Schönherr (17 May 1926 – 18 July 2014) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German science fiction series Raumpatrouille. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He was married to the Danish actress Vivi Bach from 1965 until her death in 2013.

Selected filmography

• Junge Adler (Young Eagles) (1944)
• Bonjour Kathrin (1956)
• Just Once a Great Lady (1957)
• Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959)
• Brainwashed (1960)
• Geliebte Hochstaplerin (1961)
• Sein bester Freund (1962)
• Marcia o Crepa (1962)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1962)
• Weiße Fracht für Hongkong (1964)
• Das Ungeheuer von London-City (1964)
• Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)
• Coast of Skeletons (1964)
• Victim Five (1964)
• Mozambique (1965)
• Raumpatrouille (TV series) (1966)
• Kommissar X - Drei grüne Hunde (1967)
• Der schwarze Tanner (1985)
• Raffl (1985)
• The Death of the White Stallion (1985)
• African Timber (1989)

Decorations and awards

• 1967: Silver Bravo Otto
• 1971: Golden Camera Award in the category of Camera Team for Wünsch Dir was (Make a wish)
• 1972: Bambi award
• 1974: German Record Prize
• 1974: Prize for Literature Critici in Erba at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for Ruzzitu
• 1988: Honorary Citizen of Granada
• 1994: Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales International for the Nicaragua project Casa de los tres mundos
• 1999: Golden Camera Award in the category of Cult Star of the Century
• 1999: Heinz Galinski Prize
• 2005: "Change The World Award" of the Club of Budapest
• 2005: Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement during the 7th Award of the German Television Awards
• 2008: Merit Cross of the Tyrol
• 2010: Egon Ranshofen Wertheimer Award of Braunau am Inn
• 2011: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class[2]

References

1. Jump up^ ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. "Schauspieler: Dietmar Schönherr ist tot". Zeit.de. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
2. Jump up^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 20123. Retrieved 17 January 2013.