Career
He has had roles in 102 films and television shows. He had been married with Eva-Maria Bendig since 1957. They have two children, Daniel (1957-1987) and Oliver (b 1958).
He died on 17 June 2012, at the age of 85 in a hospital in Locarno, Ticino, due to pneumonia after suffering a hip fracture in his residence in Losone.
His funeral took place on Tuesday, 26 June, in Untersiggenthal in the canton of Aargau.