How are the heroes of Constable Rex doing today?

the “Officer Rex”Perhaps this is what appeared so successfully in Greece in the 1990s The most famous Austrian series From all ages. Over the course of ten seasons, viewers in many countries of the world could not resist watching Rex as he fanatically followed him on his adventures.

The events of the series took place in Vienna Filmed in the Austrian capital. The film “Cop Rex” premiered Fall 1994 It suddenly stopped appearing Fall 2004 After 119 episodes.

However, the series continued to be popular around the world in the following years as a result In 2008 to “revive” From Italian Ray 1 As the plot moves to Rome. The second part of “Rex” ran for eight more seasons, and after 90 episodes it ended.

But apart from this, the rights were sold to other countries and as a result were filmed “Rex” versions In Russia, Slovakia and Lithuania, but also in Portugal, Poland and Canada where It appears to this day With another work team.

But let’s see what the main cast that started it all looks like today. Of course, we cannot help but mention the hero of the series, Rex, who played his role from 1994 to 1999. BJ, Who went through five months of training before starting filming. Interestingly, he was trained in English, but according to the show’s directors, he had no problem understanding commands in German either. He died in 2003.

Already in 1999, he was replaced in the series by Rhett Butler Since BeeJay is grown up now. Rhett played Rex until 2004, when the series was cancelled, and he died in 2012. In the Italian version of the series, a different dog was used, but all three dogs were trained by the same trainer, Teresa Ann Miller.

Tobias Moretti as Richard Moser (1994 – 1998)

Austrian-born Tobias Moretti starred in the series from 1994 to 1998, playing Richard Moser. He had originally decided to star in the series for two seasons, but ultimately stayed on Four seasonsHe eventually asks the writers to “kill him.”

He left because he did not want the audience to remember him only as Moser, while he did not hide in his statements that he was tired of his “co-star”’s hair and the fact that all the attention was drawn to him Rex.

Gideon Burkhard as Alexander Bradner (1994 – 1998)

When Moretti decided to leave the show, producers frantically searched for his replacement, fearing that the change would affect the ratings.

However, this has not happened since Gideon Burkhard as “Alexander Bradner.” It brought more viewers In the show’s fifth season – where it debuted – in several countries, with the exception of the show’s production country, Austria, where there was a slight decline in viewership. after Three seasons He also left the series, however The public never finds out what happened For the hero he was playing after he simply “disappeared”.

Alexander Chele as Mark Hoffman (2002 – 2004)

Taking over is Alexander Pechele, who played Mark Hoffman in seasons 8, 9 and 10. but, Ratings have dropped Which led to the series being cut during the tenth season Without even shooting the end. A total of only four episodes were aired as opposed to approximately 13 to 15 episodes aired in all previous years per season.

However, the series has remained very popular in many countries around the world He returned with New Rex and Cop in 2008 Through the Italian company RAI, which has now bought the rights.

Wolf Bachofner as Peter Holler (1994 – 1999)

It was Peter Holler The comic note in the series For five years Wolf Bachofner played it (on the left of the photo below). Although he was obese, he “put glasses on” for many when it came to running, while he had good driving skills like his teammates in dangerous conditions.

he had A special relationship with RexWhile when he left the series, the script wanted Peter to take care of his sick mother. He was one of the few actors on the series who had a lot going for him Heavy “Austrian” accentAs a result, even German viewers sometimes had difficulty understanding it.

Karl Markovich as Ernst Stockinger (1994-1996)

Ernst Stockinger – played by Karl Markovich, on the right of the photo below – was another associate of Rex who was with Perhaps their relationship did not seem so warmHowever, in practice it turns out that they care more about each other. Let’s not forget that at one point Rex saved his life.

Ernest has been done More endearing To the audience as the series progressed and he left after the end of the second season in 1996, getting his own Spin chain on Austrian television, which was broadcast in the 1996-1997 season, but ended after 14 episodes.

The two actors who passed away

Gerhard Zemann as Leo Graf (1994 – 2004)

Gerhard Zeeman the only the actor Which appeared in all ten seasons From the series. He played medical examiner Leo Graf, who sometimes gave investigators more information about the victims than they could bear to hear.

Due to the fact that Collaborate with the three investigators Over the show’s 10 seasons, audiences have had the opportunity to see how different Leo Graff’s relationship is with each of them. When the plot of the series moved to Italy from season eleven onwards, the coroner did not follow him, but remained in Vienna. The actor died in 2004 at the age of 70.

Fritz Muehler as Max Koch (1994 – 1998)

It was Max Koch Retired police officer and the Guide Moser. He starred in the first four seasons, sometimes offering advice to his students on how to solve the cases he was dealing with.

In fact, after Stockinger left the series, Koch took over A more active roleTo help Moser’s team himself, since the “bad guys” didn’t know about his existence, so it was very easy for him to spy on them and extract information. However, after Moretti’s departure from the series, Koch did not appear again either. The actor died in 2009 at the age of 89.

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