Pierre Brice
Actor

Pierre Brice Net Worth

Pierre Brice was a French actor, director, and writer born in Brest, France on February 6, 1929. After serving in the French Army in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got his first role in Ça va barder (1955). In 1962, he was cast as the Native American chief Winnetou in a series of Western movies adapted from Karl May novels. His portrayal of Winnetou made him a superstar in Germany, winning him several awards such as the Bambi and the Golden Otto from the magazine "Bravo". Although he appeared in many other movies and TV shows, he is best remembered for his role as Winnetou, which he also played at the Bad Segeberg open air theater.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Writer
Birth Day February 06, 1929
Birth Place  Brest, Finistère, France, France
Age 91 YEARS OLD
Died On 6 June 2015(2015-06-06) (aged 86)\nParis, France
Birth Sign Pisces
Occupation Actor
Period 1962–1997
Genre Western

💰 Net worth

Pierre Brice was a renowned actor, director, and writer in France. Throughout his successful career, he gained immense popularity and achieved great feats in the entertainment industry. As of 2024, Pierre Brice's net worth was estimated to be between $100K to $1M. His impressive body of work and contributions to the world of cinema have undoubtedly impacted his financial standing, reflecting his talent and dedication. Pierre Brice's legacy as a versatile and multifaceted artist continues to inspire and captivate audiences around the world.

Biography/Timeline

1962

From 1962 to 1968 he acted in a total of eleven West German Western movies adapted from novels by German author Karl May, in which he played the fictional Indian chief Winnetou of the Mescalero Apache tribe, alongside Lex Barker (7 movies), Stewart Granger (3 movies) and Rod Cameron (1 movie) as the white heroes. After the films he also played this role at the Karl May Festspiele in Elspe from 1977 to 1980 and 1982 to 1986 and at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg open-air theatre, Germany, from 1988 to 1991; he also worked there until 1999 as Director of several open-air theatre productions. (The open-air theatre in Bad Segeberg is dedicated only to productions of Karl May plays.)

1976

Brice tried to escape the Winnetou character in a 1976 TV series, Star Maidens, and in several movies for the big screen, playing Zorro in the Italian Zorro contro Maciste (1963). He also worked with Terence Hill (still called Mario Girotti at the time) in Shots in Threequarter Time (1965), with Lex Barker in a non-Karl May film The Hell of Manitoba (a.k.a. A Place Called Glory) (1965) and in the anthology Killer's Carnival (1966).

1979

Besides theatre productions, he was mainly seen in TV-series, including Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (A Castle by the Woerthersee) and Die Hütte am See (The Cottage by the Lake). In 1979 Brice again played Winnetou in a 14-part TV series called Mein Freund Winnetou (My friend Winnetou – Winnetou le Mescalero), which did not originate from Karl May material. In 1997 he appeared in a two-part TV mini series Winnetous Rückkehr (de) (The Return of Winnetou), which earned devastating criticism from the fans, since the character had died in the movie Winnetou III and now suddenly returned to life. Again, this did not originate from writings by Karl May.

2015

Pierre Brice died of pneumonia on 6 June 2015 in a Paris hospital.

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