# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dieter-thomas-heck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:35:20.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dieter-thomas-heck"
name: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
slug: "dieter-thomas-heck"
description: "Dieter Thomas Heck was a German television presenter, singer and actor. He is known as the presenter of the popular TV program ZDF-Hitparade, featuring German Schlager music, from 1969 to 1984, reaching millions of people. As an actor, he starred in the TV play Das Millionenspiel in 1970."
tagline: "German television presenter, singer and actor (1937–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dieter_Thomas_Heck_by_Stuart_Mentiply.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-12-29"
deathDate: "2018-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.08
  momentum:             5.257294854883691
  historical:           10.86338133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373002/"
    handle:    "nm0373002"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
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    title: "ديتر توماس هيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ديتر توماس هيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Thomas_Heck"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/528cdbaf-ed32-4ee8-a2ea-56ed94722bed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90031"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22190"
    title: "Dieter Thomas Heck"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump