# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-jarnach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:18:25.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-jarnach"
name: "Franz Jarnach"
slug: "franz-jarnach"
description: "Franz Jarnach, also known by his stage name Mr. Piggi, was a German actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Schildkröte in the improvisation comedy series Dittsche. He appeared in the series 217 times between 2004 and 2016. He was a pianist for the 1960s British beat group Lee Curtis and the All-Stars. He appeared on the music program Beat-Club with the group twice. He was also a member of the rock band The Rattles during the early 1990s."
tagline: "German actor and pianist (1943–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FranzJarnach2008.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: "1943-10-14"
deathDate: "2017-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             0.470974808324206
  historical:           5.967749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1687878/"
    handle:    "nm1687878"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.schildkroete-live.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bf3b9ef-b9fb-4d27-b983-b72dd5b292da"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "فرانز جارناش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Jarnach"
    title: "Franz Jarnach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Jarnach"
    title: "Franz Jarnach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Jarnach"
    title: "Franz Jarnach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Jarnach"
    title: "Franz Jarnach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1447449"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1803377"
    title: "Franz Jarnach"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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