 A wider audience, he was in the late 1980s alongside Maren Kroymann in the family series "Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer".For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received the Goldene Kamera.He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening series "Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht", which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes.