German actor Joachim Fuchsberger has died at the age of 87.

Fuchsberger passed away of organ failure on Thursday (11Sep14).

He began his acting career in German film Geh mach dein Fensterl auf in 1953 and went on to star in several Tv shows and movies, including 08/15, Zu viele Koche and Hotel Royal, for which he received a Bambi Award for Best Actor in 1969.

In addition to his Tv and film work, Fuchsberger served as the host of talk show Heut' abend and quiz show Auf Los geht's los in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 2012, he was feted with a lifetime achievement honour at the Bambi Awards.

Fuchsberger was previously married to pop singer Gitta Lind in 1951 to 1953 and is survived by his actress wife Gundula Korte.

The couple's composer son Thomas drowned in 2010.

Fuchsberger was a member of the Nazi Party's Hitler Youth organisation during World War Two. He was wounded and captured by Russian forces when he was just 16, and later handed over to the British allies, who put him to work as an engineer in Recklinghausen.

He became the first German ambassador for Unicef in 1984.