Eccentric, self-deprecating comedian Eddi Arent first attracted attention in a series of quirky 'Edgar Wallace , he delighted audiences with his comedic versatility. Leaving the limelight in the 1990's, Arent then endured a series of financial and personal setbacks. Suffering from depression and increasingly afflicted by dementia, he died in May 2013 at the age of 88.
On the cover of the US video release of Das Rtsel der roten Orchidee he was credited as Eddie Arent.
