 Ohrner continued to appear in film and on television until 1976, when he landed his first lead role as Victor Laroche alongside his sister Carolin as Cora Laroche in the children's mystery miniseries "Das Haus der Krokodile".Throughout the rest of the 1970s, Ohrner continued to make occasional television appearances as well as working as a voice actor, dubbing voices for the German broadcasts of the Japanese animated series, "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" and the American comedy series "The Bad News Bears".In 1979, Ohrner landed the lead role in the 13-part television miniseries, "Timm Thaler".