Wolfgang Preiss
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 at Nuremberg - 27 November 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942 he made his film début - he was exempted from military service specifically - in the UFA production Die grosse Liebe with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954 he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's Canaris. The following year Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film Der 20. Juli, which dramatised the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also the 1956 Federal Film Award. From now on Preiss was largely typecast in the role of the upright and obligation-conscious German officer to the other A-list actor playing the Fanatic (I.E. Paul Scofeld in The Train) a part he played in many films, later reprising it in numerous international productions, predominantly in Italy and the USA, while occasionally playing a more typically cynical or brutal Nazi officer. Preiss appeared in such productions as The Longest Day (1962), Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963), and with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Is Paris Burning? (1966). He starred alongside Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964), Frank Sinatra in Von Ryan's Express (1965), Robert Mitchum in Anzio (1968), with Richard Burton, in the title role of Erwin Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971), and The Boys From Brazil (1978) with Gregory Peck. He also appeared in several Italian language films, credited as "Luppo Prezzo", and played Field Marshal Von Rundstedt in Richard Attenborough's all-star war epic A Bridge Too Far (1977). In addition, for the cinema-going public of West Germany he became the epitome of the evil genius in his role as Doctor Mabuse, a role he first played in 1960 (following Rudolf Klein-Rogge) in Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. He went on to play the role four more times. In the 1980s Preiss turned to television, notably playing General Walther von Brauchitsch in the American TV mini-series Winds of War and War and Remembrance, based on the books of Herman Wouk. In 1987 received a second Federal Film Award for his outstanding work in film. In film dubbing Preiss provided the voice for such actors as Lex Barker, Christopher Lee, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Richard Widmark, as well as that of Conrad Veidt as "Major Strasser" in the remastered version of Casablanca. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wolfgang Preiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
- 1996 · Open Air as
- 1994 · Florian III as Max Friedmann
- 1991 · Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich as
- 1990 · Dr. M as Kessler
- 1989 · Land der Väter, Land der Söhne as Bernauer
- 1989 · Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo as Earl of Wereford
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch
- 1988 · Die Männer vom K3 as Bodo von Heysen
- 1987 · Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau as Earl of Wereford
- 1987 · The Second Victory as Father Albertus
- 1987 · Lang soll er leben as
- 1987 · Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry as Earl of Wereford
- 1986 · Ein heikler Fall as
- 1985 · Forget Mozart as Baron Gottfried van Swieten
- 1985 · Ein Heim für Tiere as Prof. Alf Dobner
- 1984 · Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce as Earl of Wereford
- 1984 · Ein Mann namens Parvus as Brockdorff-Rantzau
- 1984 · Die Dame und die Unterwelt as Berthold Kampe
- 1983 · The Winds of War as Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch
- 1982 · Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior as Earl of Wereford
- 1982 · Die Schraiers as Jean Schraier
- 1982 · Unheimliche Geschichten as
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Alfred Rohloff
- 1981 · Ghost of Love as Zighi
- 1980 · Ringstraßenpalais as General Prettwitz
- 1980 · The Formula as Franz Tauber
- 1979 · Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse as Louis Tonard
- 1979 · Bloodline as Julius Prager
- 1979 · Ike as FM Alfred Jodl
- 1978 · Wallenstein as Thurn
- 1978 · Wallenstein as Thurn
- 1978 · Die Anstalt as Dr. Reinecke
- 1978 · The Boys from Brazil as Lofquist
- 1978 · SOKO 5113 as Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg
- 1977 · The Standard as Oberst
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
- 1976 · Hungária kávéház as
- 1976 · Der Anwalt as Richter
- 1975 · Die Insel der Krebse as General
- 1975 · Eurogang as Frank Allen
- 1975 · The Big Delirium as Artmann
- 1974 · La Cloche tibétaine as Georges-Marie Haardt
- 1974 · Die Kriegsbraut as von Bogendorf
- 1974 · Die Montagsmaler as Self
- 1974 · Eine ungeliebte Frau as
- 1973 · Okay S.I.R. as Forestié
- 1973 · Diamantenparty as Konsul Eduard van Düren
- 1973 · Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris as General
- 1972 · The Master Touch as Miller
- 1972 · The Salzburg Connection as Felix Zauner
- 1972 · Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen as
- 1971 · The Bloodstained Butterfly as The Prosecutor
- 1971 · The Fifth Cord as Police inspector
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self
- 1971 · Raid on Rommel as Gen. Erwin Rommel
- 1970 · Der Minister und die Ente as Minister
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Friedrich von Ribnitz
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Cantz sr.
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Stockinger
- 1970 · Sir Henri Deterding as Sir Henri Deterding
- 1970 · General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot? as Generalmajor Oster
- 1970 · Peenemünde as Oberst Dornberger
- 1970 · Das Haus Lunjowo as Generalmajor Lattmann
- 1969 · Playgirl 70 as
- 1969 · Familie Mack verändert sich as Robert Mack
- 1969 · Battle of the Commandos as Colonel Ackerman
- 1969 · Gestern gelesen as Staatsanwalt
- 1969 · Liebe, Love, l'Amour as
- 1969 · Hürdenlauf as Exzellenz Lohmüller
- 1969 · Hannibal Brooks as Col. von Haller
- 1969 · Der Kommissar as Direktor Abel
- 1968 · Schatzsucher unserer Tage as Jan van Dongen
- 1968 · Anzio as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
- 1968 · Meinungsverschiedenheiten as Anthony Wilcox
- 1968 · Der Fall Petkov as Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
- 1968 · Tamara as Father Bricks
- 1968 · Ein Mann namens Harry Brent as George Conway
- 1968 · Flachsmann als Erzieher as Flachsmann
- 1967 · Jack of Diamonds as Wilhelm Von Schenk
- 1967 · Death on a Rainy Day as Dr. Angus Cromwell
- 1967 · Spy Today, Die Tomorrow as Sebastian (BND chief)
- 1967 · Dead Run as Noland
- 1967 · Wo liegt Jena? as Robert
- 1967 · Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand as Leiter der Mordkommission
- 1966 · Is Paris Burning? as Capitaine Ebernach
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as General Von Helmreich
- 1966 · To Skin a Spy as Chalieff
- 1966 · Das Leben in meiner Hand as Minister
- 1966 · Samba as Parisius
- 1966 · Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord as Kapitän Behrens
- 1965 · The Spy Who Went Into Hell as Captain Parker
- 1965 · Von Ryan's Express as Major Von Klemment
- 1965 · X-Ray of a Killer as
- 1964 · 100 Horsemen as Sheik Abengalbon
- 1964 · The Train as Maj. Herren
- 1964 · The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse as Dr. Mabuse
- 1964 · Backfire as Grenner
- 1964 · Die erste Legion as Dr. Peter Morell
- 1964 · Frühstück mit dem Tod as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
- 1964 · Cave of the Living Dead as Prof. von Adelsberg
- 1964 · Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- 1963 · The Cardinal as
- 1963 · Zwischenmahlzeit as Self
- 1963 · The Mad Executioners as Morel Smith
- 1963 · Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard as Geist von Dr. Mabuse
- 1963 · Das tödliche Patent as Charles Reese
- 1963 · Die fünfte Kolonne as Hauptmann Seewald
- 1963 · The Black Cobra as Stanislas Raskin
- 1963 · Leb wohl, mein Traum as James Merrill
- 1963 · Das Kriminalmuseum as Konrad Pachmayr
- 1962 · The Longest Day as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
- 1962 · The Terror of Doctor Mabuse as Dr. Mabuse
- 1962 · The Counterfeit Traitor as Colonel Nordoff
- 1962 · The Invisible Dr. Mabuse as Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
- 1962 · Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt as Staatsanwalt Soldan
- 1962 · Lafayette as Baron Kalb
- 1961 · Riviera-Story as Arthur Dahlberg
- 1961 · Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old as Günther Brandt
- 1961 · The Return of Dr. Mabuse as Dr. Mabuse
- 1960 · The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse as Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse
- 1960 · Mill of the Stone Women as Doctor Loren Bolem
- 1960 · Mistress of the World - Part II as Brandes
- 1960 · Mistress of the World - Part I as Dr. Henrik Brandes
- 1960 · Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen as Dr. Beck
- 1959 · Gorilla's Waltz as Otto Lohn
- 1959 · Roses for the Prosecutor as Generalstaatsanwalt
- 1959 · Doctor Without Scruples as Dr. Westorp
- 1959 · Konto ausgeglichen as Robert Jacobi
- 1959 · Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? as Major Linkmann
- 1959 · Prisoner of the Volga as General Gorew
- 1959 · Straße der Gerechten as Joseph Blake
- 1958 · The Girl with the Cat Eyes as Carlo Gormann
- 1958 · Grabenplatz 17 as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
- 1958 · The Green Devils of Monte Cassino as Oberstabsarzt Munkler
- 1958 · The Italians They Are Crazy as Hans
- 1958 · Ich war ihm hörig as Dr. Leipold
- 1957 · Eurydice as Dulac
- 1957 · Der Banditendoktor as Amerikaner
- 1957 · Sharks and Little Fish as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
- 1957 · Schinderhannes as Gendarm Adam
- 1957 · Stresemann as Heinz Becker
- 1956 · Von der Liebe besiegt as Mario Clar
- 1956 · Johannisnacht as Mac Fadden
- 1956 · Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter as Ein Journalist
- 1956 · Like Once Lili Marleen as Alfred Linder
- 1956 · Before Sundown as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
- 1955 · Der Cornet as Freiherr von Pirovano
- 1955 · The Plot to Assassinate Hitler as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- 1955 · Oberarzt Dr. Solm as Dr. Hartung
- 1954 · Canaris as Oberst Holl
- 1951 · Falschmünzer am Werk as
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- 1943 · The Crew of the Dora as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
- 1942 · The Great Love as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf