Wolfgang Preiss

Actor Feb 27 (died age 92) Nuremberg, Germany 1942–2018 (76 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

The Longest Day

Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Film

A Bridge Too Far

Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt

Film

The Train

Maj. Herren

Film

The Boys from Brazil

Lofquist

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Capitaine Ebernach

Film

Von Ryan's Express

Major Von Klemment

Film

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse

Film

The Fifth Cord

Police inspector

Filmography

Acting (154)

Movies (120)

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

2018

as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)

Open Air

Dr. M

as Kessler

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

1989

as Bernauer

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo

1989

as Earl of Wereford

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau

1987

as Earl of Wereford

The Second Victory

1987

as Father Albertus

6.3

Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry

1987

as Earl of Wereford

Lang soll er leben

1987

Forget Mozart

1985

as Baron Gottfried van Swieten

4.8

Ein Mann namens Parvus

1984

as Brockdorff-Rantzau

6.0

Die Dame und die Unterwelt

1984

as Berthold Kampe

Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce

1984

as Earl of Wereford

Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior

1982

as Earl of Wereford

Ghost of Love

as Zighi

The Formula

as Franz Tauber

Ike

as FM Alfred Jodl

Bloodline

as Julius Prager

The Boys from Brazil

as Lofquist

Die Anstalt

as Dr. Reinecke

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt

The Standard

as Oberst

Die Insel der Krebse

as General

The Big Delirium

as Artmann

Die Kriegsbraut

as von Bogendorf

Eine ungeliebte Frau

1974

5.0

Diamantenparty

1973

as Konsul Eduard van Düren

Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris

1973

as General

Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen

1972

2.0

The Salzburg Connection

as Felix Zauner

The Master Touch

as Miller

Raid on Rommel

as Gen. Erwin Rommel

The Fifth Cord

as Police inspector

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971

as The Prosecutor

6.1

General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?

1970

as Generalmajor Oster

Der Minister und die Ente

1970

as Minister

Peenemünde

1970

as Oberst Dornberger

Sir Henri Deterding

1970

as Sir Henri Deterding

Das Haus Lunjowo

1970

as Generalmajor Lattmann

Battle of the Commandos

as Colonel Ackerman

Playgirl 70

Hannibal Brooks

as Col. von Haller

Hürdenlauf

as Exzellenz Lohmüller

Liebe, Love, l'Amour

1969

Der Fall Petkov

1968

as Dr. Georgi Dimitrov

Flachsmann als Erzieher

1968

as Flachsmann

Tamara

1968

as Father Bricks

Anzio

1968

as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

5.6

Meinungsverschiedenheiten

1968

as Anthony Wilcox

Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand

1967

as Leiter der Mordkommission

Jack of Diamonds

1967

as Wilhelm Von Schenk

4.2

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow

1967

as Sebastian (BND chief)

6.3

Wo liegt Jena?

1967

as Robert

Dead Run

1967

as Noland

4.5

Death on a Rainy Day

1967

as Dr. Angus Cromwell

5.0

Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord

1966

as Kapitän Behrens

Is Paris Burning?

1966

as Capitaine Ebernach

7.2

Das Leben in meiner Hand

1966

as Minister

To Skin a Spy

1966

as Chalieff

5.7

Samba

1966

as Parisius

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as Major Von Klemment

7.1

The Spy Who Went Into Hell

as Captain Parker

X-Ray of a Killer

The Train

as Maj. Herren

Backfire

as Grenner

100 Horsemen

as Sheik Abengalbon

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

1964

as Dr. Mabuse

5.8

Cave of the Living Dead

1964

as Prof. von Adelsberg

5.0

Frühstück mit dem Tod

1964

as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot

6.0

Die erste Legion

1964

as Dr. Peter Morell

The Cardinal

The Black Cobra

as Stanislas Raskin

Leb wohl, mein Traum

as James Merrill

The Mad Executioners

as Morel Smith

Das tödliche Patent

as Charles Reese

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

1963

as Geist von Dr. Mabuse

6.3

The Longest Day

1962

as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

7.6

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

1962

as Staatsanwalt Soldan

4.0

Lafayette

1962

as Baron Kalb

5.2

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

as Colonel Nordoff

6.4

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1962

as Dr. Mabuse

5.5

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

1962

as Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse

6.7

Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old

1961

as Günther Brandt

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

as Dr. Mabuse

Riviera-Story

as Arthur Dahlberg

Mistress of the World - Part I

1960

as Dr. Henrik Brandes

6.2

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960

as Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse

6.8

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen

1960

as Dr. Beck

5.5

Mill of the Stone Women

1960

as Doctor Loren Bolem

6.0

Mistress of the World - Part II

1960

as Brandes

5.0

Roses for the Prosecutor

1959

as Generalstaatsanwalt

7.0

Konto ausgeglichen

1959

as Robert Jacobi

5.0

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

1959

as Major Linkmann

7.1

Straße der Gerechten

1959

as Joseph Blake

Prisoner of the Volga

1959

as General Gorew

4.3

Doctor Without Scruples

1959

as Dr. Westorp

Gorilla's Waltz

1959

as Otto Lohn

2.5

The Italians They Are Crazy

1958

as Hans

Grabenplatz 17

1958

as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger

9.0

The Girl with the Cat Eyes

1958

as Carlo Gormann

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

1958

as Oberstabsarzt Munkler

5.2

Ich war ihm hörig

1958

as Dr. Leipold

Stresemann

1957

as Heinz Becker

Sharks and Little Fish

1957

as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke

5.0

Eurydice

1957

as Dulac

Schinderhannes

1957

as Gendarm Adam

Der Banditendoktor

as Amerikaner

Johannisnacht

as Mac Fadden

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

as Ein Journalist

5.3

Before Sundown

1956

as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke

6.3

Like Once Lili Marleen

1956

as Alfred Linder

6.5

Von der Liebe besiegt

1956

as Mario Clar

4.0

Der Cornet

1955

as Freiherr von Pirovano

9.0

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

1955

as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Oberarzt Dr. Solm

as Dr. Hartung

Canaris

as Oberst Holl

Falschmünzer am Werk

Frischer Wind in alten Gassen

1951

The Crew of the Dora

1943

as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner

6.3

The Great Love

1942

as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf

6.6

Television (34)

Florian III

1994

as Max Friedmann

Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich

1991

Die Männer vom K3

1988

as Bodo von Heysen

War and Remembrance

1988

as Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch

7.8

Ein heikler Fall

1986

Ein Heim für Tiere

1985

as Prof. Alf Dobner

The Winds of War

1983

as Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch

7.2

Unheimliche Geschichten

1982

Die Schraiers

1982

as Jean Schraier

A Case For Two

as Alfred Rohloff

Ringstraßenpalais

as General Prettwitz

Ike

as Gen. Alfred Jodl

Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse

1979

as Louis Tonard

SOKO München

1978

as Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg

Wallenstein

as Thurn

Der Anwalt

as Richter

Hungária kávéház

1976

Eurogang

1975

as Frank Allen

Die Montagsmaler

1974

as Self

La Cloche tibétaine

1974

as Georges-Marie Haardt

6.5

Okay S.I.R.

1973

as Forestié

Dalli Dalli

1971

as Self

9.0

Scene of the Crime

1970

as Friedrich von Ribnitz

Der Kommissar

as Direktor Abel

Gestern gelesen

as Staatsanwalt

Familie Mack verändert sich

1969

as Robert Mack

Ein Mann namens Harry Brent

1968

as George Conway

7.0

Schatzsucher unserer Tage

1968

as Jan van Dongen

The Rat Patrol

1966

as General Von Helmreich

Einer wird gewinnen

as Self

Das Kriminalmuseum

as Konrad Pachmayr

Die fünfte Kolonne

as Hauptmann Seewald

Zwischenmahlzeit

as Self

German Film Award

as Self