Wolfgang Preiss
Acting
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.
TV Shows(34)
Florian III
Max Friedmann
1994
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
War and Remembrance
Walter von Brauchitsch
1988
Die Männer vom K3
Bodo von Heysen
1988
Ein heikler Fall
1986
Ein Heim für Tiere
Prof. Alf Dobner
1985
The Winds of War
Walther von Brauchitsch
1983
Die Schraiers
Jean Schraier
1982
Unheimliche Geschichten
1982
A Case For Two
Alfred Rohloff
1981
Ringstraßenpalais
General Prettwitz
1980
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
Louis Tonard
1979
Ike
Gen. Alfred Jodl
1979
Wallenstein
Thurn
1978
SOKO München
Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg
1978
Hungária kávéház
1976
Der Anwalt
Richter
1976
Eurogang
Frank Allen
1975
La Cloche tibétaine
Georges-Marie Haardt
1974
Die Montagsmaler
Self
1974
Okay S.I.R.
Forestié
1973
Dalli Dalli
Self
1971
Scene of the Crime
Friedrich von Ribnitz
1970
Familie Mack verändert sich
Robert Mack
1969
Gestern gelesen
Staatsanwalt
1969
The Commissioner
Direktor Abel
1969
Schatzsucher unserer Tage
Jan van Dongen
1968
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
George Conway
1968
The Rat Patrol
General Von Helmreich
1966
Einer wird gewinnen
Self
1964
Zwischenmahlzeit
Self
1963
Die fünfte Kolonne
Hauptmann Seewald
1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
Konrad Pachmayr
1963
German Film Award
Self
1951
Movies(120)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
2018
Open Air
1996
Dr. M
Kessler
1990
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
Bernauer
1989
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
Earl of Wereford
1989
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
Earl of Wereford
1987
The Second Victory
Father Albertus
1987
Lang soll er leben
1987
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
Earl of Wereford
1987
Forget Mozart
Baron Gottfried van Swieten
1985
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Earl of Wereford
1984
Ein Mann namens Parvus
Brockdorff-Rantzau
1984
Die Dame und die Unterwelt
Berthold Kampe
1984
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
Earl of Wereford
1982
Ghost of Love
Zighi
1981
The Formula
Franz Tauber
1980
Bloodline
Julius Prager
1979
Ike
FM Alfred Jodl
1979
Die Anstalt
Dr. Reinecke
1978
The Boys from Brazil
Lofquist
1978
The Standard
Oberst
1977
A Bridge Too Far
Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
1977
Die Insel der Krebse
General
1975
The Big Delirium
Artmann
1975
Die Kriegsbraut
von Bogendorf
1974
Eine ungeliebte Frau
1974
Diamantenparty
Konsul Eduard van Düren
1973
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
General
1973
The Master Touch
Miller
1972
The Salzburg Connection
Felix Zauner
1972
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972
The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Prosecutor
1971
The Fifth Cord
Police inspector
1971
Raid on Rommel
Gen. Erwin Rommel
1971
Der Minister und die Ente
Minister
1970
Sir Henri Deterding
Sir Henri Deterding
1970
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
Generalmajor Oster
1970
Peenemünde
Oberst Dornberger
1970
Das Haus Lunjowo
Generalmajor Lattmann
1970
Playgirl 70
1969
Battle of the Commandos
Colonel Ackerman
1969
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
1969
Hürdenlauf
Exzellenz Lohmüller
1969
Hannibal Brooks
Col. von Haller
1969
Anzio
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1968
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
Anthony Wilcox
1968
Der Fall Petkov
Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
1968
Tamara
Father Bricks
1968
Flachsmann als Erzieher
Flachsmann
1968
Jack of Diamonds
Wilhelm Von Schenk
1967
Death on a Rainy Day
Dr. Angus Cromwell
1967
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
Sebastian (BND chief)
1967
Dead Run
Noland
1967
Wo liegt Jena?
Robert
1967
Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
Leiter der Mordkommission
1967
Is Paris Burning?
Capitaine Ebernach
1966
To Skin a Spy
Chalieff
1966
Das Leben in meiner Hand
Minister
1966
Samba
Parisius
1966
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
Kapitän Behrens
1966
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Captain Parker
1965
Von Ryan's Express
Major Von Klemment
1965
X-Ray of a Killer
1965
100 Horsemen
Sheik Abengalbon
1964
The Train
Maj. Herren
1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1964
Backfire
Grenner
1964
Die erste Legion
Dr. Peter Morell
1964
Frühstück mit dem Tod
Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
1964
Cave of the Living Dead
Prof. von Adelsberg
1964
The Cardinal
1963
The Mad Executioners
Morel Smith
1963
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Geist von Dr. Mabuse
1963
Das tödliche Patent
Charles Reese
1963
The Black Cobra
Stanislas Raskin
1963
Leb wohl, mein Traum
James Merrill
1963
The Longest Day
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1962
The Counterfeit Traitor
Colonel Nordoff
1962
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
1962
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Staatsanwalt Soldan
1962
Lafayette
Baron Kalb
1962
Riviera-Story
Arthur Dahlberg
1961
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1961
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Günther Brandt
1961
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse
1960
Mill of the Stone Women
Doctor Loren Bolem
1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
Brandes
1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Dr. Henrik Brandes
1960
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
Dr. Beck
1960
Roses for the Prosecutor
Generalstaatsanwalt
1959
Doctor Without Scruples
Dr. Westorp
1959
Konto ausgeglichen
Robert Jacobi
1959
Gorilla's Waltz
Otto Lohn
1959
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Major Linkmann
1959
Prisoner of the Volga
General Gorew
1959
Straße der Gerechten
Joseph Blake
1959
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Carlo Gormann
1958
Grabenplatz 17
Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
1958
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
Oberstabsarzt Munkler
1958
The Italians They Are Crazy
Hans
1958
Ich war ihm hörig
Dr. Leipold
1958
Eurydice
Dulac
1957
Der Banditendoktor
Amerikaner
1957
Sharks and Little Fish
U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
1957
Schinderhannes
Gendarm Adam
1957
Stresemann
Heinz Becker
1957
Von der Liebe besiegt
Mario Clar
1956
Johannisnacht
Mac Fadden
1956
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Ein Journalist
1956
Like Once Lili Marleen
Alfred Linder
1956
Before Sundown
Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
1956
Der Cornet
Freiherr von Pirovano
1955
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1955
Oberarzt Dr. Solm
Dr. Hartung
1955
Canaris
Oberst Holl
1954
Falschmünzer am Werk
1951
Frischer Wind in alten Gassen
1951
The Crew of the Dora
Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
1943
The Great Love
Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
1942