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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Character:Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
Release Date:30/08/2018
Open Air
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1996
Dr. M
Character:Kessler
Release Date:24/05/1990
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
Character:Bernauer
Release Date:27/04/1989
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
Character:Earl of Wereford
Release Date:22/02/1989
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
Character:Earl of Wereford
Release Date:12/12/1987
The Second Victory
Character:Father Albertus
Release Date:04/06/1987
Lang soll er leben
Character:
Release Date:08/02/1987
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
Character:Earl of Wereford
Release Date:02/02/1987
Forget Mozart
Character:Baron Gottfried van Swieten
Release Date:12/09/1985
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Character:Earl of Wereford
Release Date:25/12/1984
Ein Mann namens Parvus
Character:Brockdorff-Rantzau
Release Date:10/04/1984
Die Dame und die Unterwelt
Character:Berthold Kampe
Release Date:01/02/1984
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
Character:Earl of Wereford
Release Date:29/12/1982
Ghost of Love
Character:Zighi
Release Date:03/04/1981
The Formula
Character:Franz Tauber
Release Date:19/12/1980
Bloodline
Character:Julius Prager
Release Date:29/06/1979
Ike
Character:FM Alfred Jodl
Release Date:03/05/1979
Die Anstalt
Character:Dr. Reinecke
Release Date:27/10/1978
The Boys from Brazil
Character:Lofquist
Release Date:05/10/1978
The Standard
Character:Oberst
Release Date:25/11/1977
A Bridge Too Far
Character:Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
Release Date:15/06/1977
Die Insel der Krebse
Character:General
Release Date:11/11/1975
The Big Delirium
Character:Artmann
Release Date:30/04/1975
Die Kriegsbraut
Character:von Bogendorf
Release Date:02/11/1974
Eine ungeliebte Frau
Character:
Release Date:05/01/1974
Diamantenparty
Character:Konsul Eduard van Düren
Release Date:10/06/1973
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
Character:General
Release Date:23/03/1973
The Master Touch
Character:Miller
Release Date:08/12/1972
The Salzburg Connection
Character:Felix Zauner
Release Date:30/08/1972
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
Character:
Release Date:11/08/1972
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Character:The Prosecutor
Release Date:10/09/1971
The Fifth Cord
Character:Police inspector
Release Date:17/08/1971
Raid on Rommel
Character:Gen. Erwin Rommel
Release Date:12/02/1971
Der Minister und die Ente
Character:Minister
Release Date:31/12/1970
Sir Henri Deterding
Character:Sir Henri Deterding
Release Date:03/09/1970
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
Character:Generalmajor Oster
Release Date:27/08/1970
Peenemünde
Character:Oberst Dornberger
Release Date:11/08/1970
Das Haus Lunjowo
Character:Generalmajor Lattmann
Release Date:29/01/1970
Playgirl 70
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1969
Battle of the Commandos
Character:Colonel Ackerman
Release Date:12/08/1969
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
Character:
Release Date:11/03/1969
Hürdenlauf
Character:Exzellenz Lohmüller
Release Date:20/02/1969
Hannibal Brooks
Character:Col. von Haller
Release Date:18/01/1969
Anzio
Character:Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Release Date:24/07/1968
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
Character:Anthony Wilcox
Release Date:23/04/1968
Der Fall Petkov
Character:Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
Release Date:23/02/1968
Tamara
Character:Father Bricks
Release Date:26/01/1968
Flachsmann als Erzieher
Character:Flachsmann
Release Date:14/01/1968
Jack of Diamonds
Character:Wilhelm Von Schenk
Release Date:10/11/1967
Death on a Rainy Day
Character:Dr. Angus Cromwell
Release Date:29/09/1967
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
Character:Sebastian (BND chief)
Release Date:11/08/1967
Dead Run
Character:Noland
Release Date:10/08/1967
Wo liegt Jena?
Character:Robert
Release Date:16/06/1967
Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
Character:Leiter der Mordkommission
Release Date:29/03/1967
Is Paris Burning?
Character:Capitaine Ebernach
Release Date:26/10/1966
To Skin a Spy
Character:Chalieff
Release Date:24/08/1966
Das Leben in meiner Hand
Character:Minister
Release Date:13/06/1966
Samba
Character:Parisius
Release Date:09/05/1966
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
Character:Kapitän Behrens
Release Date:04/02/1966
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Character:Captain Parker
Release Date:13/08/1965
Von Ryan's Express
Character:Major Von Klemment
Release Date:23/06/1965
X-Ray of a Killer
Character:
Release Date:31/03/1965
100 Horsemen
Character:Sheik Abengalbon
Release Date:30/12/1964
The Train
Character:Maj. Herren
Release Date:24/09/1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Character:Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:17/09/1964
Backfire
Character:Grenner
Release Date:04/09/1964
Die erste Legion
Character:Dr. Peter Morell
Release Date:27/08/1964
Frühstück mit dem Tod
Character:Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
Release Date:05/06/1964
Cave of the Living Dead
Character:Prof. von Adelsberg
Release Date:10/04/1964
The Cardinal
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1963
The Mad Executioners
Character:Morel Smith
Release Date:22/11/1963
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Character:Geist von Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:20/09/1963
Das tödliche Patent
Character:Charles Reese
Release Date:17/07/1963
The Black Cobra
Character:Stanislas Raskin
Release Date:16/05/1963
Leb wohl, mein Traum
Character:James Merrill
Release Date:05/04/1963
The Longest Day
Character:Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Release Date:25/09/1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Character:Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:06/09/1962
The Counterfeit Traitor
Character:Colonel Nordoff
Release Date:13/04/1962
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Character:Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:30/03/1962
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Character:Staatsanwalt Soldan
Release Date:08/03/1962
Lafayette
Character:Baron Kalb
Release Date:16/02/1962
Riviera-Story
Character:Arthur Dahlberg
Release Date:07/12/1961
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Character:Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:13/10/1961
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Character:Günther Brandt
Release Date:27/01/1961
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Character:Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse
Release Date:14/09/1960
Mill of the Stone Women
Character:Doctor Loren Bolem
Release Date:30/08/1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
Character:Brandes
Release Date:26/04/1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Character:Dr. Henrik Brandes
Release Date:14/04/1960
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
Character:Dr. Beck
Release Date:25/02/1960
Roses for the Prosecutor
Character:Generalstaatsanwalt
Release Date:24/09/1959
Doctor Without Scruples
Character:Dr. Westorp
Release Date:04/09/1959
Konto ausgeglichen
Character:Robert Jacobi
Release Date:25/07/1959
Gorilla's Waltz
Character:Otto Lohn
Release Date:01/05/1959
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Character:Major Linkmann
Release Date:07/04/1959
Prisoner of the Volga
Character:General Gorew
Release Date:26/03/1959
Straße der Gerechten
Character:Joseph Blake
Release Date:19/03/1959
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Character:Carlo Gormann
Release Date:28/11/1958
Grabenplatz 17
Character:Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
Release Date:16/07/1958
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
Character:Oberstabsarzt Munkler
Release Date:23/04/1958
The Italians They Are Crazy
Character:Hans
Release Date:05/04/1958
Ich war ihm hörig
Character:Dr. Leipold
Release Date:01/04/1958
Eurydice
Character:Dulac
Release Date:26/11/1957
Der Banditendoktor
Character:Amerikaner
Release Date:19/11/1957
Sharks and Little Fish
Character:U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
Release Date:26/09/1957
Schinderhannes
Character:Gendarm Adam
Release Date:13/01/1957
Stresemann
Character:Heinz Becker
Release Date:11/01/1957
Von der Liebe besiegt
Character:Mario Clar
Release Date:20/12/1956
Johannisnacht
Character:Mac Fadden
Release Date:29/10/1956
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Character:Ein Journalist
Release Date:26/09/1956
Like Once Lili Marleen
Character:Alfred Linder
Release Date:20/09/1956
Before Sundown
Character:Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
Release Date:06/07/1956
Der Cornet
Character:Freiherr von Pirovano
Release Date:16/12/1955
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Character:Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Release Date:21/06/1955
Oberarzt Dr. Solm
Character:Dr. Hartung
Release Date:17/03/1955
Canaris
Character:Oberst Holl
Release Date:29/12/1954
Falschmünzer am Werk
Character:
Release Date:01/03/1951
The Crew of the Dora
Character:Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
Release Date:01/11/1943
The Great Love
Character:Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
Release Date:12/06/1942
Television Appearances
Florian III
Character:Max Friedmann
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
Character:
War and Remembrance
Character:Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch
Die Männer vom K3
Character:Bodo von Heysen
Ein heikler Fall
Character:
Ein Heim für Tiere
Character:Prof. Alf Dobner
The Winds of War
Character:Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch
Die Schraiers
Character:Jean Schraier
Unheimliche Geschichten
Character:
A Case For Two
Character:Alfred Rohloff
Ringstraßenpalais
Character:General Prettwitz
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
Character:Louis Tonard
Ike
Character:Gen. Alfred Jodl
Wallenstein
Character:Thurn
SOKO München
Character:Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg
Hungária kávéház
Character:
Der Anwalt
Character:Richter
Eurogang
Character:Frank Allen
La Cloche tibétaine
Character:Georges-Marie Haardt
Die Montagsmaler
Character:Self
Okay S.I.R.
Character:Forestié
Dalli Dalli
Character:Self
Scene of the Crime
Character:Friedrich von Ribnitz
Scene of the Crime
Character:Cantz sr.
Scene of the Crime
Character:Stockinger
Familie Mack verändert sich
Character:Robert Mack
Gestern gelesen
Character:Staatsanwalt
Der Kommissar
Character:Direktor Abel
Schatzsucher unserer Tage
Character:Jan van Dongen
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Character:George Conway
The Rat Patrol
Character:General Von Helmreich
Einer wird gewinnen
Character:Self
Zwischenmahlzeit
Character:Self
Die fünfte Kolonne
Character:Hauptmann Seewald
Das Kriminalmuseum
Character:Konrad Pachmayr
German Film Award
Character:Self
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