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