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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 27, 1910
Died
November 27, 2002
Place of Birth
Nuremberg, Germany
Also Known As
- Wolfgang Price
- Вольфганг Прайсс
Wolfgang Preiss
0.3 Popularity
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 - 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
6.9
Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
2018
6.0
Open Air
1996
🎬
0.0
Max Friedmann
Florian III
1994
🎬
0.0
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
4.4
Kessler
Dr. M
1990
0.0
Bernauer
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
1989
0.0
Earl of Wereford
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
1989
7.8
Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch
War and Remembrance
1988
0.0
Bodo von Heysen
Die Männer vom K3
1988
0.0
Earl of Wereford
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
1987
Credits
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
2018
6.9
Open Air
1996
6.0
🎬
Florian III
as Max Friedmann
1994
0.0
🎬
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
0.0
Dr. M
as Kessler
1990
4.4
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
as Bernauer
1989
0.0
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
as Earl of Wereford
1989
0.0
War and Remembrance
as Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch
1988
7.8
Die Männer vom K3
as Bodo von Heysen
1988
0.0
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
as Earl of Wereford
1987
0.0
The Second Victory
as Father Albertus
1987
6.3
🎬
Lang soll er leben
1987
0.0
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
as Earl of Wereford
1987
0.0
🎬
Ein heikler Fall
1986
0.0
Forget Mozart
as Baron Gottfried van Swieten
1985
4.8
Ein Heim für Tiere
as Prof. Alf Dobner
1985
0.0
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
as Earl of Wereford
1984
0.0
🎬
Ein Mann namens Parvus
as Brockdorff-Rantzau
1984
6.0
Die Dame und die Unterwelt
as Berthold Kampe
1984
0.0
The Winds of War
as Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch
1983
7.2
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
as Earl of Wereford
1982
0.0
🎬
Die Schraiers
as Jean Schraier
1982
0.0
Unheimliche Geschichten
1982
0.0
A Case For Two
as Alfred Rohloff
1981
5.3
Ghost of Love
as Zighi
1981
7.0
Ringstraßenpalais
as General Prettwitz
1980
10.0
The Formula
as Franz Tauber
1980
5.5
🎬
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
as Louis Tonard
1979
0.0
Bloodline
as Julius Prager
1979
4.9
Ike
as FM Alfred Jodl
1979
6.2
Ike
as Gen. Alfred Jodl
1979
6.5
Wallenstein
as Thurn
1978
7.0
🎬
Die Anstalt
as Dr. Reinecke
1978
0.0
The Boys from Brazil
as Lofquist
1978
6.7
SOKO München
as Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg
1978
5.5
The Standard
as Oberst
1977
0.5
A Bridge Too Far
as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
1977
7.2
🎬
Hungária kávéház
1976
0.0
🎬
Der Anwalt
as Richter
1976
0.0
🎬
Die Insel der Krebse
as General
1975
8.0
🎬
Eurogang
as Frank Allen
1975
0.0
The Big Delirium
as Artmann
1975
2.0
La Cloche tibétaine
as Georges-Marie Haardt
1974
6.5
Die Kriegsbraut
as von Bogendorf
1974
0.0
Die Montagsmaler
as Self
1974
0.0
Eine ungeliebte Frau
1974
5.0
🎬
Okay S.I.R.
as Forestié
1973
0.0
Diamantenparty
as Konsul Eduard van Düren
1973
0.0
🎬
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
as General
1973
0.0
The Master Touch
as Miller
1972
5.7
The Salzburg Connection
as Felix Zauner
1972
5.7
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972
2.0
The Bloodstained Butterfly
as The Prosecutor
1971
6.1
The Fifth Cord
as Police inspector
1971
6.6
Dalli Dalli
as Self
1971
9.0
Raid on Rommel
as Gen. Erwin Rommel
1971
5.8
🎬
Der Minister und die Ente
as Minister
1970
0.0
Scene of the Crime
as Friedrich von Ribnitz
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Cantz sr.
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Stockinger
1970
6.1
🎬
Sir Henri Deterding
as Sir Henri Deterding
1970
0.0
🎬
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
as Generalmajor Oster
1970
0.0
🎬
Peenemünde
as Oberst Dornberger
1970
0.0
🎬
Das Haus Lunjowo
as Generalmajor Lattmann
1970
0.0
Playgirl 70
1969
1.0
🎬
Familie Mack verändert sich
as Robert Mack
1969
0.0
Battle of the Commandos
as Colonel Ackerman
1969
5.5
🎬
Gestern gelesen
as Staatsanwalt
1969
0.0
🎬
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
1969
0.0
🎬
Hürdenlauf
as Exzellenz Lohmüller
1969
0.0
Hannibal Brooks
as Col. von Haller
1969
6.3
Der Kommissar
as Direktor Abel
1969
7.9
🎬
Schatzsucher unserer Tage
as Jan van Dongen
1968
0.0
Anzio
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1968
5.6
🎬
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
as Anthony Wilcox
1968
0.0
🎬
Der Fall Petkov
as Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
1968
0.0
Tamara
as Father Bricks
1968
0.0
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
as George Conway
1968
7.0
🎬
Flachsmann als Erzieher
as Flachsmann
1968
0.0
Jack of Diamonds
as Wilhelm Von Schenk
1967
4.2
Death on a Rainy Day
as Dr. Angus Cromwell
1967
5.0
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
as Sebastian (BND chief)
1967
6.3
Dead Run
as Noland
1967
4.5
🎬
Wo liegt Jena?
as Robert
1967
0.0
Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
as Leiter der Mordkommission
1967
0.0
Is Paris Burning?
as Capitaine Ebernach
1966
7.2
The Rat Patrol
as General Von Helmreich
1966
7.2
To Skin a Spy
as Chalieff
1966
5.7
🎬
Das Leben in meiner Hand
as Minister
1966
0.0
🎬
Samba
as Parisius
1966
0.0
🎬
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
as Kapitän Behrens
1966
0.0
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
as Captain Parker
1965
4.8
Von Ryan's Express
as Major Von Klemment
1965
7.1
X-Ray of a Killer
1965
0.0
100 Horsemen
as Sheik Abengalbon
1964
6.6
The Train
as Maj. Herren
1964
7.5
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
1964
5.8
Backfire
as Grenner
1964
6.2
🎬
Die erste Legion
as Dr. Peter Morell
1964
0.0
Frühstück mit dem Tod
as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
1964
6.0
Cave of the Living Dead
as Prof. von Adelsberg
1964
4.9
🎬
Einer wird gewinnen
as Self
1964
7.0
The Cardinal
1963
6.6
🎬
Zwischenmahlzeit
as Self
1963
7.0
The Mad Executioners
as Morel Smith
1963
6.2
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
as Geist von Dr. Mabuse
1963
6.3
Das tödliche Patent
as Charles Reese
1963
4.0
Die fünfte Kolonne
as Hauptmann Seewald
1963
8.0
The Black Cobra
as Stanislas Raskin
1963
8.0
🎬
Leb wohl, mein Traum
as James Merrill
1963
0.0
Das Kriminalmuseum
as Konrad Pachmayr
1963
8.5
The Longest Day
as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
1962
7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
1962
5.5
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Colonel Nordoff
1962
6.4
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
1962
6.7
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
as Staatsanwalt Soldan
1962
4.0
Lafayette
as Baron Kalb
1962
5.2
Riviera-Story
as Arthur Dahlberg
1961
2.5
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
1961
6.1
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
as Günther Brandt
1961
0.0
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse
1960
6.8
Mill of the Stone Women
as Doctor Loren Bolem
1960
6.0
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Brandes
1960
5.0
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Dr. Henrik Brandes
1960
6.2
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
as Dr. Beck
1960
5.5
Roses for the Prosecutor
as Generalstaatsanwalt
1959
7.0
Doctor Without Scruples
as Dr. Westorp
1959
0.0
Konto ausgeglichen
as Robert Jacobi
1959
5.0
Gorilla's Waltz
as Otto Lohn
1959
2.5
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
as Major Linkmann
1959
7.1
Prisoner of the Volga
as General Gorew
1959
4.3
🎬
Straße der Gerechten
as Joseph Blake
1959
0.0
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
as Carlo Gormann
1958
0.0
Grabenplatz 17
as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
1958
9.0
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
as Oberstabsarzt Munkler
1958
5.2
The Italians They Are Crazy
as Hans
1958
0.0
Ich war ihm hörig
as Dr. Leipold
1958
0.0
🎬
Eurydice
as Dulac
1957
0.0
🎬
Der Banditendoktor
as Amerikaner
1957
4.0
Sharks and Little Fish
as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
1957
5.0
🎬
Schinderhannes
as Gendarm Adam
1957
0.0
🎬
Stresemann
as Heinz Becker
1957
0.0
Von der Liebe besiegt
as Mario Clar
1956
4.0
Johannisnacht
as Mac Fadden
1956
4.0
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
as Ein Journalist
1956
5.3
Like Once Lili Marleen
as Alfred Linder
1956
6.5
Before Sundown
as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
1956
6.3
Der Cornet
as Freiherr von Pirovano
1955
9.0
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1955
5.8
Oberarzt Dr. Solm
as Dr. Hartung
1955
4.5
Canaris
as Oberst Holl
1954
6.5
🎬
German Film Award
as Self
1951
6.0
Falschmünzer am Werk
1951
6.0
The Crew of the Dora
as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
1943
6.3
The Great Love
as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
1942
6.6