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Wolfgang Preiss

Actor | * 02/27/1910 († 92, 11/27/2002) | Nuremberg (Germany)
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He appeared in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942, he made his film début – he was specifically exempted from military service – 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 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler, which dramatised the 20 July plot. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also the 1956 Federal Film Award. From then on, Preiss was largely typecast in the role of the upright and obligation-conscious German officer to the oth... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. ...

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

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1955 | 2.7/5 | 1h 37min
Drama, War, History
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Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. ...

A Bridge Too Far

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1977 | 3.6/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, History, War
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As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuab ...

The Train

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1964 | 3.8/5 | 2h 13min
Thriller, War, Action
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Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. ...

The Boys from Brazil

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1978 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Wolfgang Preiss

German Film Award
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Movies with Wolfgang Preiss as Actor(116)

as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)2018 Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
as Kessler1990 Dr. M
as Bernauer1989 Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
as Earl of Wereford1989 Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
as Father Albertus1987 The Second Victory
as Earl of Wereford1987 Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
as Earl of Wereford1987 Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
1987 Lang soll er leben
as Baron Gottfried van Swieten1985 Forget Mozart
as Brockdorff-Rantzau1984 Ein Mann namens Parvus
as Earl of Wereford1984 Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
as Earl of Wereford1982 Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
as Zighi1981 Ghost of Love
as Franz Tauber1980 The Formula
as Julius Prager1979 Bloodline
as FM Alfred Jodl1979 Ike
as Dr. Reinecke1978 Die Anstalt
as Lofquist1978 The Boys from Brazil
as Thurn1978 Wallenstein
as Oberst1977 The Standard
as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt1977 A Bridge Too Far
as General1975 Die Insel der Krebse
as Artmann1975 The Big Delirium
1974 Eine ungeliebte Frau
as von Bogendorf1974 Die Kriegsbraut
as General1973 Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
as Konsul Eduard van Düren1973 Diamantenparty
as Felix Zauner1972 The Salzburg Connection
as Miller1972 The Master Touch
as Police inspector1971 The Fifth Cord
as Gen. Erwin Rommel1971 Raid on Rommel
as The Prosecutor1971 The Bloodstained Butterfly
as Sir Henri Deterding1970 Sir Henri Deterding
as Generalmajor Oster1970 General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
as Minister1970 Der Minister und die Ente
as Generalmajor Lattmann1970 Das Haus Lunjowo
as Oberst Dornberger1970 Peenemünde
1969 Liebe, Love, l'Amour
1969 Playgirl 70
as Exzellenz Lohmüller1969 Hürdenlauf
as Col. von Haller1969 Hannibal Brooks
as Colonel Ackerman1969 Legion of the Damned
as Flachsmann1968 Flachsmann als Erzieher
as Father Bricks1968 Tamara
as Dr. Georgi Dimitrov1968 Der Fall Petkov
as Anthony Wilcox1968 Meinungsverschiedenheiten
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring1968 Anzio
as Noland1967 Dead Run
as Robert1967 Wo liegt Jena?
as Dr. Angus Cromwell1967 Death on a Rainy Day
as Leiter der Mordkommission1967 Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
as Wilhelm Von Schenk1967 Jack of Diamonds
as Sebastian (BND chief)1967 Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
as Parisius1966 Samba
as Capitaine Ebernach1966 Is Paris Burning?
as Chalieff1966 To Skin a Spy
as Minister1966 Das Leben in meiner Hand
as Kapitän Behrens1966 Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
as Captain Parker1965 The Spy Who Went Into Hell
as Major Von Klemment1965 Von Ryan's Express
as Prof. von Adelsberg1964 Cave of the Living Dead
as Sheik Abengalbon1964 100 Horsemen
as Maj. Herren1964 The Train
as Dr. Mabuse1964 The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot1964 Frühstück mit dem Tod
as Grenner1964 Backfire
as Dr. Peter Morell1964 Die erste Legion
1963 The Cardinal
as James Merrill1963 Leb wohl, mein Traum
as Stanislas Raskin1963 The Black Cobra
as Charles Reese1963 Das tödliche Patent
as Morel Smith1963 The Mad Executioners
as Geist von Dr. Mabuse1963 Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
as Staatsanwalt Soldan1962 Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
as Colonel Nordoff1962 The Counterfeit Traitor
as Baron Kalb1962 Lafayette
as Dr. Mabuse1962 The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
as Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse1962 The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel1962 The Longest Day
as Günther Brandt1961 Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
as Dr. Mabuse1961 The Return of Dr. Mabuse
as Arthur Dahlberg1961 Riviera-Story
as Dr. Beck1960 Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
as Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse1960 The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Henrik Brandes1960 Mistress of the World - Part I
as Brandes1960 Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II
as Doctor Loren Bolem1960 Mill of the Stone Women
as General Gorew1959 Prisoner of the Volga
as Robert Jacobi1959 Konto ausgeglichen
as Joseph Blake1959 Straße der Gerechten
as Generalstaatsanwalt1959 Roses for the Prosecutor
as Major Linkmann1959 Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
as Dr. Westorp1959 Doctor Without Scruples
as Otto Lohn1959 Gorilla's Waltz
as Dr. Leipold1958 Ich war ihm hörig
as Carlo Gormann1958 The Girl with the Cat Eyes
as Oberstabsarzt Munkler1958 The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
as Hans1958 The Italians They Are Crazy
as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger1958 Grabenplatz 17
as Dulac1957 Eurydice
as Amerikaner1957 Der Banditendoktor
as Gendarm Adam1957 Schinderhannes
as Heinz Becker1957 Stresemann
as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke1957 Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke1956 Before Sundown
as Mario Clar1956 Von der Liebe besiegt
as Alfred Linder1956 Like Once Lili Marleen
as Mac Fadden1956 Johannisnacht
1956 Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
as Freiherr von Pirovano1955 Der Cornet
as Dr. Hartung1955 Oberarzt Dr. Solm
as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
as Oberst Holl1954 Canaris
1951 Falschmünzer am Werk
as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner1943 The Crew of the Dora
as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf1942 The Great Love

TV Shows/Series with Wolfgang Preiss as Actor(28)

as Max Friedmann1994 Florian III
1991 Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
as Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch1988 War and Remembrance
1986 Ein heikler Fall
as Prof. Alf Dobner1985 Ein Heim für Tiere
as Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch1983 The Winds of War
as Jean Schraier1982 Die Schraiers
as Alfred Rohloff1981 A Case For Two
as Louis Tonard1979 Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
as Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg1978 SOKO 5113
1976 Hungária kávéház
as Richter1976 Der Anwalt
as Frank Allen1975 Eurogang
as himself1974 Die Montagsmaler
as Georges-Marie Haardt1974 La Cloche tibétaine
as Forestié1973 Okay S.I.R.
as himself1971 Dalli Dalli
as Friedrich von Ribnitz1970 Scene of the Crime
as Cantz sr.1970 Scene of the Crime
as Stockinger1970 Scene of the Crime
as Staatsanwalt1969 Gestern gelesen
as Robert Mack1969 Familie Mack verändert sich
as Direktor Abel1969 Der Kommissar
as General Von Helmreich1966 The Rat Patrol
as himself1964 Einer wird gewinnen
as Hauptmann Seewald1963 Die fünfte Kolonne
as Konrad Pachmayr1963 Das Kriminalmuseum
as himself1963 Zwischenmahlzeit

Full Name: Wolfgang Preiss
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Sunday, 02/27 1910 (February) in Nuremberg (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 11/27 2002 (November) in Bühl (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: German (DE)
Other names for Wolfgang Preiss (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Wolfgang Price"
"Вольфганг Прайсс"
"Prof. Jordan" (Pseudonym)
"Lupo Prezzo" (Pseudonym)
Wolfgang Preiss frequently works together with these people:
Bernd Tauber (21x, Actor)
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (21x, Actor)
Ralf Richter (20x, Actor)
Arthur Brauss (20x, Actor)
Dietrich Mattausch (20x, Actor)
Anke Sevenich (20x, Actress)
Hans Georg Panczak (20x, Actor)
Dieter Kirchlechner (19x, Actor)
Tilo Prückner (19x, Actor)
Pierre Franckh (19x, Actor)
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp (19x, Actor)
Artur Brauner (14x, Crew)
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