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.
Series | Florian III | Max Friedmann | 1994-01-01 |
Series | Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich | 1991-02-17 | |
Movie | Dr. M | Kessler | 1990-05-24 |
Movie | Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo | Earl of Wereford | 1989-02-22 |
Movie | Land der Väter, Land der Söhne | Bernauer | 1989-04-27 |
Series | War and Remembrance | Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry | Earl of Wereford | 1987-02-02 |
Movie | Lang soll er leben | 1987-02-08 | |
Movie | Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau | Earl of Wereford | 1987-12-12 |
Movie | The Second Victory | Father Albertus | 1987-06-04 |
Movie | Forget Mozart | Baron Gottfried van Swieten | 1985-09-12 |
Movie | Ein Mann namens Parvus | Brockdorff-Rantzau | 1984-04-10 |
Movie | Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce | Earl of Wereford | 1984-12-25 |
Series | The Winds of War | Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch | 1983-02-06 |
Movie | Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior | Earl of Wereford | 1982-12-29 |
Movie | Ghost of Love | Zighi | 1981-04-03 |
Movie | The Formula | Franz Tauber | 1980-12-19 |
Movie | Ike | FM Alfred Jodl | 1979-05-03 |
Movie | Bloodline | Julius Prager | 1979-06-29 |
Movie | The Boys from Brazil | Lofquist | 1978-10-05 |
Movie | Die Anstalt | Dr. Reinecke | 1978-10-27 |
Movie | Wallenstein | Thurn | 1978-11-19 |
Movie | A Bridge Too Far | Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt | 1977-06-15 |
Movie | The Standard | Oberst | 1977-11-25 |
Movie | Die Insel der Krebse | General | 1975-11-11 |
Movie | The Big Delirium | Artmann | 1975-04-30 |
Movie | Eine ungeliebte Frau | 1974-01-05 | |
Series | La Cloche tibétaine | Georges-Marie Haardt | 1974-12-17 |
Movie | Die Kriegsbraut | von Bogendorf | 1974-11-02 |
Movie | Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris | General | 1973-03-23 |
Movie | Diamantenparty | Konsul Eduard van Düren | 1973-06-10 |
Movie | The Salzburg Connection | Felix Zauner | 1972-08-30 |
Movie | Raid on Rommel | Gen. Erwin Rommel | 1971-02-12 |
Movie | The Fifth Cord | Police inspector | 1971-08-17 |
Movie | The Bloodstained Butterfly | The Prosecutor | 1971-09-10 |
Movie | Das Haus Lunjowo | Generalmajor Lattmann | 1970-01-29 |
Movie | Peenemünde | Oberst Dornberger | 1970-08-11 |
Movie | Sir Henri Deterding | Sir Henri Deterding | 1970-09-03 |
Movie | Der Minister und die Ente | Minister | 1970-12-31 |
Movie | General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot? | Generalmajor Oster | 1970-08-27 |
Movie | Hürdenlauf | Exzellenz Lohmüller | 1969-02-20 |
Movie | Liebe, Love, l'Amour | 1969-03-11 | |
Movie | Hannibal Brooks | Col. von Haller | 1969-01-18 |
Movie | Battle of the Commandos | Colonel Ackerman | 1969-08-12 |
Movie | Playgirl 70 | 1969-11-27 | |
Series | Familie Mack verändert sich | Robert Mack | 1969-10-12 |
Series | Ein Mann namens Harry Brent | George Conway | 1968-01-15 |
Movie | Tamara | Father Bricks | 1968-01-25 |
Movie | Flachsmann als Erzieher | Flachsmann | 1968-01-14 |
Movie | Der Fall Petkov | Dr. Georgi Dimitrov | 1968-02-23 |
Movie | Anzio | Field Marshal Albert Kesselring | 1968-07-24 |
Movie | Meinungsverschiedenheiten | Anthony Wilcox | 1968-04-23 |
Movie | Wo liegt Jena? | Robert | 1967-06-16 |
Movie | Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand | Leiter der Mordkommission | 1967-03-29 |
Movie | Dead Run | Noland | 1967-08-10 |
Movie | Spy Today, Die Tomorrow | Sebastian (BND chief) | 1967-08-11 |
Movie | Death on a Rainy Day | Dr. Angus Cromwell | 1967-09-29 |
Movie | Jack of Diamonds | Wilhelm Von Schenk | 1967-11-10 |
Movie | Samba | Parisius | 1966-05-09 |
Movie | Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord | Kapitän Behrens | 1966-02-04 |
Movie | To Skin a Spy | Chalieff | 1966-08-24 |
Movie | Is Paris Burning? | Capitaine Ebernach | 1966-10-26 |
Movie | Das Leben in meiner Hand | Minister | 1966-06-13 |
Movie | Von Ryan's Express | Major Von Klemment | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | The Spy Who Went Into Hell | Captain Parker | 1965-08-13 |
Movie | Frühstück mit dem Tod | Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot | 1964-06-04 |
Movie | Cave of the Living Dead | Prof. von Adelsberg | 1964-04-09 |
Movie | Die erste Legion | Dr. Peter Morell | 1964-08-27 |
Movie | The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse | Dr. Mabuse | 1964-09-17 |
Movie | 100 Horsemen | Sheik Abengalbon | 1964-12-30 |
Movie | Backfire | Grenner | 1964-09-04 |
Movie | The Train | Maj. Herren | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | The Black Cobra | Stanislas Raskin | 1963-05-16 |
Movie | Leb wohl, mein Traum | James Merrill | 1963-04-05 |
Movie | Das tödliche Patent | Charles Reese | 1963-07-16 |
Movie | Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard | Geist von Dr. Mabuse | 1963-09-20 |
Movie | The Cardinal | 1963-12-12 | |
Movie | The Mad Executioners | Morel Smith | 1963-11-22 |
Movie | Lafayette | Baron Kalb | 1962-02-16 |
Movie | The Invisible Dr. Mabuse | Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse | 1962-03-30 |
Movie | Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt | Staatsanwalt Soldan | 1962-03-08 |
Movie | The Counterfeit Traitor | Colonel Nordoff | 1962-04-17 |
Movie | The Terror of Doctor Mabuse | Dr. Mabuse | 1962-09-06 |
Movie | The Longest Day | Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel | 1962-09-25 |
Movie | The Return of Dr. Mabuse | Dr. Mabuse | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | Riviera-Story | Arthur Dahlberg | 1961-12-07 |
Movie | Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old | Günther Brandt | 1961-01-27 |
Movie | Mistress of the World - Part II | Brandes | 1960-04-26 |
Movie | Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen | Dr. Beck | 1960-02-25 |
Movie | Mistress of the World - Part I | Dr. Henrik Brandes | 1960-04-14 |
Movie | Mill of the Stone Women | Doctor Loren Bolem | 1960-08-30 |
Movie | The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse | 1960-09-13 |
Movie | Prisoner of the Volga | General Gorew | 1959-03-26 |
Movie | Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Major Linkmann | 1959-04-07 |
Movie | Straße der Gerechten | Joseph Blake | 1959-03-19 |
Movie | Doctor Without Scruples | Dr. Westorp | 1959-09-04 |
Movie | Gorilla's Waltz | Otto Lohn | 1959-10-07 |
Movie | Roses for the Prosecutor | Generalstaatsanwalt | 1959-09-24 |
Movie | Ich war ihm hörig | Dr. Leipold | 1958-04-01 |
Movie | The Italians They Are Crazy | Hans | 1958-04-05 |
Movie | Grabenplatz 17 | Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger | 1958-07-16 |
Movie | The Green Devils of Monte Cassino | Oberstabsarzt Munkler | 1958-04-23 |
Movie | The Girl with the Cat Eyes | Carlo Gormann | 1958-11-28 |
Movie | Schinderhannes | Gendarm Adam | 1957-01-13 |
Movie | Stresemann | Heinz Becker | 1957-01-11 |
Movie | Der Banditendoktor | Amerikaner | 1957-11-19 |
Movie | Sharks and Little Fish | U-Bootkommandant Lüttke | 1957-09-26 |
Movie | Eurydice | Dulac | 1957-11-26 |
Movie | Like Once Lili Marleen | Alfred Linder | 1956-09-20 |
Movie | Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter | Ein Journalist | 1956-09-26 |
Movie | Before Sundown | Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke | 1956-07-06 |
Movie | Johannisnacht | Mac Fadden | 1956-10-29 |
Movie | Von der Liebe besiegt | Mario Clar | 1956-12-20 |
Movie | The Plot to Assassinate Hitler | Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg | 1955-06-21 |
Movie | Oberarzt Dr. Solm | Dr. Hartung | 1955-03-17 |
Movie | Der Cornet | Freiherr von Pirovano | 1955-12-16 |
Movie | Canaris | Oberst Holl | 1954-12-29 |
Movie | Falschmünzer am Werk | 1951-03-01 | |
Movie | The Crew of the Dora | Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner | 1943-11-01 |
Movie | The Great Love | Oberleutnant von Etzdorf | 1942-06-12 |