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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Acting·1885–1955·53 films

Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.

As Actor

Metropolis
Metropolis (1927)C.A. Rotwang
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Criminal (uncredited)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)Dr. Mabuse
Destiny
Destiny (1921)Dervish / Girolamo
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)King Etzel
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)King Etzel (Attila)
Spies
Spies (1928)Haghi
Warning Shadows
Warning Shadows (1923)
Four Around the Woman
Four Around the Woman (1921)Upton
The Wandering Image
The Wandering Image (1920)Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
Loves of Casanova
Loves of Casanova (1927)Peter III
The Stone Rider
The Stone Rider (1923)Der Herr vom Berge
Kora Terry
Kora Terry (1940)
The Kaiser of California
The Kaiser of California (1936)
The Heart of a Queen
The Heart of a Queen (1940)
The Court Concert
The Court Concert (1936)Oberst Flumms
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (1937)Prof. Canivet
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)Rechnungsrat
The Old and The Young King
The Old and The Young King (1935)Leopold Dessauer
Wedding in Barenhof
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
Wibbel the Tailor
Wibbel the Tailor (1939)Pangdich
The Assumption of Hannele
The Assumption of Hannele (1934)Maurer Mattern
Truxa
Truxa (1937)Varieté-Direktor
The Sovereign
The Sovereign (1937)Direktor Bodlfing
Kennwort Machin
Kennwort Machin (1939)Schnellrichter in New York
The Valley of Love
The Valley of Love (1935)Herr von Roden
Die göttliche Jette
Die göttliche Jette (1937)Stadtrat Müller
Menschen vom Varieté
Menschen vom Varieté (1939)Kommissar Wiedemann
Elisabeth and the Jester
Elisabeth and the Jester (1934)Michele
Parkstrasse 13
Parkstrasse 13 (1939)Direktor Bremer
The Yellow Flag
The Yellow Flag (1937)Kapitän Ellis
Love's Arithmetic
Love's Arithmetic (1935)
Pietro der Korsar
Pietro der Korsar (1925)
Die unvollkommene Liebe
Die unvollkommene Liebe (1940)Konsul Henry Rasmus
The Queen Was in the Parlour
The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)General Kish
Paganini
Paganini (1934)Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
Mädchenschicksale
Mädchenschicksale (1928)Lormand
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923)Cyrus Proctor
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
Fighting the White Slave Traffic (1927)Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
The Cossack and the Nightingale
The Cossack and the Nightingale (1936)Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
Witches
Witches (1949)
Morphium
Morphium (1919)
After Midnight
After Midnight (1938)
Die schönste Frau von Paris
Die schönste Frau von Paris (1928)
Dissatisfied Woman
Dissatisfied Woman (1936)Professor der Nervenklinik
Border Patrol
Border Patrol (1934)Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
The Hour of Temptation
The Hour of Temptation (1936)Kriminalrat Brandt
Die lachende Grille
Die lachende Grille (1926)Rossini
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)Dr. Mabuse
You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me (1929)Burat-Laussade
Das Licht am Fenster
Das Licht am Fenster (1919)

As Writer