Wolfgang Preiss
- Birthday
- Feb 27, 1910
Bio: German actor Wolfgang Preiss first stepped before the cameras in 1942, then disappeared from the view of moviegoers for nearly a dozen years. Preiss gained belated celebrity in the 1960s as the demonic title character in the "Dr. Mabuse" film series, beginning with 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). In American films, he tended to be typecast as high-ranking Nazis.… More Bio: German actor Wolfgang Preiss first stepped before the cameras in 1942, then disappeared from the view of moviegoers for nearly a dozen years. Preiss gained belated celebrity in the 1960s as the demonic title character in the "Dr. Mabuse" film series, beginning with 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). In American films, he tended to be typecast as high-ranking Nazis. Wolfgang Preiss' most prominent assignments in this vein were the roles of Erwin Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971) and General Von Runstedt in A Bridge Too Far (1977). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Arzt ohne Gewissen (Doctor Without Scruples) (2013)
- Actor
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Die große Liebe (The Great Love) (2012)
- Actor
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Aire Libre (1997)
- Actor
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Dr. M (1989)
- Kessler
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Second Victory (1986)
- Father Albertus
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Wolfgang Preiss Videos
The Longest Day
16 seconds
A Bridge Too Far
1 minutes 19 seconds
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1 minutes 34 seconds
Raid On Rommel
1 minutes 57 seconds
Anzio
1 minutes 20 seconds
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