
Wolfgang Preiss
Born
February 27, 1910
Died
November 27, 2002 (92 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Nuremberg, Germany
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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.
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Known For

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
2018

Open Air
1996
Florian III
Max Friedmann · (10 episodes)
1994
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
(6 episodes)
1991

Dr. M
Kessler
1990

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
Bernauer
1989

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
Earl of Wereford
1989

War and Remembrance
Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch · (12 episodes)
1988

Die Männer vom K3
Bodo von Heysen · (1 episode)
1988

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
Earl of Wereford
1987

The Second Victory
Father Albertus
1987
Lang soll er leben
1987

Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
Earl of Wereford
1987
Ein heikler Fall
(1 episode)
1986

Forget Mozart
Baron Gottfried van Swieten
1985

Ein Heim für Tiere
Prof. Alf Dobner · (1 episode)
1985

Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Earl of Wereford
1984
Ein Mann namens Parvus
Brockdorff-Rantzau
1984

Die Dame und die Unterwelt
Berthold Kampe
1984

The Winds of War
Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch · (7 episodes)
1983

Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
Earl of Wereford
1982
Die Schraiers
Jean Schraier · (14 episodes)
1982

Unheimliche Geschichten
(1 episode)
1982

A Case For Two
Alfred Rohloff · (1 episode)
1981

Ghost of Love
Zighi
1981

Ringstraßenpalais
General Prettwitz · (1 episode)
1980

The Formula
Franz Tauber
1980
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
Louis Tonard · (1 episode)
1979

Bloodline
Julius Prager
1979

Ike
FM Alfred Jodl
1979

Wallenstein
Thurn · (4 episodes)
1978
Die Anstalt
Dr. Reinecke
1978

The Boys from Brazil
Lofquist
1978

SOKO München
Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg · (1 episode)
1978

The Standard
Oberst
1977

A Bridge Too Far
Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
1977
Hungária kávéház
(1 episode)
1976
Der Anwalt
Richter · (1 episode)
1976
Die Insel der Krebse
General
1975
Eurogang
Frank Allen · (1 episode)
1975

The Big Delirium
Artmann
1975

La Cloche tibétaine
Georges-Marie Haardt · (7 episodes)
1974

Die Kriegsbraut
von Bogendorf
1974

Die Montagsmaler
Self · (1 episode)
1974

Eine ungeliebte Frau
1974
Okay S.I.R.
Forestié · (1 episode)
1973

Diamantenparty
Konsul Eduard van Düren
1973
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
General
1973

The Master Touch
Miller
1972

The Salzburg Connection
Felix Zauner
1972

Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972

The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Prosecutor
1971

The Fifth Cord
Police inspector
1971

Dalli Dalli
Self · (1 episode)
1971

Raid on Rommel
Gen. Erwin Rommel
1971
Der Minister und die Ente
Minister
1970

Scene of the Crime
Friedrich von Ribnitz · (1 episode)
1970

Scene of the Crime
Cantz sr. · (1 episode)
1970

Scene of the Crime
Stockinger · (1 episode)
1970
Sir Henri Deterding
Sir Henri Deterding
1970
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
Generalmajor Oster
1970
Peenemünde
Oberst Dornberger
1970
Das Haus Lunjowo
Generalmajor Lattmann
1970

Playgirl 70
1969
Familie Mack verändert sich
Robert Mack · (6 episodes)
1969

Battle of the Commandos
Colonel Ackerman
1969
Gestern gelesen
Staatsanwalt · (1 episode)
1969
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
1969
Hürdenlauf
Exzellenz Lohmüller
1969

Hannibal Brooks
Col. von Haller
1969

Der Kommissar
Direktor Abel · (1 episode)
1969
Schatzsucher unserer Tage
Jan van Dongen · (13 episodes)
1968

Anzio
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1968
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
Anthony Wilcox
1968
Der Fall Petkov
Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
1968

Tamara
Father Bricks
1968

Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
George Conway · (3 episodes)
1968
Flachsmann als Erzieher
Flachsmann
1968

Jack of Diamonds
Wilhelm Von Schenk
1967

Death on a Rainy Day
Dr. Angus Cromwell
1967

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
Sebastian (BND chief)
1967

Dead Run
Noland
1967
Wo liegt Jena?
Robert
1967

Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
Leiter der Mordkommission
1967

Is Paris Burning?
Capitaine Ebernach
1966

The Rat Patrol
General Von Helmreich · (1 episode)
1966

To Skin a Spy
Chalieff
1966
Das Leben in meiner Hand
Minister
1966
Samba
Parisius
1966
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
Kapitän Behrens
1966

The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Captain Parker
1965

Von Ryan's Express
Major Von Klemment
1965

X-Ray of a Killer
1965

100 Horsemen
Sheik Abengalbon
1964

The Train
Maj. Herren
1964

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1964

Backfire
Grenner
1964
Die erste Legion
Dr. Peter Morell
1964

Frühstück mit dem Tod
Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
1964

Cave of the Living Dead
Prof. von Adelsberg
1964
Einer wird gewinnen
Self · (1 episode)
1964

The Cardinal
1963
Zwischenmahlzeit
Self · (1 episode)
1963

The Mad Executioners
Morel Smith
1963

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
Geist von Dr. Mabuse
1963

Das tödliche Patent
Charles Reese
1963

Die fünfte Kolonne
Hauptmann Seewald · (1 episode)
1963

The Black Cobra
Stanislas Raskin
1963
Leb wohl, mein Traum
James Merrill
1963

Das Kriminalmuseum
Konrad Pachmayr · (1 episode)
1963

The Longest Day
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
1962

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1962

The Counterfeit Traitor
Colonel Nordoff
1962

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
1962

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Staatsanwalt Soldan
1962

Lafayette
Baron Kalb
1962

Riviera-Story
Arthur Dahlberg
1961

Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Günther Brandt
1961

The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1961

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse
1960

Mill of the Stone Women
Doctor Loren Bolem
1960

Mistress of the World - Part II
Brandes
1960

Mistress of the World - Part I
Dr. Henrik Brandes
1960

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
Dr. Beck
1960

Roses for the Prosecutor
Generalstaatsanwalt
1959

Doctor Without Scruples
Dr. Westorp
1959

Konto ausgeglichen
Robert Jacobi
1959

Gorilla's Waltz
Otto Lohn
1959

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Major Linkmann
1959

Prisoner of the Volga
General Gorew
1959
Straße der Gerechten
Joseph Blake
1959

The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Carlo Gormann
1958

Grabenplatz 17
Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
1958

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
Oberstabsarzt Munkler
1958

The Italians They Are Crazy
Hans
1958

Ich war ihm hörig
Dr. Leipold
1958
Eurydice
Dulac
1957
Der Banditendoktor
Amerikaner
1957

Sharks and Little Fish
U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
1957
Schinderhannes
Gendarm Adam
1957
Stresemann
Heinz Becker
1957

Von der Liebe besiegt
Mario Clar
1956

Johannisnacht
Mac Fadden
1956

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Ein Journalist
1956

Like Once Lili Marleen
Alfred Linder
1956

Before Sundown
Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
1956

Der Cornet
Freiherr von Pirovano
1955

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1955

Oberarzt Dr. Solm
Dr. Hartung
1955

Canaris
Oberst Holl
1954

Falschmünzer am Werk
1951
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (2 episodes)
1951

The Crew of the Dora
Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
1943

The Great Love
Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
1942