
Acting
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
DE, EN, FR cinema · 77 credits
Born
24 November 1885
Died
29 May 1955 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Cologne, Germany
Also known as Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Friedrich Rudolf Klein
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.
Known for
Filmography

Witches
Actor

Die unvollkommene Liebe
as Konsul Henry Rasmus

Menschen vom Varieté
as Kommissar Wiedemann

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
as Rechnungsrat

Kennwort Machin
as Schnellrichter in New York

Parkstrasse 13
as Direktor Bremer

Wibbel the Tailor
as Pangdich

Sergeant Berry
Dialogue

The Yellow Flag
as Kapitän Ellis

Madame Bovary
as Prof. Canivet

Die göttliche Jette
as Stadtrat Müller
Der Katzensteg
1937
Cat Walk
as Landrat Krotkeim

Truxa
as Varieté-Direktor

The Sovereign
as Direktor Bodlfing

The Court Concert
as Oberst Flumms
Moral
1936
Moral
as Polizeipräsident von Simbach

The Cossack and the Nightingale
as Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler

The Hour of Temptation
as Kriminalrat Brandt
Intermezzo
1936
Intermezzo
as Ponbiquet
Ein seltsamer Gast
1936
A Strange Guest
as Polizeipräfekt

Dissatisfied Woman
as Professor der Nervenklinik

The Valley of Love
as Herr von Roden

The Old and The Young King
as Leopold Dessauer

Paganini
as Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons

Elisabeth and the Jester
as Michele

The Assumption of Hannele
as Maurer Mattern
Der Fall Brenken
1934
Der Fall Brenken
as Bert Benson
Die Frauen vom Tannhof
1934
The Tannhof Women
as Jakob Aigner

Border Patrol
as Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
Le Requin
1930
The Shark
as Vasseur
Tarakanova
1930
Tarakanova
as Le Comte Chouvalof

You Belong to Me
as Burat-Laussade

Spies
as Haghi

Mädchenschicksale
as Lormand
Wolga Wolga
1928
Volga Volga
as Kosak Hadschi-Ali

Metropolis
as C.A. Rotwang
Tingel Tangel
1927
Tingel Tangel
as Don Fabio Coridon

Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian

The Queen Was in the Parlour
as General Kish

Loves of Casanova
as Peter III

Die lachende Grille
as Rossini

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
as King Etzel (Attila)

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
as King Etzel

The Stone Rider
as Der Herr vom Berge

Die Prinzessin Suwarin
as Cyrus Proctor

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
as Dr. Mabuse

Destiny
as Dervish / Girolamo

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Criminal (uncredited)

The Wandering Image
as Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy
1920
Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy
as Dr. Harry Walker

Morphium
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