Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Metropolis
as C.A. Rotwang
1927
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Criminal (uncredited)
1920
Wildes Blut
1920
Morphium
1919
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
1933
Destiny
as Dervish / Girolamo
1921
The Heart of a Queen
1940
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
1942
You Belong to Me
as Burat-Laussade
1929
La maison des hommes vivants
1929
The Shark
as Vasseur
1930
Menschen vom Varieté
as Kommissar Wiedemann
1939
Warning Shadows
1923
Spies
as Haghi
1928
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron
1913
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit
1913
The Wandering Image
as Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
1920
Tingel Tangel
as Don Fabio Coridon
1927
Tarakanova
as Le Comte Chouvalof
1930
The Court Concert
as Oberst Flumms
1936