Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

1885-11-24 – 1955-05-29 (age 69) Cologne, Germany
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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.

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Known For

Metropolis
Metropolis

1927

as C.A. Rotwang

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

as Criminal (uncredited)

Spies
Spies

1928

as Haghi

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Tingel Tangel

1927

as Don Fabio Coridon

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Tarakanova

1930

as Le Comte Chouvalof

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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Moral

1936

as Polizeipräsident von Simbach

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922

as Dr. Mabuse

Witches
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Intermezzo

1936

as Ponbiquet

Die göttliche Jette
Die göttliche Jette

1937

as Stadtrat Müller

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

1924

as King Etzel (Attila)

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

1924

as King Etzel

The Sovereign
The Sovereign

1937

as Direktor Bodlfing

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Menschen vom Varieté
Menschen vom Varieté

1939

as Kommissar Wiedemann

Destiny
Destiny

1921

as Dervish / Girolamo

Kora Terry