Person
Fritz Rasp
Acting · 1891–1976 · Bayreuth, Germany
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891; Bayreuth – 30 November 1976; Gräfelfing) was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976. His most notable film roles were J.J. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (1931), as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and as "Der Schmale" ("The Thin Man") in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Many of the scenes in which he appears in the latter film are part of the Metropolis footage long believed lost until their recovery in 2008. Rasp's obituary in Der Spiegel described him as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." He played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the 1920s. He is considered to be one of the most successful film villains in German film history.
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Jean Wimper
German Film Award
Self
The Commissioner
Herr Sistig
Metropolis
The Thin Man
Gestern gelesen
Vinvence van Hoek
Herodes und Mariamne
Sameas
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
1953
Alarm
Feinmechaniker Stülken
Spring Awakening
1929
Zwölftausend
Minister von Treysa
Filmography
- 1976Dorothea MerzDer alte Merz
- 1975Lina BraakeGustaf Haertlein
- 1974Tausend Francs BelohnungMajor Gedouard
- 1972Pero and Jovo
- 1972Fritz Rasp InterviewHimself
- 1971Die WeberDer alte Hilse
- 1970Scene of the CrimeJean Wimper
- 1969Die VerspätungDer Sargtischler
- 1969Gestern gelesenVinvence van Hoek
- 1969The CommissionerHerr Sistig
- 1966Hocuspocus
- 1966Volpone oder Der FuchsCorbaccio, alter Edelmann
- 1965Dr. med. Hiob PrätoriusShunderson
- 1965Herodes und MariamneSameas
- 1963Caroussel of PassionSchlossverwalter
- 1963Maria StuartShrewsbury
- 1962Black-White-Red Four PosterPfarrer
- 1962The Secret of the Red OrchidTanner
- 1961The Strange CountessRechtsanwalt Shaddle
- 1960The Black SheepLord Kingsley
- 1960The Terrible PeopleLord Godley Long
- 1960Am grünen Strand der SpreeHerr Schorin
- 1960Bezaubernde JuliaPierre
- 1960The Red CircleFroyant
- 1960Der Mann, der Donnerstag warFreitag
- 1960Gericht über Las CasasKardinal Loaisa von Sevilla
- 1959Kasimir und KarolineSpeer
- 1959Fellowship of the FrogEzra Maitland
- 1959Eine Dummheit macht auch der GescheitesteKrutizkij
- 1959Das mittlere FensterAngus
- 1959Johanna aus LothringenVater Massieu
- 1959Land, das meine Sprache sprichtArzt
- 1958Der öffentliche AnklägerSanson
- 1958Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von ParisAsteroth
- 1957Don CarlosGroßinquisitor
- 1956ZwölftausendMinister von Treysa
- 1956Wo war David Preston?Inspector Hemingway
- 1956Oberst ChabertPrivatsekretär Delbecq
- 1956Das AbschiedsgeschenkDr. Frobisher
- 1955Ein Weihnachtslied in ProsaJacob Marley
- 1955Der CornetGroßwesir
- 1955Die HeiratskomödieStepan
- 1955Gottes UtopiaBussaco
- 1955Der RevisorHospitalverwalter Artemij Fillippowitsch Semljanika
- 1955Magic FirePfistermeister
- 1955Madame AuréliePapet
- 1955SquirrelHerr Süpplein
- 1955Die BauernpassionScharfrichter
- 1953Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
- 1953HokuspokusDiener
- 1952Haus des LebensPädophiler
- 1951German Film AwardSelf
- 1950Skandal in der BotschaftInspector Kick
- 1946Somewhere in BerlinWaldemar Hunke
- 1943Paracelsusder Magister
- 1941AlarmFeinmechaniker Stülken
- 1940LeidenschaftBoddin
- 1939Frau im StromWendelin
- 1939It Was a Gay BallnightKritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
- 1938Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?Kelly
- 1938Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallenTheo - Haushofmeister
- 1937ToggerDublanc
- 1937The Hound of the BaskervillesBarrymore
- 1936Onkel BräsigSlusohr
- 1936Die Leuchter des KaisersStanislaus
- 1935Lockspitzel AsewAsew
- 1934Decoyde Groot, ihr Vormund
- 1934Little DorritFlintwinch
- 1934Charley's AuntLord Babberley
- 1934Schuß am NebelhornSebastian Geyer
- 1934Border PatrolNothaas, Grenzhofbauer
- 1934Altgermanische Bauernkultur
- 1933Der Judas von TirolRaffl
- 1933Der sündige HofVeit
- 1932The RingerRechtsanwalt Maurice Meister
- 1932The Cruel GirlfriendProfessor Bock
- 1932The four from Bob 13Schmidt
- 1931Emil and the DetectivesGrundeis
- 1931The PranksDirektor Rappis
- 1931The SqueekerFrank Sutton
- 1931Tropical NightsJones
- 1931The 3 Penny OperaPeachum
- 1931The Murderer Dmitri KaramazovSmerdjakow
- 1930The Great PassionHimself
- 1930DreyfusMajor du Paty de Clam
- 1929Three Around EdithPistol
- 1929Woman in the MoonWalt Turner
- 1929Diary of a Lost GirlMeinert
- 1929The Hound of the BaskervillesStapleton
- 1929Spring Awakening
- 1928Docks of HamburgThe Doctor
- 1928SpiesCol. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov
- 1928Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
- 1928SchinderhannesHeinrich Benzel
- 1927The Love of Jeanne NeyKhalibiev
- 1927The Last WaltzLinnsky
- 1927Children's Souls Accuse YouHeinrich Voss
- 1927MetropolisThe Thin Man
- 1926Superfluous PeopleChirikov
- 1926Qualen der NachtKellner
- 1926The House of LiesMolwik
- 1926Der Liebe Lust und Leid
- 1925Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen HandFarmer
- 1925Die Puppe vom Lunapark
- 1925ComediansLiebhaber
- 1925Menschen am Meer
- 1924Arabella
- 1923Warning ShadowsDiener
- 1923Between Evening and MorningFriedhofsgärtner
- 1923Time Is MoneyFrançois
- 1923Man by the Roadside
- 1922JugendAmandus
- 1922Das verschwundene Haus
- 1921The WildcatSolider (Uncredited)
- 1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
- 1916Pinkus's Shoe Palace
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