Preben Lerdorff Rye was a prolific actor in Danish cinema during the mid-to-late 20th century. After varied educations in physical labor jobs, Rye debuted at Odenste Teater in 1938 and later got admitted to Det Kgl. Teater as a student in 1940, where he later became an actor, and was performing on stage up until 1961. Rye then took a brief break from the stage and acting and went on to live as a "civilian", until 1973, where he took up acting full time again, both in film and in theaters.

Filmography

• 1995Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier — Interview Subject
• 1989Christian — Grandfather
• 1989Isolde
• 1989Medea — Paedragon
• 1987Babette's Feast — Kaptajnen
• 1987Hip Hip Hurrah! — Blinde Christian
• 1987The Fight For The Red Cow
• 1984The Element of Crime — Grandfather
• 1983Hærvejen
• 1982Den ubetænksomme elsker — Bruun, læge
• Opfinderkontoret — Carl Carlsen
• 1981Sigurd Fafnersbane — Odin
• 1980It's a World Full of Children — Gynecologist
• 1980Next Stop - Paradise — Hjalmar Krog
• 1979Kick Me in the Traditions!
• Ludvigsbakke — Herren på stue A
• 1978Mirror, Mirror
• 1977Sofies skolegang — Christian Kold
• The Fishermen — Teacher Aaby
• 1977Vandalism
• 1976Copper — Fessor
• 1976Normannerne — Regnar Lodbrog
• 1975Anne og Paul
• 1974Nineteen Red Roses — Holger Hjort
• 1973Erasmus Montanus — The Lieutenant
• 1973The First Circle — Professor Chelnov
• 1972Præsten i Vejlby
• 1972Solens børn — Egor
• 1971The Woolen Stocking Peddler — Vandringsmanden
• 1966Der var engang
• 1966Søskende — Mikael
• 1965Grænseland — Manden
• 1964Dannevirkenatten — Bølling
• 1964Paradise and Back — Skuespiller
• 1964Premiere i helvede — Phillip Michelsen - Skuespiller
• 1961Hans Nielsen Hauge — Kong Fredrik IV
• 1961Løgn og løvebrøl
• 1960Frihedens pris — Hipomand
• 1960Skibet er ladet med..
• 1959A Stranger Knocks — Han
• 1958Lyssky transport gennem Danmark — Onkel Mads
• 1958Mariannes bryllup
• 1958Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden — Jonas
• 1957Be Dear to Me
• 1957Cupid on the Phone — Carolus Lieberg, magister i litteratur
• 1957Der var engang en gade — David
• 1957Jul i Skovridergaarden — Fyrmester Larsen
• 1957Mig og min familie — Hans
• 1957Sønnen fra Amerika — En arbejder
• 1956Den kloge mand
• 1956Hvad vil De ha'?
• 1956Tante Tut fra Paris — Arthur Blume
• 1955Gengæld — Forfatter Donner
• 1955Ild og jord
• 1955Mod og mandshjerte — En gangster
• 1955Ordet — Johannes Borgen (uncredited)
• 1954Karen, Maren og Mette — Henrik Larsen
• 1954Kongeligt besøg
• 1953Adam and Eve — Tyven
• 1953The Tove Andersen Criminal Case — Kriminalbetjent Knudsen
• 1952Avismanden — Johansen
• 1951Behind the red gates — Carlo Pedersen, ejer af Dromen
• 1951Frihed forpligter — Sørens kollega
• 1951Lyntoget — Henning Knudsen
• 1951Unge piger forsvinder i København — Johan, tjener, søn af fru Nielsen
• 1950I gabestokken — Sejr
• 1950North Sea Boys — Værle
• 1950Smedestræde 4 — Sømand
• 1949Det gælder os alle
• 1949Det hændte i København
• 1949Din fortid er glemt — Tennisspiller
• 1949Kampen mod uretten
• 1949We Want a Child
• 1948Hr. Petit
• 1948Hvor er Far
• 1948The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman — Styrmand på Marie Grubbe
• 1948While the Gate was Locked
• 1947Hatten er sat
• 1947Røverne fra Rold — Reinald - Justis højre hånd
• 1946Discretion Wanted — Tømrermester Eriksen
• 1946Hans Store Aften — Morten Just, forfatter
• 1946Letter from the Dead — Skuespiller
• 1945I gaar og i morgen
• 1945Red Meadows — Alf
• 1943Day of Wrath — Martin, Absalon's Son from First Marriage (uncredited)
• 1942Derailed — Willy Hansen
• 1941Tante Cramers Testamente — Alfred Olsen, tjener i "Balalajka"
• 1940En ganske almindelig pige

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1989Danish Literature — Self
• 1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer — Self