Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Acting · Writing

Born November 24, 1885, Cologne, Germany

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.

Filmography

• 1949Witches
• 1942Wedding in Barenhof
• 1940Die unvollkommene Liebe — Konsul Henry Rasmus
• 1940Kora Terry
• 1940The Heart of a Queen
• 1939Kennwort Machin — Schnellrichter in New York
• 1939Menschen vom Varieté — Kommissar Wiedemann
• 1939Parkstrasse 13 — Direktor Bremer
• 1939Rheinische Brautfahrt — Landrat
• 1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes — Rechnungsrat
• 1939Wibbel the Tailor — Pangdich
• 1938After Midnight
• 1938Sergeant Berry — Dialogue
• 1938Two Women
• 1937Cat Walk — Landrat Krotkeim
• 1937Die göttliche Jette — Stadtrat Müller
• 1937Madame Bovary — Prof. Canivet
• 1937The Sovereign — Direktor Bodlfing
• 1937The Yellow Flag — Kapitän Ellis
• 1937Truxa — Varieté-Direktor
• 1936A Strange Guest — Polizeipräfekt
• 1936Dissatisfied Woman — Professor der Nervenklinik
• 1936Intermezzo — Ponbiquet
• 1936Moral — Polizeipräsident von Simbach
• 1936The Cossack and the Nightingale — Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
• 1936The Court Concert — Oberst Flumms
• 1936The Hour of Temptation — Kriminalrat Brandt
• 1936The Kaiser of California
• 1935Love's Arithmetic
• 1935The Old and The Young King — Leopold Dessauer
• 1935The Valley of Love — Herr von Roden
• 1934Border Patrol — Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
• 1934Der Fall Brenken — Bert Benson
• 1934Elisabeth and the Jester — Michele
• 1934Paganini — Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
• 1934The Assumption of Hannele — Maurer Mattern
• 1934The Tannhof Women — Jakob Aigner
• 1934The World Without a Mask — Merker
• 1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse — Dr. Mabuse
• 1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse — Dr. Mabuse
• 1930Tarakanova — Le Comte Chouvalof
• 1930The Shark — Vasseur
• 1929La maison des hommes vivants
• 1929You Belong to Me — Burat-Laussade
• 1928Die Sandgräfin
• 1928Die schönste Frau von Paris
• 1928Mädchenschicksale — Lormand
• 1928Spies — Haghi
• 1928Wolga Wolga — Kosak Hadschi-Ali
• 1927Das Mädchen aus Frisco
• 1927Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins — William Pitts
• 1927Fighting the White Slave Traffic — Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
• 1927Loves of Casanova — Peter III
• 1927Metropolis — C.A. Rotwang
• 1927The Gypsy Baron
• 1927The Queen Was in the Parlour — General Kish
• 1927Tingel Tangel — Don Fabio Coridon
• 1926Der rosa Diamant
• 1926Die lachende Grille — Rossini
• 1925Pietro der Korsar
• 1924Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge — King Etzel (Attila)
• 1924Die Nibelungen: Siegfried — King Etzel
• 1923Die Prinzessin Suwarin — Cyrus Proctor
• 1923The Stone Rider — Der Herr vom Berge
• 1923Warning Shadows
• 1922Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler — Dr. Mabuse
• 1921Destiny — Dervish / Girolamo
• 1921Four Around the Woman — Upton
• 1920Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy — Dr. Harry Walker
• 1920The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari — Criminal (uncredited)
• 1920The Wandering Image — Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
• 1920Wildes Blut
• 1919Das Geheimnis der Irren
• 1919Das Licht am Fenster
• 1919Morphium
• 1913Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron
• 1913Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit