Rudolf Klein-Rogge
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1885-11-24 · Cologne, Germany
- Died
- 1955-05-29
Known for
- Metropolis (1927) — C.A. Rotwang
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) — Criminal (uncredited)
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) — Dr. Mabuse
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) — Dr. Mabuse
- Destiny (1921) — Dervish / Girolamo
- Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — King Etzel
- Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) — King Etzel (Attila)
- Spies (1928) — Haghi
- Warning Shadows (1923)
- Four Around the Woman (1921) — Upton
- The Wandering Image (1920) — Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
- Loves of Casanova (1927) — Peter III
- The Stone Rider (1923) — Der Herr vom Berge
- The Heart of a Queen (1940)
- The Court Concert (1936) — Oberst Flumms
- Madame Bovary (1937) — Prof. Canivet