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Aliases: Otto Karl Robert Wernicke

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Osterode am Harz, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 46

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film. Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit was he allowed to continue his work in Nazi Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Otto Wernicke  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

M
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M

(1931) Inspector Karl Lohmann
Titanic
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Titanic

(1943) Kapitän Edward J. Smith
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

(1933) Kommissar Lohmann
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb
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Curd Jürgens erzählt...
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Kolberg
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Kolberg

(1945) Bauer Werner
Der Fall Molander
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Der Fall Molander

(1945) Kunsthändler
Rätsel um Beate
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Rätsel um Beate

(1938) Vater Hübner - Schmied

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1963 Brown
1959 Diener Adam Fröschl
1956 Willowitz
Dr. Rainer sr.
1955 N/A
1951 Pietro
N/A
1950 Gustav Krause
Herr Dakar
Kriminalkommissar Thieme
1949 Martin Jürgens
Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
doctor
1947 N/A
1945 Bauer Werner
Fritz Beier
Kunsthändler
1944 Der Vater
Amtgerichtsrat Witt
Obermeister Kramp
1943 Kapitän Edward J. Smith
1942 Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
Oberst Rochow
1941 Ludwig Burgstaller
Old Manz
1940 N/A
1939 Fürst Windischgrätz
Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister
Vogelreuter
Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
Jonathan Pepper
Gast im 'Elite'
N/A
1938 N/A
Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
Kaufmann Hansen
Police Commissar Borel
Verwalter Miller
Schradecke, Stellmacher
Vater Hübner - Schmied
Gastwirt Merckel
Kriminalrat
N/A
1937 'Kapitän' Kröker
Jan Morell
Stober, Pastor
Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
1936 Onkel Bräsig
Bonnet - Agent
Godemann - Gastwirt
Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
1935 Bäckermeister Holm
Eckhardt
Boxmanager Schmidtchen
1934 Inspektor Beneke
Wolter
Der Gefängnisdirektor
Thomas Burger
Wolke, Werkmeister
1933 Bärmann
Herr Brand
Kommissar Lohmann
Franz Lechner
1932 Heiratsvermittler Kezal
Gesandter
Pitt
N/A
N/A
1931 Inspector Karl Lohmann
1925 Philipp Worrington
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1950 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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