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German actor (1865–1937)
Rudolf Lettinger
Born (1865-10-26 ) 26 October 1865Died 21 March 1937(1937-03-21) (aged 71) Occupation Film actor Years active 1883–1931
Rudolf Lettinger (26 October 1865 in
Hamburg – 21 March 1937 in
Berlin-Schöneberg ) was a German
stage and
film actor . He made his stage debut in 1883 when he played the role of Kosinsky in
Friedrich Schiller 's drama
The Robbers . Some of his more prominent roles in his prestigious stage career were
Cyrano de Bergerac and Gessler in
William Tell . He also worked with acclaimed stage director
Max Reinhardt . In 1912, Lettinger played his first film role in Das Geheimnis von Monte Carlo . Lettinger appeared in over 90 films until 1931, mostly as a supporting actor. His best-known film is perhaps
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), where Lettinger portrayed Dr. Olsen.
Selected filmography
Das Geheimnis von Monte Carlo (1912)
Ein Gruss aus der Tiefe (1915) - Vareno Ziehtochter Rawalla
Das goldene Friedelchen (1916) - Hermann Strecker
Irrende Liebe (1917) - Carl Coster, ehemaliger Bankdirektor
Das Legat (1917) - Geldverleiher Rosen
The Onyx Head (1917)
Jugend. Die Furcht von der Wahrheit (1917) - Pens.Kapitän Voss
Das Klima von Vancourt (1917)
Halkas Gelöbnis (1918)
Die Ehe der Charlotte von Brakel (1918)
Der lebende Leichnam (1918)
Der Prozeß Hauers (1918)
Erträumtes (1918) - Ehemann der Freundin
Das Buch Esther (1919) - Vorsteher des Jehudims
Moderne Töchter (1919)
The Ocarina (1919)
Die Geliebte Tote (1919) - Professor Thorwaldsen
Die schwarze Marion (1919)
Das Schicksal der Carola van Geldern (1919) - Jack
Harakiri (1919) - Karan
Der Tempel der Liebe (1919)
Opfer (1920)
The Mistress of the World (1920, Part VIII) - Detective Hunt
Hate (1920)
The Spiders (1920, part 2) - John Terry, the King of Diamonds
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Dr. Olsen
Frauenruhm (1920)
Kaliber fünf Komma zwei (1920) - Julius Goldberg
The Brothers Karamazov (1920) - Oberst
Whitechapel (1920) - Komissar
Madame Récamier (1920) - Jacques Récamier
Das schwarze Amulett (1920)
Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman (1920) - Napoleon Bonaparte
Furcht vor dem Weibe (1920) - Handelsmarine-Matrose
The Drums of Asia (1921) - van Daalen
Night of the Burglar (1921)
Der Gang durch die Hölle (1921) - Polizeikommissar Brown
Aschermittwoch (1921)
Barmaid (1922)
Countess Walewska (1922) - Napoleon
The Call of Destiny (1922)
Nathan the Wise (1922) - Klosterbruder Bonafides - früherer Reitknecht Assads
Victim of Love (1923)
Maciste and the Chinese Chest (1923)
Die brennende Kugel (1923)
The Buddenbrooks (1923) - Kutscher Grobleben
Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini (1923)
Tragödie der Liebe (1923)
Die Gräfin von Paris (1923)
Quarantäne (1923) - Professor Hudson
Count Cohn (1923) - Christian Schmidt
The Great Unknown (1924)
The Enchantress (1924)
Kaddish (1924)
Strong Winds (1924, part 9)
Hunted Men (1924) - F. A. Mertens
The Creature (1924)
Playing with Destiny (1924) - Ortsgeistlicher
The Man on the Comet (1925) - Benjamin
Women of Luxury (1925) - Hermann von Benthien
The Great Opportunity (1925)
The Woman with That Certain Something (1925) - Justizrat Walter Zug
The Circus Princess (1925)
Bismarck (1925, part 1)
The Hanseatics (1925)
The Girl from America (1925) - Bombarth, Faktotum
Am besten gefällt mir die Lore (1925) - Herr Funke
The Fallen (1926)
Young Blood (1926)
Sword and Shield (1926) - General von Grumbkow
The Good Reputation (1926)
The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926)
Die Piraten der Ostseebäder (1927)
Bismarck 1862–1898 (1927)
Students' Love (1927)
The Catwalk (1927) - Merkel - Ortsschulze
The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin (1927)
The Holy Lie (1927)
Da hält die Welt den Atem an (1927)
Was die Kinder ihren Eltern verschweigen (1927) - Vater Wohlmuth
Caught in Berlin's Underworld (1927) - Maroff
King of the Centre Forwards (1927) - Jakob Meeling
Petronella (1927) - Pias Vater
Girls, Beware! (1928)
Luther (1928) - Luthers Vater
The Great Adventuress (1928) - Secretary
Schneeschuhbanditen (1928)
Volga Volga (1928)
Die von der Scholle sind (1928)
The Customs Judge (1929) - Justizwachmeister Böhm
Madame Lu, die Frau für diskrete Beratung (1929)
Beware of Loose Women (1929) - Wilhelm Hasse, Hotelier
Es war einmal ein treuer Husar (1929) - Der Kronenwirt
Freiheit in Fesseln (1930) - Schulze, Kahnführer
Die Jugendgeliebte (1930)
Witnesses Wanted (1930) - Fred Hiller
Different Morals (1931) - Kommerzienrat Hormeyer
Der Liebesarzt (1931) - Townbridge
In Wien hab' ich einmal ein Mädel geliebt (1931)
Emil and the Detectives (1931) - (final film role)
Bibliography
Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene . Berghahn Books, 1999.
External links
International National People