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Rudolf Klein Rogge
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Occupation
Actor
Years active
1912–1942
Name
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Role
Film actor
Born
24 November 1885 (
1885-11-24
)
Cologne, Germany
Died
May 29, 1955, Wetzelsdorf, Graz, Austria
Spouse
Mary Johnson (m. 1932–1955), Thea von Harbou (m. 1914–1920), Margarethe Neff (m. ?–1932)
Movies
Metropolis, Dr Mabuse the Gambler, The Testament of Dr Ma, Spione, Destiny
Similar People
Thea von Harbou, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Lang, Erich Pommer, Gunther Rittau
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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 main-stay 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.
Klein-Rogge was born in Cologne, Germany. He began taking acting lessons while studying art history in Berlin and Bonn. Klein-Rogge made his acting debut in 1909, playing Cassius in Julius Caesar in Halberstadt. Klein-Rogge went on to play in theaters located in Düsseldorf, Kiel and Aachen. In Aachen, Klein-Rogge met actress and screenwriter Thea von Harbou. The two married in 1914. In 1915, Klein-Rogge joined Nuremberg's Städtische Bühnen theatre as both an actor and director.
In 1919, Klein-Rogge began acting in films. He appeared in an uncredited role as the criminal in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. During this time, von Harbou was having an affair with director Fritz Lang and eventually left Klein-Rogge to marry Lang. Despite the split, Klein-Rogge made several films that were written by von Harbou and directed by Lang, including Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis and Spies. Klein-Rogge's intense look led him to similar roles such as a tyrant in Fritz Wendhausen's Der steinerne Reiter, a pirate in Arthur Robison's Pietro der Korsar, and the Czar in Alexandre Volkoff's Casanova. Klein-Rogge's last film with Lang was The Testament of Dr. Mabuse in 1933.
Klein-Rogge played the lead roles in two films written and directed by von Harbou: Elisabeth und der Narr and Hanneles Himmelfahrt. Klein-Rogge remarried twice, first to Margarete Neff, and lastly with the Swedish actress Mary Johnson in 1932, to whom he remained married until his death in 1955.
Filmography
Actor
1949
Hexen
1942
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof as
Sanitätsrat
1940
Kora Terry as
Dunkler Ehrenmann, Komplize Vopescus
1940
The Heart of a Queen as
General Ruthven
1940
Die unvollkommene Liebe as
Konsul Henry Rasmus
1939
Rheinische Brautfahrt as
Landrat
1939
Kennwort Machin as
Schnellrichter in New York
1939
Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death as
Rechnungsrat
1939
Schneider Wibbel as
Pangdich
1939
Parkstrasse 13 as
Direktor Bremer
1939
Menschen vom Varieté as
Kommissar Wiedemann
1938
Two Friends
1938
Ab Mitternacht
1938
Abenteuer in Marokko as
Dr. Linder
1937
Der Katzensteg as
Landrat Krotkeim
1937
Die gelbe Flagge as
Kapitän Ellis
1937
Strife Over the Boy Jo as
Deutscher Gesandter
1937
Madame Bovary as
Prof. Canivet
1937
The Divine Jetta as
Stadtrat Müller
1937
Der Herrscher as
Direktor Bodlfing
1937
Truxa as
Varieté-Direktor
1936
Das Hofkonzert as
Col. Flumms
1936
Intermezzo as
Ponbiquet
1936
Die un-erhörte Frau as
Professor der Nervenklinik
1936
Die Stunde der Versuchung as
Kriminalrat Brandt
1936
Moral as
Polizeipräsident von Simbach
1936
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien as
Bankier
1936
A Strange Guest as
Polizeipräfekt
1935
Der Ammenkönig as
Herr von Roden
1935
Das Einmaleins der Liebe
1935
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall as
Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
1935
The Making of a King as
Leopold Dessauer
1934
The Tannhof Women as
Jakob Aigner, der Tannenhofbauer
1934
Der Fall Brenken as
Bert Benson, Artist
1934
Between Heaven and Earth as
Der alte Nettenmaier
1934
Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt as
Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
1934
Border Patrol as
Der Einäugige - ein Schmuggler
1934
Hanneles Himmelfahrt as
Maurer Mattern (as R. Klein-Rogge)
1934
Die Welt ohne Maske as
Merker
1934
Elisabeth und der Narr as
Michele
1933
The Judas of Tyrol as
Erster Offizier
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse as
Dr. Mabuse
1932
Der weiße Gott as
Mariak
1930
Eskimo as
Mariak
1930
Tarakanova as
Le Comte Chouvalof
1930
Le requin as
Vasseur
1929
La maison des hommes vivants
1929
Tu m'appartiens! as
Burat-Laussade
1928
Eine Nacht in Yoshiwara
1928
La faute de Monique
1928
Die schönste Frau von Paris as
Miller
1928
Volga Volga as
Kosak Hadschi-Ali
1928
Mädchenschicksale as
Lormand
1928
Spies as
Haghi
1928
The Countess of Sand
1927
Das Mädchen aus Frisco
1927
Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins as
William Pitts alias Francis Forest
1927
Tingel Tangel as
Don Fabio Coridon
1927
Casanova as
Le Tsar Peter III
1927
Forbidden Love as
General Kish
1927
Der Herr der Nacht as
Eugen Lascano
1927
The Gypsy Baron as
Mehmed Ali
1927
Metropolis as
Erfinder C.A. Rotwang / The Inventor
1927
Mädchenhandel - Eine internationale Gefahr as
Simpat Karamanian, Arut Akkunian, ein deutscher Professor, ein asiatischer Hausierer und Dr. Papamarkos
1926
Fighting the White Slave Traffic as
Akkunian
1926
Die lachende Grille as
Rossini
1926
Der rosa Diamant as
Stuart, Theaterdirektor
1926
Der Mann seiner Frau
1925
The Love Pirate as
Salvatore, ein Korsarhauptmann
1924
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge as
King Etzel
1924
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried as
King Etzel
1923
Warning Shadows (uncredited)
1923
Die Prinzessin Suwarin as
Cyrus Proctor
1923
Der steinerne Reiter as
Der Herr vom Berge
1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler as
Dr. Mabuse (as Rudolf Klein Rogge)
1921
Zirkus des Lebens as
Chauffeur Tom
1921
Destiny as
Derwisch / Girolamo
1921
Am Webstuhl der Zeit
1921
Die Nächte des Cornelis Brouwer
1921
Four Around the Woman as
Hehler Upton
1920
The Wandering Image as
Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
1920
Der schwarze Graf
1920
Wildes Blut
1920
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as
Ein Verbrecher / A Criminal (uncredited)
1920
Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy as
Dr. Harry Walker
1919
Der Fall Tolstikoff as
Ernst Rüdiger
1919
Die Launen eines Milliardärs
1919
Flitter-Dörtje
1919
Morphium
1919
Das Geheimnis des Irren
1919
Spiele eines Milliardärs
1919
Das Licht am Fenster
1913
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit (Short)
1913
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron (Short)
Writer
1938
Sergeant Berry (dialogue)
Miscellaneous
1936
Intermezzo (dialogue director)
Archive Footage
2014
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (Documentary) as
Self
2014
Caligari - Wie der Horror ins Kino kam (TV Movie documentary) as
Dr. Mabuse
2012
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) as
C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor
- Metrópolis (Montaje de 1984) (2012) - C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor
2011
El toque Neville (Video documentary short) as
Dr. Mabuse
2004
Mabuses Motive (TV Movie documentary) as
Dr. Mabuse
2004
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (TV Movie documentary) as
Dr. Mabuse (in "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit") / Rotwang (in "Metropolis") (uncredited)
2003
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (Video documentary) as
C.A. Rotwang (segment "Radio Ga Ga")
2003
Vorher - Nachher: Filmrestaurierung am Beispiel Metropolis (Video documentary short) as
Rotwang (uncredited)
2000
Rudolf Klein-Rogge - Gestorben zu Pfingsten 1955 in Wetzelsdorf und nicht in Graz as
Fotos und Interviews / Self
2000
The Red Green Show (TV Series) as
H.N. Russell
- Foster Child (2000) - H.N. Russell
1998
Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (Documentary) as
C.A. Rottwang (clip from Metropolis (1927)) (uncredited)
1983
Historia del cine: Epoca muda (Video documentary) as
