Actor info
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Name :
Otto Wernicke
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Born :
September 30, 1893 in Osterode am Harz, Germany (72 years at death)
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Died :
November 7, 1965
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
77 films (1925–1959)
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Also known as :
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke
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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.
Notable films
- Immer die Mädchen (1959) as Diener Adam Fröschl
- Kolberg (1945) as Bauer Werner
- Das große Abenteuer (1938) as Kriminalrat
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) as Kommissar Lohmann
- M (1931) as Inspector Karl Lohmann
