Fritz Rasp

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

May 13, 1891

died

November 30, 1976

place of birth

Bayreuth, Germany

also known as

Fritz Heinrich Rasp

total credits

50 movies

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891; Bayreuth – 30 November 1976; Gräfelfing) was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976.

His most notable film roles were J.J. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (1931), as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and as "Der Schmale" ("The Thin Man") in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Many of the scenes in which he appears in the latter film are part of the Metropolis footage long believed lost until their recovery in 2008.

Rasp's obituary in Der Spiegel described him as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." He played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the 1920s. He is considered to be one of the most successful film villains in German film history.

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Known For

Filmography

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Metropolis
8.1

Metropolis

1927as The Thin Man
Spies
7.4

Spies

1928as Col. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov
The 3 Penny Opera
7.1

The 3 Penny Opera

1931as Peachum
Diary of a Lost Girl
7.3

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929as Meinert
Paracelsus
6.1

Paracelsus

1943as der Magister
Woman in the Moon
7.2

Woman in the Moon

1929as Walt Turner
Warning Shadows
6.6

Warning Shadows

1923as Diener
The Secret of the Red Orchid
5.8

The Secret of the Red Orchid

1962as Tanner
Magic Fire
4.9

Magic Fire

1955as Pfistermeister
Fellowship of the Frog
6.6

Fellowship of the Frog

1959as Ezra Maitland
Emil and the Detectives
7.2

Emil and the Detectives

1931as Grundeis
The Strange Countess
6.6

The Strange Countess

1961as Rechtsanwalt Shaddle
The Terrible People
7.3

The Terrible People

1960as Lord Godley Long
The Love of Jeanne Ney
7.2

The Love of Jeanne Ney

1927as Khalibiev
Somewhere in Berlin
6.0

Somewhere in Berlin

1946as Waldemar Hunke
The Hound of the Baskervilles
5.8

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1937as Barrymore
Little Dorrit
5.8

Little Dorrit

1934as Flintwinch
Charley's Aunt
7.5

Charley's Aunt

1934as Lord Babberley
The Wildcat
7.5

The Wildcat

1921as Solider (Uncredited)
The Red Circle
6.1

The Red Circle

1960as Froyant
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
6.2

The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov

1931as Smerdjakow
The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.9

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929as Stapleton
The Ringer
5.1

The Ringer

1932as Rechtsanwalt Maurice Meister
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
7.0

Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal

1953
The Squeeker
5.5

The Squeeker

1931as Frank Sutton
Dreyfus
5.6

Dreyfus

1930as Major du Paty de Clam
Hocuspocus
5.4

Hocuspocus

1966
The Great Passion
7.7

The Great Passion

1930as Himself
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
5.7

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

1916
Spring Awakening
10.0

Spring Awakening

1929
Lina Braake
7.6

Lina Braake

1975as Gustaf Haertlein
Der Judas von Tirol
5.5

Der Judas von Tirol

1933as Raffl
Alarm
6.8

Alarm

1941as Feinmechaniker Stülken
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
9.0

Die Puppe vom Lunapark

1925
Decoy
6.5

Decoy

1934as de Groot, ihr Vormund
Tropical Nights
8.0

Tropical Nights

1931as Jones
Frau im Strom
7.7

Frau im Strom

1939as Wendelin
Man by the Roadside
10.0

Man by the Roadside

1923
The Black Sheep
6.7

The Black Sheep

1960as Lord Kingsley
Der Cornet
9.0

Der Cornet

1955as Großwesir
Haus des Lebens
9.0

Haus des Lebens

1952as Pädophiler
Docks of Hamburg
5.8

Docks of Hamburg

1928as The Doctor
The four from Bob 13
9.0

The four from Bob 13

1932as Schmidt
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
4.7

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius

1965as Shunderson
Fritz Rasp Interview
6.0

Fritz Rasp Interview

1972as Himself
Comedians
6.0

Comedians

1925as Liebhaber
Arabella
9.0

Arabella

1924
Three Around Edith
10.0

Three Around Edith

1929as Pistol
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
9.0

Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel

1928
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris

Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris

1958as Asteroth