Fritz Rasp
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Careers this long are unusual: Fritz Rasp is a German actor with a body of work built one job at a time. There is 'Diary of a Lost Girl' as well. Casting directors have gone to him for drama more than for anything else. 61 credits across 110 years is a rate most careers never reach. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'Metropolis'.
Fritz Rasp
58 Movies
3 Series
Careers this long are unusual: Fritz Rasp is a German actor with a body of work built one job at a time. There is 'Diary of a Lost Girl' as well. Casting directors have gone to him for drama more than for anything else. 61 credits across 110 years is a rate most careers never reach. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'Metropolis'.
Movies
Plays The Thin Man
Metropolis
1927
Plays Diener
Maria Tudor
1920
Plays Walt Turner
Woman in the Moon
1929
Plays Rechtsanwalt Shaddle
The Strange Countess
1961
Plays Peachum
The 3 Penny Opera
1931
Plays Col. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov
Spies
1928
Plays Tanner
The Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
Plays Lord Godley Long
The Terrible People
1960
Plays Ezra Maitland
Fellowship of the Frog
1959
Plays Froyant
The Red Circle
1960
Plays Meinert
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929
Plays Grundeis
Emil and the Detectives
1931
Plays Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939
Plays Major du Paty de Clam
Dreyfus
1930
Plays Barrymore
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1937
Plays Raffl
The Judas of Tyrol
1933
Plays Diener
Hokuspokus
1953
Plays Diener
Warning Shadows
1923
Plays Pfistermeister
Magic Fire
1955
Plays Shunderson
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1965
Plays Khalibiev
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927
Plays Smerdjakow
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
1931
Plays Feinmechaniker Stülken
Alarm
1941
Plays Stapleton
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1929
Plays Rechtsanwalt Maurice Meister
The Ringer
1932
Plays Frank Sutton
The Squeeker
1931
Plays Magister
Paracelsus
1943
Plays The Doctor
Docks of Hamburg
1928
Plays Liebhaber
Comedians
1925
Plays Waldemar Hunke
Somewhere in Berlin
1946
Plays Gustaf Haertlein
Lina Braake
1975
Plays Wendelin
Frau im Strom
1939
Plays Kelly
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
1938
Plays Lord Kingsley
The Black Sheep
1960
Plays Professor Bock
The Cruel Girlfriend
1932
Plays Flintwinch
Little Dorrit
1934
Plays Asew
Lockspitzel Asew
1935
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The Strange Countess
Full Filmography
Lina Braake
Gustaf Haertlein
1975
Film
Scene of the Crime
Jean Wimper · 1 episode
1970–
TV
The Commissioner
Herr Sistig · 1 episode
1969–
TV
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
Shunderson
1965
Film
Herodes und Mariamne
Sameas
1965
Film
Caroussel of Passion
Schlossverwalter
1963
Film
The Secret of the Red Orchid
Tanner
1962
Film
The Strange Countess
Rechtsanwalt Shaddle
1961
Film
The Black Sheep
Lord Kingsley
1960
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Fritz Rasp still alive?
Fritz Rasp passed away on November 30, 1976 at age 85.
What are the most famous roles of Fritz Rasp?
Fritz Rasp is best known for roles in Metropolis, Diary of a Lost Girl, Woman in the Moon.
How many movies has Fritz Rasp been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1916), Fritz Rasp has appeared in 58 movies and 3 TV shows.
What was Fritz Rasp's first movie?
The career of Fritz Rasp began with Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916).
What is Fritz Rasp's most recent movie or series?
Fritz Rasp's most recent release is Dorothea Merz, which premiered on May 22, 1976.
What TV shows has Fritz Rasp appeared in?
On television, Fritz Rasp has appeared in Scene of the Crime, The Commissioner, Gestern gelesen, Am grünen Strand der Spree.
Fritz Rasp
1891-05-13 · Bayreuth, Germany
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.