Otto Wernicke

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-09-30 (72 years old)

Deathday

1965-11-07

Place of Birth

Osterode am Harz, Germany

Otto Wernicke

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.

Acting

1931

M

as Inspector Karl Lohmann

1933

Der Tunnel

as Bärmann

1943

Titanic

as Kapitän Edward J. Smith

1933

Die blonde Christl

as Franz Lechner

1933

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

as Kommissar Lohmann

1936

Das Schloß in Flandern

as Bonnet - Agent

1942

The Great King

as Oberst Rochow

1939

Gold in New Frisco

as Jonathan Pepper

1950

Chased by the Devil

as Herr Dakar

1950

Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?

as Kriminalkommissar Thieme

1944

Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit

as Amtgerichtsrat Witt

1956

1949

Amico

as Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister

1937

Manege

as Jan Morell

1938

Das große Abenteuer

as Kriminalrat

1939

1942

Der Seniorchef

as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter

1932

The Bartered Bride

as Heiratsvermittler Kezal

1938

Wie einst im Mai

as Schradecke, Stellmacher

1938

Nordlicht

as Kaufmann Hansen

1939

Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius

as Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister

1934

Die vertauschte Braut

as Der Gefängnisdirektor

1937

Gleisdreieck

as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter

1948

1939

1936

Arzt aus Leidenschaft

as Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik

1934

The Fugitive from Chicago

as Wolke, Werkmeister

1938

Der Katzensteg

as Gastwirt Merckel

1945

The Molander Case

as Kunsthändler

1949

Du bist nicht allein

as Martin Jürgens

1938

Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin

as Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier

1941

Homecoming

as Old Manz

1932

1936

Straßenmusik

as Godemann - Gastwirt

1944

Der große Preis

as Obermeister Kramp

1933

S.A. Mann Brand

as Herr Brand

1939

D III 88

as Oberwerkmeister Bonicke

1945

Kamerad Hedwig

as Fritz Beier

1944

Das Leben ruft

as Der Vater

1937

Wie der Hase läuft

as Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen

1937

Autobus S

as 'Kapitän' Kröker

1934

Liebe dumme Mama

as Inspektor Beneke

1942

Sein Sohn

as Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers

1935

Der mutige Seefahrer

as Bäckermeister Holm

1925

Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington

as Philipp Worrington

1938

Rätsel um Beate

as Vater Hübner - Schmied

1950

Die fidele Tankstelle

as Gustav Krause

1935

Ein ganzer Kerl

as Eckhardt

1936

Onkel Bräsig

as Onkel Bräsig

1951

1938

Geheimzeichen LB 17

as Police Commissar Borel

1939

Maria Ilona

as Fürst Windischgrätz

1937

Heimweh

as Stober, Pastor

1936

Die lustigen Weiber

as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford

1934

1956

Das Sonntagskind

as Willowitz

1938

1934

1945

Kolberg

as Bauer Werner

1941

The Waitress Anna

as Ludwig Burgstaller

1959

Immer die Mädchen

as Diener Adam Fröschl

1932

The Two from South Express

as Karl, Lokomotivführer

Production

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