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Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Acting

Born May 13, 1891 · Bayreuth, Germany

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 i…

Known For · 40 titles

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1970
German Film Award

German Film Award

1951
The Commissioner

The Commissioner

1969
Metropolis

Metropolis

1927
Gestern gelesen

Gestern gelesen

1969
Herodes und Mariamne

Herodes und Mariamne

1965
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal

Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal

1953
Alarm

Alarm

1941
Zwölftausend

Zwölftausend

1956
Am grünen Strand der Spree

Am grünen Strand der Spree

1960
Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt

1934
Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

1929
Woman in the Moon

Woman in the Moon

1929
Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929
Maria Stuart

Maria Stuart

1963
The House of Lies

The House of Lies

1926
Onkel Bräsig

Onkel Bräsig

1936
Jugend

Jugend

1922
Emil and the Detectives

Emil and the Detectives

1931
The Secret of the Red Orchid

The Secret of the Red Orchid

1962
Decoy

Decoy

1934
Der Judas von Tirol

Der Judas von Tirol

1933
Der Revisor

Der Revisor

1955
Spies

Spies

1928
Black-White-Red Four Poster

Black-White-Red Four Poster

1962
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen

Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen

1938
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

1917
Schuß am Nebelhorn

Schuß am Nebelhorn

1934
Das Abschiedsgeschenk

Das Abschiedsgeschenk

1956
The Pranks

The Pranks

1931
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel

Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel

1928
The Strange Countess

The Strange Countess

1961
Superfluous People

Superfluous People

1926
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1937
Die Leuchter des Kaisers

Die Leuchter des Kaisers

1936
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929
Tropical Nights

Tropical Nights

1931
Frau im Strom

Frau im Strom

1939
Johanna aus Lothringen

Johanna aus Lothringen

1959
Squirrel

Squirrel

1955