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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 at Nuremberg - 27 November 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942 he made his film début - he was exempted from military service specifically - in the UFA production Die grosse Liebe with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954 he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's Canaris. The following year Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
SOKO MünchenSeries • 1978
A Case For TwoSeries • 1981
The CommissionerSeries • 1969
War and RemembranceSeries • 1988
Die Männer vom K3Series • 1988
The Rat PatrolSeries • 1966
Das KriminalmuseumSeries • 1963
Ein Heim für TiereSeries • 1985
The Longest DayMovie • 1962
A Bridge Too FarMovie • 1977
The Winds of WarSeries • 1983
Is Paris Burning?Movie • 1966
Von Ryan's ExpressMovie • 1965
The Boys from BrazilMovie • 1978
Mill of the Stone WomenMovie • 1960
Ghost of LoveMovie • 1981
AnzioMovie • 1968
The CardinalMovie • 1963
The TrainMovie • 1964
The Fifth CordMovie • 1971
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. MabuseMovie • 1960
The Counterfeit TraitorMovie • 1962
Raid on RommelMovie • 1971