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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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Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
The CommissionerSeries • 1969
MetropolisMovie • 1927
The WildcatMovie • 1921
The Secret of the Red OrchidMovie • 1962
The 3 Penny OperaMovie • 1931
Woman in the MoonMovie • 1929
The Strange CountessMovie • 1961
Fellowship of the FrogMovie • 1959
The Red CircleMovie • 1960
SpiesMovie • 1928
The Terrible PeopleMovie • 1960
Diary of a Lost GirlMovie • 1929
Emil and the DetectivesMovie • 1931
Warning ShadowsMovie • 1923
The Love of Jeanne NeyMovie • 1927
The Black SheepMovie • 1960