
Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1910
Birthplace
Nuremberg, Germany
Died
November 27, 2002 (aged 92)
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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 wo...
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as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
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as Kessler
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as Bernauer
1989
as Earl of Wereford
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as Earl of Wereford
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as Father Albertus
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as Earl of Wereford
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as Baron Gottfried van Swieten
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as Earl of Wereford
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as Brockdorff-Rantzau
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as Berthold Kampe
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as Earl of Wereford
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as Zighi