Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Biography
Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.
Known For
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
The Valley of Love
Loves of Casanova
The Gypsy Baron
Destiny
Sergeant Berry
Spies
Parkstrasse 13
Truxa
Tarakanova
Wedding in Barenhof
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
The Hour of Temptation