Fritz Rasp
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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.
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.
Known For
74 titles
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
Border Patrol
Lockspitzel Asew
Spring Awakening
The Ringer
Der Judas von Tirol
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
The Pranks
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
Caroussel of Passion
Time Is Money
Jugend
Arabella
Tropical Nights
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
Frau im Strom
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
Herodes und Mariamne
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Onkel Bräsig
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