Otto Wernicke

Personal Info

Birthday

September 30, 1893

Day of Death

1965-11-07

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Osterode am Harz, Germany

Also Known As

Otto Karl Robert Wernicke

Otto Wernicke

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film. Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit was he allowed to continue his work in Nazi Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Otto Wernicke licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Curd Jürgens erzählt...

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Titanic

Kolberg

The Great King

The Bartered Bride

Der Tunnel

Filmography

1959
Immer die Mädchen
as Diener Adam Fröschl
1956
Das Sonntagskind
as Willowitz
Studentin Helene Willfüer
as Dr. Rainer sr.
1951
Shadows Over Naples
as Pietro
1950
Die fidele Tankstelle
as Gustav Krause
Chased by the Devil
as Herr Dakar
Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
1949
Du bist nicht allein
as Martin Jürgens
Amico
as Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
1948
Long Is the Road
as doctor
1945
Kolberg
as Bauer Werner
The Molander Case
as Kunsthändler
Kamerad Hedwig
as Fritz Beier
1944
Das Leben ruft
as Der Vater
Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
as Amtgerichtsrat Witt
Der große Preis
as Obermeister Kramp
1943
Titanic
as Kapitän Edward J. Smith
1942
Sein Sohn
as Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
Der Seniorchef
as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
The Great King
as Oberst Rochow
1941
The Waitress Anna
as Ludwig Burgstaller
Homecoming
as Old Manz
1939
Maria Ilona
as Fürst Windischgrätz
Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius
as Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister
Midsummer Night's Fire
as Vogelreuter
D III 88
as Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
Gold in New Frisco
as Jonathan Pepper
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
as Gast im 'Elite'
1938
Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin
as Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
Nordlicht
as Kaufmann Hansen
Geheimzeichen LB 17
as Police Commissar Borel
Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
as Verwalter Miller
Wie einst im Mai
as Schradecke, Stellmacher
Rätsel um Beate
as Vater Hübner - Schmied
Der Katzensteg
as Gastwirt Merckel
Das große Abenteuer
as Kriminalrat
1937
Autobus S
as 'Kapitän' Kröker
Manege
as Jan Morell
Heimweh
as Stober, Pastor
Wie der Hase läuft
as Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
Gleisdreieck
as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
1936
Onkel Bräsig
as Onkel Bräsig
Das Schloß in Flandern
as Bonnet - Agent
Straßenmusik
as Godemann - Gastwirt
Arzt aus Leidenschaft
as Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
Die lustigen Weiber
as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
1935
Der mutige Seefahrer
as Bäckermeister Holm
Ein ganzer Kerl
as Eckhardt
Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
as Boxmanager Schmidtchen
1934
Liebe dumme Mama
as Inspektor Beneke
Master of the World
as Wolter
Die vertauschte Braut
as Der Gefängnisdirektor
Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?
as Thomas Burger
The Fugitive from Chicago
as Wolke, Werkmeister
1933
Der Tunnel
as Bärmann
S.A. Mann Brand
as Herr Brand
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Kommissar Lohmann
Die blonde Christl
as Franz Lechner
1932
The Two from South Express
as Karl, Lokomotivführer
The Bartered Bride
as Heiratsvermittler Kezal
The Night of Temptation
as Gesandter
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
as Pitt
1931
M
as Inspector Karl Lohmann
1925
Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington
as Philipp Worrington