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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

1885 - 1955

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Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best 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. Klein-Rogge also appeared in several important French films in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Klein-Rogge is the 2,411th most popular actor (down from 1,687th in 2019), the 3,102nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,375th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ranks 2,411 out of 13,578. Before him are Chris O'Donnell, Gordon Mitchell, David Huddleston, Herman van Veen, Muse Watson, and Robert David Hall. After him are Richard Belzer, Simon MacCorkindale, Maureen Stapleton, Joseph Wiseman, Leopoldo Trieste, and Joe Turkel.

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Among people born in 1885, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ranks 113. Before him are Josef Frank, Mineichi Koga, Anton Flettner, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Henri Laurens, and Francisco Bru. After him are Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Muslim Magomayev, Theodor Kaluza, Charles Dullin, Wallace Beery, and Francisco Olazar. Among people deceased in 1955, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ranks 83. Before him are Hubert Cecil Booth, H. J. R. Murray, Isaak Dunayevsky, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Theodor Innitzer, and Jonni Myyrä. After him are Louis Charles Breguet, Jirō Minami, Guy Ropartz, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ramón Muttis, and Emmanuel de Martonne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ranks 3,104 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Kling (1910), Carlos Schwabe (1866), Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802), Julian Nagelsmann (1987), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), and Sebastian Franck (1499). After him are Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Lorenz Heister (1683), Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901), Armin Hary (1937), and Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ranks 70. Before him are Rosa Albach-Retty (1874), Gustav Fröhlich (1902), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Judith Malina (1926), Bruno S. (1932), and Wolfgang Preiss (1910). After him are Helmut Griem (1932), Anne Buydens (1919), Anita Berber (1899), Meryem Uzerli (1983), Dominic Monaghan (1976), and Franka Potente (1974).

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