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Wolfgang Preiss

1910 - 2002

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Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He appeared in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Preiss is the 2,391st most popular actor (down from 2,171st in 2019), the 3,065th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,898th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Actor.

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Among actors, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 2,391 out of 13,578. Before him are Patty Duke, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Macha Méril, John Aniston, Veronica Cartwright, and Heinrich George. After him are Juliette Lewis, Gloria Grahame, Akihiro Miwa, Rishi Kapoor, Katheryn Winnick, and Richard Jordan.

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Among people born in 1910, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 148. Before him are Alfons Maria Stickler, Josef Tal, Magda Olivero, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Gerhard Schröder, and Gunnar Höckert. After him are Yekaterina Furtseva, Karl Kling, Josef Klaus, Roy J. Plunkett, Claire Trevor, and Franz Kline. Among people deceased in 2002, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 127. Before him are Yevgeny Svetlanov, Domènec Balmanya, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Eusebio Tejera, Dudley Moore, and Martti Miettunen. After him are Robert Guéï, Humaira Begum, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Yves Robert, Günter Wand, and Barbara Castle.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 3,067 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Reich (1799), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Ewald Hering (1834), Christoph von Dohnányi (1929), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800), and Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843). After him are Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Hamit Altıntop (1982), Werner March (1894), and Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1754).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 69. Before him are Elga Andersen (1935), Rosa Albach-Retty (1874), Gustav Fröhlich (1902), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Judith Malina (1926), and Bruno S. (1932). After him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), Helmut Griem (1932), Anne Buydens (1919), Anita Berber (1899), Meryem Uzerli (1983), and Dominic Monaghan (1976).

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