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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.
Known For
Metropolis
(1927)
The Thin Man
The Red Circle
(1960)
Froyant
Woman in the Moon
(1929)
Walt Turner
Spies
(1928)
Col. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov
Fellowship of the Frog
(1959)
Ezra Maitland
Diary of a Lost Girl
(1929)
Meinert
The Terrible People
(1960)
Lord Godley Long
Full Filmography
Acting
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
(1916)
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
(1917)
Jugend
(1922)
Amandus
Das verschwundene Haus
(1922)
Time Is Money
(1923)
François
Between Evening and Morning
(1923)
Warning Shadows
(1923)
Diener
Man by the Roadside
(1923)
Arabella
(1924)
Menschen am Meer
(1925)
Comedians
(1925)
Liebhaber
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
(1925)
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
(1925)
Farmer
Superfluous People
(1926)
Chirikov
The House of Lies
(1926)
Molwik
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
(1926)
Qualen der Nacht
(1926)
Kellner
The Love of Jeanne Ney
(1927)
Khalibiev
Metropolis
(1927)
The Thin Man
Children's Souls Accuse You
(1927)
Heinrich Voss
The Last Waltz
(1927)
Linnsky
Docks of Hamburg
(1928)
The Doctor
Spies
(1928)
Col. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov
Schinderhannes
(1928)
Heinrich Benzel
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
(1928)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1929)
Stapleton
Spring Awakening
(1929)
Three Around Edith
(1929)
Pistol
Woman in the Moon
(1929)
Walt Turner
Diary of a Lost Girl
(1929)
Meinert
Dreyfus
(1930)
Major du Paty de Clam
The Great Longing
(1930)
Himself
Tropical Nights
(1931)
Jones
The Squeeker
(1931)
Frank Sutton
The 3 Penny Opera
(1931)
Peachum
The Pranks
(1931)
Direktor Rappis
Emil and the Detectives
(1931)
Grundeis
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
(1931)
Smerdjakow
The Cruel Girlfriend
(1932)
Professor Bock
The Ringer
(1932)
Rechtsanwalt Maurice Meister
The four from Bob 13
(1932)
Schmidt
The Judas of Tyrol
(1933)
Raffl
Der sündige Hof
(1933)
Veit
Grenzfeuer
(1934)
Nothaas, Grenzhofbauer
Schuß am Nebelhorn
(1934)
Sebastian Geyer
Charley's Aunt
(1934)
Lord Babberley
Lockvogel
(1934)
de Groot, ihr Vormund
Klein-Dorrit
(1934)
Flintwinch
Lockspitzel Asew
(1935)
Asew
Die Leuchter des Kaisers
(1936)
Stanislaus
Onkel Bräsig
(1936)
Slusohr
Togger
(1937)
Dublanc
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1937)
Barrymore
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
(1938)
Theo - Haushofmeister
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
(1938)
Kelly
Frau im Strom
(1939)
Wendelin
It Was a Gay Ballnight
(1939)
Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
Leidenschaft
(1940)
Boddin
Alarm
(1941)
Feinmechaniker Stülken
Paracelsus
(1943)
der Magister
Somewhere in Berlin
(1946)
Waldemar Hunke
Skandal in der Botschaft
(1950)
Inspector Kick
Haus des Lebens
(1952)
Pädophiler
Hokuspokus
(1953)
Diener
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
(1953)
Die Bauernpassion
(1955)
Scharfrichter
Squirrel
(1955)
Herr Süpplein
Der Revisor
(1955)
Hospitalverwalter Artemij Fillippowitsch Semljanika
Der Cornet
(1955)
Großwesir
Magic Fire
(1955)
Pfistermeister
Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa
(1955)
Jacob Marley
Gottes Utopia
(1955)
Bussaco
Madame Aurélie
(1955)
Papet
Die Heiratskomödie
(1955)
Stepan
Wo war David Preston?
(1956)
Inspector Hemingway
Zwölftausend
(1956)
Minister von Treysa
Oberst Chabert
(1956)
Privatsekretär Delbecq
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
(1956)
Dr. Frobisher
Don Carlos
(1957)
Großinquisitor
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris
(1958)
Asteroth
Der öffentliche Ankläger
(1958)
Sanson
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus
(1958)
voice
Johanna aus Lothringen
(1959)
Vater Massieu
Kasimir und Karoline
(1959)
Speer
Das mittlere Fenster
(1959)
Angus
Land, das meine Sprache spricht
(1959)
Arzt
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
(1959)
Krutizkij
Fellowship of the Frog
(1959)
Ezra Maitland
Gericht über Las Casas
(1960)
Kardinal Loaisa von Sevilla
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
(1960)
Freitag
Bezaubernde Julia
(1960)
Pierre
The Red Circle
(1960)
Froyant
The Black Sheep
(1960)
Lord Kingsley
The Terrible People
(1960)
Lord Godley Long
The Strange Countess
(1961)
Rechtsanwalt Shaddle
Black-White-Red Four Poster
(1962)
Pfarrer
Secret of the Red Orchid
(1962)
Tanner
Maria Stuart
(1963)
Shrewsbury
Caroussel of Passion
(1963)
Schlossverwalter
Herodes und Mariamne
(1965)
Sameas
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
(1965)
Shunderson
Volpone oder Der Fuchs
(1966)
Corbaccio, alter Edelmann
Hocuspocus
(1966)
Die Verspätung
(1969)
Der Sargtischler
Die Weber
(1971)
Der alte Hilse
Fritz Rasp Interview
(1972)
Himself
Pero and Jovo
(1972)
Tausend Francs Belohnung
(1974)
Major Gedouard
Lina Braake
(1975)
Gustaf Haertlein
Dorothea Merz
(1976)
Der alte Merz
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
(1984)
The Thin Man