Otto Wernicke
Acting1893Osterode am Harz, Germany
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting History
1963
Curd Jürgens erzählt...
TVas Brown
1959
Immer die Mädchen
as Diener Adam Fröschl
1956
Das Sonntagskind
as Willowitz
Studentin Helene Willfüer
as Dr. Rainer sr.
1955
Sky Without Stars
as Inspektor Hoffmann
1951
Shadows Over Naples
as Pietro
1950
Chased by the Devil
as Herr Dakar
Who Drove the Grey Ford?
as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
Die fidele Tankstelle
as Gustav Krause
Who Drove the Grey Ford?
Director
1949
Amico
as Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
Du bist nicht allein
as Martin Jürgens
1948
Long Is the Road
as doctor
1945
1944
Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
as Amtgerichtsrat Witt
Der große Preis
as Obermeister Kramp
Das Leben ruft
as Der Vater
1943
Titanic
as Kapitän Edward J. Smith
1942
Der Seniorchef
as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
The Great King
as Oberst Rochow
Sein Sohn
as Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
1941
The Waitress Anna
as Ludwig Burgstaller
Homecoming
as Old Manz
1939
Midsummer Night's Fire
as Vogelreuter
Maria Ilona
as Fürst Windischgrätz
Gold in New Frisco
as Jonathan Pepper
Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius
as Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
as Gast im 'Elite'
D III 88
as Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
1938
Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin
as Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
Rätsel um Beate
as Vater Hübner - Schmied
Nordlicht
as Kaufmann Hansen
Das große Abenteuer
as Kriminalrat
Geheimzeichen LB 17
as Police Commissar Borel
Wie einst im Mai
as Schradecke, Stellmacher
Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
as Verwalter Miller
Der Katzensteg
as Gastwirt Merckel
1937
Wie der Hase läuft
as Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
Manege
as Jan Morell
Heimweh
as Stober, Pastor
Gleisdreieck
as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
Autobus S
as 'Kapitän' Kröker
1936
Die lustigen Weiber
as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
Das Schloß in Flandern
as Bonnet - Agent
Arzt aus Leidenschaft
as Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
Straßenmusik
as Godemann - Gastwirt
Onkel Bräsig
as Onkel Bräsig
1935
Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
as Boxmanager Schmidtchen
Der mutige Seefahrer
as Bäckermeister Holm
Ein ganzer Kerl
as Eckhardt
1934
The Fugitive from Chicago
as Wolke, Werkmeister
Master of the World
as Wolter
Die vertauschte Braut
as Der Gefängnisdirektor
Liebe dumme Mama
as Inspektor Beneke
Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?
as Thomas Burger
1933
Der Tunnel
as Bärmann
Die blonde Christl
as Franz Lechner
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Kommissar Lohmann
S.A. Mann Brand
as Herr Brand
1932
The Bartered Bride
as Heiratsvermittler Kezal
The Two from South Express
as Karl, Lokomotivführer
The Night of Temptation
as Gesandter
1931
M
as Inspector Karl Lohmann
1925
The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington
as Philipp Worrington