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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Preiss has received more than 302,859 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Preiss is the 2,171st most popular actor, the 2,898th most popular biography from Germany and the 68th most popular German Actor.

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  • 300k

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  • 53.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 2,171 out of 13,578. Before him are Jana Brejchová, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Hunt, Seymour Cassel, Vera Vasilyeva, and John Houseman. After him are Michelle Monaghan, Catherine Keener, Walter Koenig, Howard Keel, Nadja Tiller, and Timothée Chalamet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 139. Before him are Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Scatman Crothers, Rachel Kempson, Josef Klaus, Josef Tal, and Gerhard Schröder. After him are Joy Adamson, Louis Prima, Ernst Schäfer, Heinrich Sutermeister, Pierre Bézier, and Magda Olivero. Among people deceased in 2002, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 121. Before him are Dudley Moore, David Riesman, Michel Henry, Daniel Gélin, Günter Wand, and Eusebio Tejera. After him are Mamo Wolde, Vlastimil Brodský, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Rosemary Clooney, Gabriel Almond, and Ole-Johan Dahl.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 2,898 out of 7,253. Before him are Mina Witkojc (1893), Theodor Boveri (1862), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Hugo Preuß (1860), Christiane Kubrick (1932), and Heinrich Kiepert (1818). After him are Adolf Ziegler (1892), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), Johann Fust (1400), and Johann Kremer (1883).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Wolfgang Preiss ranks 68. Before him are Sibel Kekilli (1980), Angela Winkler (1944), Ralf Moeller (1959), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Anne Buydens (1919), and Elga Andersen (1935). After him are Karl Valentin (1882), Franka Potente (1974), Marcel Ophüls (1927), Elmar Wepper (1944), Gustav Fröhlich (1902), and Cornelia Froboess (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Train
Maj. Herren
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Sep 24o 19647.5 / 10
A Bridge Too Far
Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Jun 15o 19777.2 / 10
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
Sep 13o 19606.9 / 10