---
name: "Erich von Ritzau"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erich-von-ritzau"
fi1m_id: "erich-von-ritzau"
imdb_id: "nm0902876"
tmdb_id: 29956
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 July 1877"
died: "28 February 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:47:46.715163+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erich von Ritzau

## Identity

Erich von Ritzau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erich-von-ritzau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erich-von-ritzau
- **IMDb ID:** nm0902876
- **TMDB ID:** 29956
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29956

Actor. Born 6 July 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Died 28 February 1936.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1877, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Died:** 28 February 1936
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29956

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages*](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md) (83)

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## Biography

Erich von Ritzau (1877–1936) was a Danish actor who appeared in American silent films. Born in Copenhagen, he worked in the United States from the mid-1910s, typically in supporting roles as aristocratic or foreign characters.

His credits include the First Pharisee in the Judean Story of D.W. Griffith's *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), billed as Gunther von Ritzau, and an uncredited role as Dr. Painless Potter in *Greed* (1924). He also appeared in shorts such as *The Wayward Son* (1915) and *A Bold Impersonation* (1915), and in features including *Old Heidelberg* (1915) and *The Prairie Wife* (1925).

Von Ritzau’s film work spanned 1914 to 1925, with billing variations including Baron von Ritzau, Erik von Ritzau and E. von Ritzen.

*Sources: imdb.com, dejascene.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, as First Pharisee (Judean Story) — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Prairie Wife* (1925), as Doctor
- *Greed* (1924), as Dr. Painless Potter (uncredited)
- *The Border Wireless* (1918), as Frederick Schloss (as E. von Ritzen)
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as First Pharisee (Judean Story) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *Old Heidelberg* (1915), as Prince Rudolf (as Erik von Ritzau)

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