--- name: "Fritz Rasp" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fritz-rasp" fi1m_id: "fritz-rasp" imdb_id: "nm0003248" tmdb_id: 78 wikidata_id: "Q91058" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 May 1891" died: "30 November 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:22:50.308899+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." --- # Fritz Rasp ## Identity Fritz Rasp - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fritz-rasp - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** fritz-rasp - **IMDb ID:** nm0003248 - **TMDB ID:** 78 - **Wikidata ID:** Q91058 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rasp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78 Actor. Born 13 May 1891 in Bayreuth, Germany. Died 30 November 1976. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 May 1891, Bayreuth, Germany - **Died:** 30 November 1976 - **Also known as:** Fritz Heinrich Rasp - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rasp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Metropolis*](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His roles included The Thin Man in Fritz Lang's *Metropolis* (1927), Meinert in *Diary of a Lost Girl* (1929), Peachum in *The Threepenny Opera* (1931), and Walt Turner in *Woman in the Moon* (1929). Rasp trained at the Theaterschule Otto Königin in Munich and made his stage debut in 1909. He worked in early films with director Ernst Lubitsch and was frequently cast in villainous or shady parts during the 1920s. He also appeared in Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Metropolis* (1927), Fi1m 87, as The Thin Man — [page](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dorothea Merz* (1976), as Der alte Merz - *Lina Braake* (1975), as Gustaf Haertlein - *Tausend Francs Belohnung* (1974), as Major Gedouard - *Pero and Jovo* (1972), Actor - *Die Weber* (1971), as Der alte Hilse - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Jean Wimper - *Die Verspätung* (1969), as Der Sargtischler - *Gestern gelesen* (1969), series, as Vinvence van Hoek - *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Herr Sistig - *Hocuspocus* (1966), Actor - *Volpone oder Der Fuchs* (1966), as Corbaccio, alter Edelmann - *Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius* (1965), as Shunderson - *Herodes und Mariamne* (1965), as Sameas - *Caroussel of Passion* (1963), as Schlossverwalter - *Maria Stuart* (1963), as Shrewsbury - *Black-White-Red Four Poster* (1962), as Pfarrer - *The Secret of the Red Orchid* (1962), as Tanner - *The Strange Countess* (1961), as Rechtsanwalt Shaddle - *The Black Sheep* (1960), as Lord Kingsley - *The Terrible People* (1960), as Lord Godley Long - *Am grünen Strand der Spree* (1960), series, as Herr Schorin - *Bezaubernde Julia* (1960), as Pierre - *The Red Circle* (1960), as Froyant - *Gericht über Las Casas* (1960), as Kardinal Loaisa von Sevilla - *Der Mann, der Donnerstag war* (1960), as Freitag - *Kasimir und Karoline* (1959), as Speer - *Fellowship of the Frog* (1959), as Ezra Maitland - *Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste* (1959), as Krutizkij - *Das mittlere Fenster* (1959), as Angus - *Johanna aus Lothringen* (1959), as Vater Massieu - *Land, das meine Sprache spricht* (1959), as Arzt - *Der öffentliche Ankläger* (1958), as Sanson - *Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris* (1958), as Asteroth - *Don Carlos* (1957), as Großinquisitor - *Zwölftausend* (1956), as Minister von Treysa - *Wo war David Preston?* (1956), as Inspector Hemingway - *Oberst Chabert* (1956), as Privatsekretär Delbecq - *Das Abschiedsgeschenk* (1956), as Dr. Frobisher - *Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa* (1955), as Jacob Marley - *Der Cornet* (1955), as Großwesir - *Die Heiratskomödie* (1955), as Stepan - *Gottes Utopia* (1955), as Bussaco - *Der Revisor* (1955), as Hospitalverwalter Artemij Fillippowitsch Semljanika - *Magic Fire* (1955), as Pfistermeister - *Madame Aurélie* (1955), as Papet - *Squirrel* (1955), as Herr Süpplein - *Die Bauernpassion* (1955), as Scharfrichter - *Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal* (1953), Actor - *Hokuspokus* (1953), as Diener - *Haus des Lebens* (1952), as Pädophiler - *Skandal in der Botschaft* (1950), as Inspector Kick - *Somewhere in Berlin* (1946), as Waldemar Hunke - *Paracelsus* (1943), as der Magister - *Alarm* (1941), as Feinmechaniker Stülken - *Leidenschaft* (1940), as Boddin - *Frau im Strom* (1939), as Wendelin - *It Was a Gay Ballnight* (1939), as Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow - *Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?* (1938), as Kelly - *Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen* (1938), as Theo - Haushofmeister - *Togger* (1937), as Dublanc - *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1937), as Barrymore - *Onkel Bräsig* (1936), as Slusohr - *Die Leuchter des Kaisers* (1936), as Stanislaus - *Lockspitzel Asew* (1935), as Asew - *Decoy* (1934), as de Groot, ihr Vormund - *Little Dorrit* (1934), as Flintwinch - *Charley's Aunt* (1934), as Lord Babberley - *Schuß am Nebelhorn* (1934), as Sebastian Geyer - *Border Patrol* (1934), as Nothaas, Grenzhofbauer - *Altgermanische Bauernkultur* (1934), Actor - *Der Judas von Tirol* (1933), as Raffl - *Der sündige Hof* (1933), as Veit - *The Ringer* (1932), as Rechtsanwalt Maurice Meister - *The Cruel Girlfriend* (1932), as Professor Bock - *The four from Bob 13* (1932), as Schmidt - *Emil and the Detectives* (1931), as Grundeis - *The Pranks* (1931), as Direktor Rappis - *The Squeeker* (1931), as Frank Sutton - *Tropical Nights* (1931), as Jones - *The 3 Penny Opera* (1931), as Peachum - *The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov* (1931), as Smerdjakow - *Dreyfus* (1930), as Major du Paty de Clam - *Three Around Edith* (1929), as Pistol - *Woman in the Moon* (1929), as Walt Turner - *Diary of a Lost Girl* (1929), as Meinert - *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1929), as Stapleton - *Spring Awakening* (1929), Actor - *Docks of Hamburg* (1928), as The Doctor - *Spies* (1928), as Col. Jellusic - Ivan Stepanov - *Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel* (1928), Actor - *Schinderhannes* (1928), as Heinrich Benzel - *The Love of Jeanne Ney* (1927), as Khalibiev - *The Last Waltz* (1927), as Linnsky - *Children's Souls Accuse You* (1927), as Heinrich Voss - *Metropolis* (1927), as The Thin Man — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md) - *Superfluous People* (1926), as Chirikov - *Qualen der Nacht* (1926), as Kellner - *The House of Lies* (1926), as Molwik - *Der Liebe Lust und Leid* (1926), Actor - *Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand* (1925), as Farmer - *Die Puppe vom Lunapark* (1925), Actor - *Comedians* (1925), as Liebhaber - *Menschen am Meer* (1925), Actor - *Arabella* (1924), Actor - *Warning Shadows* (1923), as Diener - *Between Evening and Morning* (1923), as Friedhofsgärtner - *Time Is Money* (1923), as François - *Man by the Roadside* (1923), Actor - *Jugend* (1922), as Amandus - *Das verschwundene Haus* (1922), Actor - *The Wildcat* (1921), as Solider (Uncredited) - *Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey* (1917), Actor - *Pinkus's Shoe Palace* (1916), Actor ## Gallery - ![(108) Fritz Rasp in The Love of Jeanne Ney, directed by G. W. Pabst, 1927 (109) Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh, directed by F. W. Murnau, 1925 German Camera An (1937)](https://film.one/media/person/104040/gallery-1d132d3537b7.jpg) (108) Fritz Rasp in The Love of Jeanne Ney, directed by G. W. Pabst, 1927 (109) Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh, directed by F. W. Murnau, 1925 German Camera An (1937) — Universum Film AG (UFA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/The_movies_come_from_America_p157_%28The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney_and_The_Last_Laugh%29.jpg/1280px-The_movies_come_from_America_p157_%28The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney_and_The_Last_Laugh%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![(108) Fritz Rasp in The Love of Jeanne Ney, directed by G. W. Pabst, 1927 (109) Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh, directed by F. W. Murnau, 1925 German Camera An (1937)](https://film.one/media/person/104040/gallery-48de47fedb12.jpg) (108) Fritz Rasp in The Love of Jeanne Ney, directed by G. W. Pabst, 1927 (109) Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh, directed by F. W. Murnau, 1925 German Camera An (1937) — Universum Film AG (UFA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/The_movies_come_from_America_p157_%28The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney_and_The_Last_Laugh%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-The_movies_come_from_America_p157_%28The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney_and_The_Last_Laugh%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Fritz Rasp](https://film.one/media/person/104040/gallery-e3a9c451cf82.jpg) Fritz Rasp — Image via TMDB - ![Fritz Rasp](https://film.one/media/person/104040/gallery-47728cc84f54.jpg) Fritz Rasp — Image via TMDB - ![Fritz Rasp](https://film.one/media/person/104040/gallery-ad5cacafee5b.jpg) Fritz Rasp — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/fritz-rasp