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name: "Ludwig Rex"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludwig-rex"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1888"
died: "29 September 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:11.344791+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."
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# Ludwig Rex

Actor. Born 1 January 1888 in Berlin, Germany. Died 29 September 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1888, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 29 September 1979

## Biography

Ludwig Rex was a German actor of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous films between 1918 and 1927, often in supporting roles.

He is credited with the uncredited role of a murderer in Robert Wiene's *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari* (1920). Sources give conflicting details on his birth and death dates and places.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari* (1920), Fi1m 87, as Murderer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari.md)

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