---
name: "Otto Wernicke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/otto-wernicke"
fi1m_id: "otto-wernicke"
imdb_id: "nm0921532"
tmdb_id: 12324
wikidata_id: "Q86084"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 September 1893"
died: "7 November 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:17:27.446401+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."
---

# Otto Wernicke

## Identity

Otto Wernicke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/otto-wernicke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** otto-wernicke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0921532
- **TMDB ID:** 12324
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86084
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wernicke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12324

Actor. Born 30 September 1893 in Osterode am Harz, Germany. Died 7 November 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz, Germany
- **Died:** 7 November 1965
- **Also known as:** Otto Karl Robert Wernicke
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wernicke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12324

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*M*](https://film.one/film/m.md) (94)

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## Biography

Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893 – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He appeared on stage from 1909 and later worked at theatres including the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich and the Staatstheater Berlin.

Wernicke is best known for playing police inspector Karl Lohmann in Fritz Lang’s *M* (1931) and *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933). He also portrayed Captain Edward J. Smith in the 1943 film *Titanic*. Married to a Jewish woman, he continued working in Nazi Germany with a special dispensation from the Reich Chamber of Culture and was later included on the Gottbegnadeten-Liste.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M* (1931), Fi1m 94, as Inspector Karl Lohmann — [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

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

- *Curd Jürgens erzählt...* (1963), series, as Brown
- *Immer die Mädchen* (1959), as Diener Adam Fröschl
- *Das Sonntagskind* (1956), as Willowitz
- *Studentin Helene Willfüer* (1956), as Dr. Rainer sr.
- *Sky Without Stars* (1955), as Inspektor Hoffmann
- *Shadows Over Naples* (1951), as Pietro
- *City of Violence* (1951), Actor
- *Die fidele Tankstelle* (1950), as Gustav Krause
- *Chased by the Devil* (1950), as Herr Dakar
- *Who Drove the Grey Ford?* (1950), as Kriminalkommissar Thieme · Director
- *Du bist nicht allein* (1949), as Martin Jürgens
- *Amico* (1949), as Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
- *Long Is the Road* (1948), as doctor
- *Between Yesterday and Tomorrow* (1947), Actor
- *Kolberg* (1945), as Bauer Werner
- *The Molander Case* (1945), as Kunsthändler
- *Kamerad Hedwig* (1945), as Fritz Beier
- *Life Calls* (1944), as Der Vater
- *Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit* (1944), as Amtgerichtsrat Witt
- *The Grand Prix* (1944), as Obermeister Kramp
- *Titanic* (1943), as Kapitän Edward J. Smith
- *His Son* (1942), as Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
- *The Old Boss* (1942), as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
- *The Great King* (1942), as Oberst Rochow
- *The Waitress Anna* (1941), as Ludwig Burgstaller
- *Homecoming* (1941), as Old Manz
- *Was wird hier gespielt?* (1940), Actor
- *Maria Ilona* (1939), as Fürst Windischgrätz
- *Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius* (1939), as Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister
- *Midsummer Night's Fire* (1939), as Vogelreuter
- *D III 88* (1939), as Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
- *Gold in New Frisco* (1939), as Jonathan Pepper
- *Ein Lied verklingt* (1939), Actor
- *Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz* (1939), as Gast im 'Elite'
- *Three Wonderful Days* (1939), Actor
- *Thirteen Men and a Cannon* (1938), Actor
- *Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin* (1938), as Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
- *Nordlicht* (1938), as Kaufmann Hansen
- *Geheimzeichen LB 17* (1938), as Police Commissar Borel
- *Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen* (1938), as Verwalter Miller
- *Wie einst im Mai* (1938), as Schradecke, Stellmacher
- *Rätsel um Beate* (1938), as Vater Hübner - Schmied
- *Das große Abenteuer* (1938), as Kriminalrat
- *Stimme des Blutes* (1938), Actor
- *Cat Walk* (1937), as Gastwirt Merckel
- *Autobus S* (1937), as 'Kapitän' Kröker
- *Manege* (1937), as Jan Morell
- *Heimweh* (1937), as Stober, Pastor
- *Wie der Hase läuft* (1937), as Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
- *Gleisdreieck* (1937), as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
- *Strong Hearts in the Storm* (1937), as Ludwig
- *Onkel Bräsig* (1936), as Onkel Bräsig
- *A Castle in Flanders* (1936), as Bonnet - Agent
- *Street Music* (1936), as Godemann - Gastwirt
- *Arzt aus Leidenschaft* (1936), as Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
- *The Merry Wives* (1936), as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
- *Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers* (1935), as Pieter Timm
- *The Valiant Navigator* (1935), as Bäckermeister Holm
- *Ein ganzer Kerl* (1935), as Eckhardt
- *Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann* (1935), as Boxmanager Schmidtchen
- *Peer Gynt* (1934), as Parker
- *Stupid Mama* (1934), as Inspektor Beneke
- *Master of the World* (1934), as Wolter
- *The Switched Bride* (1934), as Der Gefängnisdirektor
- *Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?* (1934), as Thomas Burger
- *The Fugitive from Chicago* (1934), as Wolke, Werkmeister
- *Der Tunnel* (1933), as Bärmann
- *S.A. Mann Brand* (1933), as Herr Brand
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), as Kommissar Lohmann
- *Die blonde Christl* (1933), as Franz Lechner
- *The Two from South Express* (1932), as Karl, Lokomotivführer
- *The Bartered Bride* (1932), as Heiratsvermittler Kezal
- *The Night of Temptation* (1932), as Gesandter
- *Peter Voss, Thief of Millions* (1932), as Pitt
- *The Naked Truth* (1932), Actor
- *The Tempest* (1932), Actor
- *M* (1931), as Inspector Karl Lohmann — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)
- *The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington* (1925), as Philipp Worrington

## Gallery

- ![Otto Wernicke](https://film.one/media/person/103436/gallery-1163ebc001c9.jpg) Otto Wernicke — Image via TMDB
- ![Otto Wernicke](https://film.one/media/person/103436/gallery-2b31dddffc40.jpg) Otto Wernicke — Image via TMDB

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