---
name: "Rudolph Christians"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rudolph-christians"
fi1m_id: "rudolph-christians"
imdb_id: "nm0160129"
tmdb_id: 1057145
wikidata_id: "Q5608458"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 January 1869"
died: "2 February 1921"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:02:51.846550+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."
---

# Rudolph Christians

## Identity

Rudolph Christians

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rudolph-christians
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rudolph-christians
- **IMDb ID:** nm0160129
- **TMDB ID:** 1057145
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5608458
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5608458, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1057145

Actor. Born 15 January 1869 in Oldenburg, Germany. Died 2 February 1921.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 January 1869, Oldenburg, Germany
- **Died:** 2 February 1921
- **Also known as:** Broekern Rudolph Christians
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5608458, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1057145

## Biography

Rudolph Christians was a German actor. Born on 15 January 1869 in Middoge, Oldenburg, he trained for the stage after an initial apprenticeship and built a career at theatres including the Deutsche Volkstheater in Vienna and the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin.

He appeared in German films from 1913 and later worked in the United States, where he directed at the Irving Place Theatre in New York. Christians is known for his role as Andrew J. Hughes in *Foolish Wives* (1922). Other credits include *Deep Waters* (1920) and *Dissonanzen des Lebens* (1913).

He was married to opera and concert singer Bertha Klein and was the father of actress Mady Christians. Christians died of pneumonia on 2 February 1921 in Pasadena, California, during the production of *Foolish Wives*; Robert Edeson completed the role.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Foolish Wives* (1922), Fi1m 75, as Andrew J. Hughes — [page](https://film.one/film/foolish-wives.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Foolish Wives* (1922), as Andrew J. Hughes — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/foolish-wives.md)
- *Deep Waters* (1920), as Caleb West
- *The Secret Gift* (1920), as Peter
- *Human Stuff* (1920), as 'Washboard' Pierce
- *Burnt Wings* (1920), as James Cartwright
- *Seine Kammerjungfer* (1913), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Rudolph Christians](https://film.one/media/person/3849345/gallery-14c1cac8cafd.jpg) Rudolph Christians — Jan Vilímek, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Rudolf_Christians_1895_Vilimek.jpg/1280px-Rudolf_Christians_1895_Vilimek.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rudolph Christians](https://film.one/media/person/3849345/gallery-c800d047a57f.jpg) Rudolph Christians — Image via TMDB

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