Werner Pledath
| Werner Pledath | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 April 1898 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died |
6 December 1965 West Berlin, West Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1923 - 1965 (film) |
Werner Pledath (1898–1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in Five from the Jazz Band (1932).[1] Pledath specialized in playing powerful, authority figures. Following the Second World War he appeared in several films made in East Germany.
Selected filmography
- The Street Song (1931)
- Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931)
- Dreaming Lips (1932)
- I by Day, You by Night (1932)
- Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
- Scandal in Budapest (1933)
- Mother and Child (1934)
- The Higher Command (1935)
- Victoria in Dover (1936)
- White Slaves (1937)
- Triad (1938)
- Red Orchids (1938)
- By a Silken Thread (1938)
- A Prussian Love Story (1938)
- Robert Koch (1939)
- Our Miss Doctor (1940)
- Diesel (1942)
- Circus Renz (1943)
- The Degenhardts (1944)
- The Benthin Family (1950)
- The Condemned Village (1952)
- Anna Susanna (1953)
- Ernst Thälmann (1954)
References
- ↑ Youngkin p.465
Bibliography
- Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.