Theodor Loos


Theodor August Konrad Loos was a German actor.
The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin. He decided though to become an actor.
His theater engagements led him to Leipzig, Danzig and Frankfurt am Main, then to Berlin where he acted from 1912 to 1945 at different theaters. In the 1930s he could be seen performing in classic theater, on over 400 occasions in Peer Gynt alone.
From 1913 he performed in more than 170 feature films, initially silent films. He remains perhaps best-known for his numerous roles in the films of Fritz Lang. During the Third Reich Loos was a member of the Advisory Council of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer.
After the end of the war, Loos returned to the theater. From August 1949 he was a member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart. His two sons both died in the Second World War.

Selected filmography

Das goldene Bett Die Eisbraut Im Schützengraben Das Hochstapler-Trio Das Haus ohne Tür Thora West Maria Niemand und ihre zwölf Väter Doch die Liebe fand einen Weg Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer Frau Eva Abseits vom Glück – TonioHomunculus – Sven FriedlandFriedrich Werders Sendung – Father / SonDie Richterin von Solvigsholm Die grüne Phiole Das Wunder der Madonna – BildhauerDas Haus der Leidenschaften Das letzte Spiel – Prince / ActorChrista Hartungen – Reginald DickensDie Sündenkette Das Gewissen des Andern Das Buch des Lasters – Horst von FrankenFrau Eva ...und führe uns nicht in Versuchung – Laienbruder FranziskusDie schwarze Loo Der geigende Tod – JordDas Licht in der Nacht – Percy Wiggins Let There Be Light Robin Morris – Robin MorrisEs werde Licht! – Professor Wolfgang Sandow/ HansPrecious Stones – Pieter SwandamDie Singende Hand – Leonid HellerDer Letzte Gang – Bildhauer HellTreu der Jugend – Paul GüntherStiefkinder des Glücks – Hans von HolmSpiele eines Milliardärs Nach dem Gesetz – Artzt Albert HolmDie Toten kehren wieder – Enoch Arden – Enoch ArdenDie Launen eines Milliardärs Das Lied der Nornen – Eldar AsselderFigures of the Night Die Nacht der Prüfung The Merry-Go-Round – Fritz PetersDie Frau ohne Dienstag – PoetDer Menschheit Anwalt – Mönch – Novice SeverinKurfürstendamm – Raoul HasenzwingChristian Wahnschaffe – Amadeus VoßHelmsman Holk – Jacon SiebenseeSehnende Liebe Im Banne der Suggestion Die Spielerin Die Geheimnisse von New York Das Wüstengrab Dämmernde Nächte – SverreDie Geschwister Barelli The House in Dragon Street – Funke, Lias BräutigamDer zeugende Tod – Sylvester Sender, MalerThe Solemn Oath – Count HorstBetrogene Betrüger Die kleine Dagmar – Maler HenneckeTreasure of the Aztecs Lady Hamilton – George RomneyDie Schuldige – Pastor BehrensDer rätselhafte Tod Schuld und Sühne Othello – CassioHannele's Journey to Heaven – Lehrer GottwaldYouth – Kapellan SchigorskiMacht der Versuchung It Illuminates, My Dear – Count BironDer Kampf ums Ich Das blinde Glück Friedrich Schiller – Friedrich SchillerThe Vice of Gambling Das Kabinett des Dr. Segato Die Nibelungen – King GuntherDebit and Credit – Freiherr von RothensattelClaire Aufstieg der kleinen Lilian What the Stones Tell Our Heavenly Bodies Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand – Franz von SickingenManon Lescaut – TibergeWomen of Passion – Mr. von GolitzkiThe Violet Eater – Officer EckhoffSword and Shield – Mr. von GolitzkiDas Lebenslied Metropolis – Josaphat / JosephLiebeshandel The Impostor – Prof. GehrsdorfPrinz Louis Ferdinand – Ernst Moritz ArndtLord of the Night – Dr. LanzThe Weavers – BäckerQueen Louise – Count HardenbergBigamie – LawyerPetronella – Pfarrer ImbodenLuther – MelanchthonSpies – Handelsminister Sensations-Prozess The Schorrsiegel Affair – Mr. van der WalCry for Help Homecoming Anastasia, the False Czar's Daughter – Grand Duke MichaelDiana The Night of Terror – Jegorow§ 173 St.G.B. Blutschande – PastorAtlantik – Pastor WagnerNapoleon at Saint Helena – Capt. PionkowskiLudwig II, King of Bavaria – Dr. von GuddenThe Great Longing – Regisseur HallBoycott – Dr.HermannThe Flute Concert of Sanssouci – MenzelTwo People – Prior1914 – PaléologueAriane – Dr. Hans AdameitThe Case of Colonel Redl – General Alfred RedlI Go Out and You Stay Here – Konstantin von HallerVertauschte Gesichter – Peter van DiemenM – Inspector GroeberIn the Employ of the Secret Service – DubbinThe Other Side – Lieutenant OsborneYorck – RoderHolzapfel Knows Everything – Konsul van DoerenUnder False Flag – RakowskiRasputin, Demon with Women – PopeA Shot at Dawn – BachmannThe Eleven Schill Officers – Officer Hans KüfferEight Girls in a Boat – Baumeister EngelhardtThe Heath Is Green – Lüder LüdersenDeath Over Shanghai – James BiggersTrenck – Frederick II Marshal Forwards – King Friedrich Wilhelm III of PrussiaSecret of the Blue Room – Robert von HellbergSacred Waters – LandownerThe Invisible Front – Henrik ThomsenWas wissen denn Männer Die blonde Christl – Benekdikt OberbucherSpies at Work – DavilaThe Peak Scaler – Man in the hotelThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse – Dr. KrammWays to a Good Marriage – Dr. von BergenA Certain Mr. Gran The Judas of Tyrol – CommissionerHöllentempo – Mr. von DermorWilliam Tell – Werner StauffacherElisabeth and the Fool – ThomasThe Girlfriend of a Big Man – Dr. NordeggA Woman With Power of Attorney – HolstenHanneles Himmelfahrt – Lehrer GottwaldThe Sporck Battalion – Oberförster RüdigerThe Old and the Young King – Von RochowJoan of Arc – DunoisStradivari – Lazarettkommandant