Walter Rilla


Walter Rilla was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany.

Career

Rilla began his acting career on the German stage, then debuted in film during the silent era. This included an early role for him in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's The Grand Duke's Finances in 1924. Following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933, he immigrated to Britain and became a regular performer in British films often in villainous or aristocratic roles. Both during and after the Second World War he played Nazi officers or agents.
From the 1950s onwards he returned to West Germany to appear in films and on television, alternating this with continued roles in British cinema. He was the father of film director Wolf Rilla, who directed him in the 1963 film Cairo.

Filmography

Hannele's Journey to Heaven as TodesengelThe Fall of Jerusalem as Amosa, Captain of the GuardAll for Money as Henry von LauffenThe Beautiful Girl as Franz, Sohn der GöttsThe Grand Duke's Finances as Luis HernandezIn the Name of the King Leap Into Life as Frank - Ideas PartnerThe Monk from Santarem The Blackguard as Michael CaviolThe Doll of Luna Park Fire of Love as Harald von BodensteinThe Ones Down There as AndreCab No. 13 as Lucien ReboutThe Fiddler of Florence as MalerShould We Be Silent? as Dr. Georg MauthnerMaytime as Fred W. KietzHer Highness Dances the Waltz The Divorcée as Karel van Lysseweghe, StaatssekretärThe World Wants To Be Deceived as Dr. Stone, ArztThe Queen of the Baths as Lord Arthur BlytheWie bleibe ich jung und schön - Ehegeheimnisse The Sporck Battalion as Leutnant von NaugardChildren's Souls Accuse You Poor Little Colombine as Ernst HonselThe White Spider as Lord BarrymoreThat Dangerous Age as Jörgen - StudentOrient Express as Allan WiltonDoña Juana as Don RamonSajenko the Soviet as Mirow, Sekretär des HandelsbürosThe Schorrsiegel Affair as Bernhard BendaEva in Silk as Dr. Erich Stiereß, SchriftstellerPrincess Olala as Prince Boris, the Prince's SonThe Last Night as ErnestHonour Thy Mother as Fritz - ihr SohnThe Abduction of the Sabine Women as Emil Groß, genannt Sterneck, sein SohnThe Man with the Frog as Henri VallencoursInherited Passions as Henry BourtyneThe Monte Cristo of Prague as Fred BornGentlemen Among Themselves as Heinz Rüdiger, Student der MedizinIncest as Martin HollmanSin of a Beautiful Woman as Richard KentMarriage in Trouble as MannKarriere It Happens Every Day Rendezvous as ArmandThe Great Longing as HimselfMarriage in Name Only as Baron Hans v. VeltenDifferent Morals as NormanCircus Life as Morini. KunstschützeCheckmate as Georg Holl, JournalistReckless Youth as Dan O'Bannon, Prosecutor24 Hours in the Life of a Woman as Sascha LonayThe Men Around Lucy as RobertHände aus dem Dunkel as Direktor LeermannA Certain Mr. Gran as Pietro Broccardo, MalerUn certain monsieur Grant as Mario LandiAdventures on the Lido as LeonardThe Hunter from Kurpfalz as Baron Hans, sein Bruder, BuchhändlerThe Champion of Pontresina as Peter Tonani, GeigenvirtuoseThe Scarlet Pimpernel as Armand St. JustAbdul the Damned as Hassan-BeyLady Windermere's Fan as Lord WindermereLove's Awakening as Robert Lund - ViolinvirtuoseThe Accusing Song as Detlef Ollmer - BildhauerVictoria the Great as Prince ErnestMollenard as FrazerSixty Glorious Years as Prince ErnstThe Gang's All Here as Prince HomouskaBlack Eyes as RoudineHell's Cargo as Cmndt. LestailleurAt the Villa Rose as Mr. RicardoThe Adventures of Tartu as Inspector Otto VogelCandlelight in Algeria as Dr. MullerMr. Emmanuel as BrockenburgLisbon Story as Karl von SchrinerIt's Hard to Be Good as Kamerovsky Golden Salamander as SerafisState Secret as General NivaMy Daughter Joy as AndreasShadow of the Eagle as Prince RadziwillI'll Get You for This as MuellerWithout a Flag as SpionagechefVenetian Bird as Count BoriaDesperate Moment as Col. Bertrand, Dutch consulateStar of India as Van HorstThe Green Carnation as Frank OlsenTrack the Man Down as Austin MelfordThe Gamma People as BoronskiConfessions of Felix Krull as Lord KilmarnockScampolo as Lombardo' as Michael FabianFor the First Time as Dr. BessartLove Now, Pay Later as Alexander Woltikoff, GeschäftsmannBeloved Augustin as Baron von GravenreuthSong Without End as ArchbishopThe Secret Ways as JancsiOur House in Cameroon as John Leith