Werner Peters
Werner Peters was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971.
Biography
Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany.
His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters.
Peters appeared in two episodes of the 1966 American television espionage drama Blue Light. These were edited together with two other episodes to create the theatrical film I Deal in Danger, released in December 1966, which included his role.
Selected filmography
The Beaver Coat, as Eberhard SchulzDer Kahn der fröhlichen Leute, as HugoDer Untertan, as Diederich HesslingAnna Susanna, as KuddelErnst Thälmann, as Gottlieb QuaddeBefore God and Man, as Anton MechalaThe Devil Strikes at Night, as Willi KeunThe Heart of St. Pauli, as TanneEscape from Sahara, as Brouillard', as KleinschmidtThe Copper, as MückeRosemary, as Franz Josef Nagonski
, as Eugen MachonRestless Night, as Maj. KartuschkeThirteen Old Donkeys, as Oberlehrer KastenCourt Martial, as Kriegsgerichtsrat BrennerThe Black Chapel, as Heinrich Himmler', as Alfred Kopetzsky ', as Hauptfeldwebel KrüllThe Cat Shows Her Claws, as German GeneralRoses for the Prosecutor, as Otto KuglerThe Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, as Hieronymus B. MistelzweigAuf Wiedersehen, as Paul BlümelThe Return of Doctor Mabuse, as BöhmlerBlind Justice, as François LacroixIt Can't Always Be Caviar, as Zumbusch', as Martin Droste / Bobo the ClownThe Counterfeit Traitor, as Bruno UlrichThe Door with Seven Locks, as Bertram CodyJeder stirbt für sich allein, as Kriminalkommissar Escherich ', as HerbertThe Black Abbot, as Fabian GilderScotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse, as Inspektor VulpiusThe Lightship, as TrittelThe White Spider, as Sergeant MealsThe Secret of the Black Widow, as Mr. ShorThe Curse of the Yellow Snake, as Stephan NarthThe Curse of the Hidden Vault, as SpeddingThe Seventh Victim, as Mysterious manDog Eat Dog, as Jannis, the butlerThe Phantom of Soho, as Dr. Dalmer36 Hours, as SS-Standartenführer Otto SchackBlack Eagle of Santa Fe, as MortonBattle of the Bulge, as Gen. Kohler', as von WaldenA Fine Madness, as Dr. VorbeckI Deal in Danger, as Gestapo Captain ElmThe Peking Medallion, as Inspector PintoDead Run, as BardieffLotus Flowers for Miss Quon, as Charlie LeeAssignment K, as KramerThe Secret War of Harry Frigg, as Maj. von Steignitz ', as Dr. LenzThe Killer Likes Candy, as GuardinoDeath Knocks Twice, as Charly HollmannThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage, as Antique DealerUnder the Roofs of St. Pauli, as Hausach, "King of St. Pauli", as Heinz-Fritz BottkeThe Body in the Thames, as William Baxter