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Walter Rilla
Born: 22nd Aug 1894 Neunkirchen, Germany - Died 21st Nov 1980
Dept: Acting
Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) 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. He was the father of the director Wolf Rilla, who directed him in Cairo.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 137
Film: 132 (96%)
Television: 5 (4%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Western, Family
Filmography
May 1974 (first aired)
Les Faucheurs de marguerites is a French-Canadian-German television series. ... view
Character:
Zeppelin (14 ep.)
1972
A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who ... view
Character:
Eisengott
Original title: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava
1971
A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral ... view
Character:
Lord Kingsley
1969
Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft secretly places his nephew as a spy with the difficult class of Pepe Nietnagel. During the celebration for the 100th a ... view
Character:
Ministerialdirektor Reichert
Original title: Detektive
1969
Andy and Sebastian want to make a lot of money in a quick and easy way. Inspired by the movies, they become private investigators. Their first case ha ... view
Character:
Krüger
Original title: Die sieben Männer der Sumuru
1969
Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world. ... view
Character:
Ennio Rossini
Jan 1969 (first aired)
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-wh ... view
Character:
Ulrich de Croy (1 ep.)
Original title: I giorni dell'ira
1967
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town thro ... view
Character:
Murph Allan Short
Original title: Martin Soldat
1966
A troupe of French actors on tour in Normandy become involved in the events of WWII. ... view
Character:
Général von Haffelrats
Character:
State Preisent
Original title: Jerry Cotton - Die Rechnung eiskalt serviert
1966
An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this ... view
Character:
John M. Clark
1966
Bank director Ernst Rose, owner of the Hamburg bank Traven & Co., is asked to go to the airport earlier than expected to pick up his daughter Silvia. ... view
Character:
Eduard Rose
1965
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though ... view
Character:
Prof. Hans Muller-Mertens
Original title: Der Fall X701
1964
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspec ... view
Character:
Sir Keith
Original title: Das siebente Opfer
1964
The son of a British racehorse owner conspires with a bookie to ruin the odds of his father's thoroughbred winning an important event. ... view
Character:
Lord John Mant
Original title: Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse
1964
The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world. ... view
Character:
Prof. Pohland
Original title: Victim Five
1964
The first victim is the butler of South African millionaire Wexler, who hires hard-hitting private eye Steve Martin for protection. Once at Wexler’s ... view
Character:
Wexler
1964
'Please help me!' the young GDR refugee begs the passengers of the interzonal train 'D 106'. He has just jumped on the night train during an unforesee ... view
Character:
Magnus
Original title: Kennwort... Reiher
1964
France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shor ... view
Character:
Pierre, Maries Vater
Original title: Zimmer 13
1964
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer ... view
Character:
Sir Marney
1963
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river. ... view
Character:
Dr. Schneider
Original title: Die zwölf Geschworenen
1963
Did an 18-year-old immigrant from the slums murder his father in cold blood? The twelve jurors must find a unanimous verdict. ... view
Character:
Neunter Geschworener
Original title: Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse
1963
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the ... view
Character:
Dr. Pohland / 'Dr. Mabuse'
1963
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt. ... view
Character:
Kuchuk
Original title: Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
1962
Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit ... view
Character:
Professor Pohland
1962
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s ... view
Character:
Priest
1961
A young man living in Africa is send to Hamburg by his parents to learn about business. There, he falls in love with the mistress of a friend. ... view
Character:
Konsul Steensand
1961
Relations between middle-aged businessman Arthur Dahlberg and his young wife Anja are not at their best. So it occurred to them to leave their Hamburg ... view
Character:
Nikanos
Original title: Der Fälscher von London
1961
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia. ... view
Character:
John Leith
1961
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist e ... view
Character:
Jancsi
1960
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences. ... view
Character:
Archbishop
Original title: Die Wahrheit über Rosemarie
1959
Based on an actual murder case in Frankfurt after the war, the film tells the story of the murder of Rosemarie, a prostitute, and how she ended up str ... view
Character:
Alexander Woltikoff, Geschäftsmann
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery. ... view
Character:
The Baron (1 ep.)
1959
In this musical, a tempermental opera singer falls in love with a hearing-impaired young woman. ... view
Character:
Dr. Bessart
1958
Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even tho ... view
Character:
Michael Fabian
1958
Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls in love with a young architect who hopes to win a design competition. Scam ... view
Character:
Original title: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull
1957
Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel. ... view
Character:
Lord Kilmarnock
1956
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children ... view
Character:
Boronski
Sep 1955 (first aired)
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League. ... view
Character:
The Father Guardian (1 ep.)
1955
A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery. ... view
Character:
Austin Melford
1954
Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tr ... view
Character:
Frank Olsen
1954
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back t ... view
Character:
Von Horst
1953
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website) ... view
Character:
Colonel Bertrand
1952
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect ... view
Character:
Count Boria
1951
Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. N ... view
Character:
Müller
1950
During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne. ... view
Character:
Prince Radziwill
1950
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demon ... view
Character:
General Niva
1950
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik. ... view
Character:
Andreas
1950
An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right. ... view
Character:
Serafis
1946
A musical cabaret singer meets a British agent and goes with him to Nazi occupied France to save an atomic scientist. ... view
Character:
Karl von Schriner
1944
An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr ... view
Character:
Brockenburg
1944
Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama follo ... view
Character:
Dr. Muller
1943
British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent ... view
Character:
Inspector Otto Vogel
1940
A gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves aren't clever enough to ascertain the location of those g ... view
Character:
Mr. Ricardo
Character:
Cmndt. Lestailleur
1939
Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future hap ... view
Character:
Roudine
1939
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a fo ... view
Character:
Prince Homouska
Character:
Prinz Ernst
Original title: Mollenard
1938
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the ... view
Character:
Frazer
1937
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule aft ... view
Character:
Prince Ernest
Original title: Ein Lied klagt an
1936
The story of a famous chamber singer, who finds in life every humiliation and intrigue he sings about on stage. ... view
Character:
Detlef Ollmer - Bildhauer
1935
Mrs. Erlynne, a mistress once expelled by London society, returns from America after years with the desire to regain a foothold in these circles. ... view
Character:
Lord Windermere
1935
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the le ... view
Character:
Hassan-Bey
1934
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an un ... view
Character:
Armand St. Just
Original title: Der Springer von Pontresina
1934
Pontresina, Switzerland, at the beginning of the 20th century. A ski jumping competition is about to take place. ... view
Character:
Peter Tonani, Geigenvirtuose
Original title: Abenteuer am Lido
1933
The already successful tenor Mattei is discovered after he already retired into private life. Der Wiener Staatsoper place a significant part in this m ... view
Character:
Leonard
Original title: Ein gewisser Herr Gran
1933
An Italian engineer who had made a strategically important invention to ward off enemy aircraft is killed in a robbery. As the plans have presumably f ... view
Character:
Pietro Broccardo
Original title: 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau
1931
After the tragic death from malaria of her beloved husband his rich widow Helga Vanroh travels restlessly around various Mediterranean countries. In t ... view
Character:
Sascha Lonay
Original title: Leichtsinnige Jugend
1931
Lydia is a spoiled young woman who thinks she can get anything for money. One day she causes an accident in which a motorcyclist is killed. At the tri ... view
Character:
Original title: Schatten der Manege
1931
Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapez ... view
Character:
Morini. Kunstschütze
Character:
Baron Hans v. Velten
Character:
Armand
Original title: Die große Sehnsucht
1930
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this mere ... view
Character:
Himself
Original title: Hříchy lásky
1929
The troubled situation of a provincial actor and his actress wife who come to the city. The actor is suspected of attacking another actor who admires ... view
Character:
Original title: § 173 St.G.B. Blutschande
1929
Martin Hollmann, a young gardener meets his significantly older wife's daughter from her first marriage. Liesbeth Kröger is from his generation and t ... view
Character:
Martin Hollman
1929
Gentlemen Among Themselves (German: Die fidele Herrenpartie or Herren unter sich) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein ... view
Character:
Heinz Rüdiger
1929
An unknown guest checks into an obscure hotel. He is a burly but well-dressed gentleman carrying an umbrella and a tree frog in a glass. This man spen ... view
Character:
Henri Vallencours
Original title: Revolutionshochzeit
1928
The fate of a French aristocrat is revealed in this historical costume drama, who, in 1792, finds herself confronted with the choice of either standin ... view
Character:
Ernest
Original title: Ehre deine Mutter
1928
German produced silent drama made by the German subsidiary of First National Pictures with sets designed by the art director Leopold Blonder. ... view
Character:
Fritz - ihr Sohn
1928
"The Secret Power" - Hardly anyone who strays into the emigrant's restaurant "Strange Bird" would suspect that the porter once was a general, the wait ... view
Character:
Mirow
Original title: Doña Juana
1928
A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes comp ... view
Character:
Don Ramon
Original title: Das gefährliche Alter
1927
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor. And yet, there’s something ... view
Character:
Jörgen
Original title: Kinderseelen klagen euch an
1927
Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walt ... view
Character:
1926
Weapons manufacturer Robert Cors was injured in an explosion at his factory: a piece of shrapnel lodged itself in his brain. After surgery and a long ... view
Character:
Dr.Stone
1926
"How to Stay Young and Beautiful - Marital Secrets" is a German silent film from 1926, directed by Wolfgang Neff. The film, starring Hanni Weisse, Wil ... view
Character:
Original title: Dürfen wir schweigen?
1926
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away. ... view
Character:
Dr. Georg Mauthner
Original title: Der Geiger von Florenz
1926
Girl dressed up as a boy falls in love with a painter. ... view
Character:
Maler
Original title: Fiaker Nr. 13
1926
The film starts with a woman on the run from her millionaire husband giving birth to a daughter in the home of a washerwoman. The woman dies in childb ... view
Character:
Lucien Rebout
Original title: Liebesfeuer
1925
In a small town, the dancer Inge Maria Torselli is very popular with the theater audience. Her father is a ballet master and trained her. Lieutenant C ... view
Character:
Harald von Bodenstein
Original title: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger
1925
A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution.. ... view
Character:
Michael Caviol
Original title: Der Sprung ins Leben
1924
A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to r ... view
Character:
Frank
Original title: Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
1924
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking fo ... view
Character:
der Ehrgeizige
Original title: Alles für Geld
1923
Rupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the reversal of fortunes brought on by WWI. He is crude, un ... view
Character:
Henry von Lauffen
Original title: Hanneles Himmelfahrt
1922
A young woman is abused or abandoned by the men in her life. ... view
Character:
Todesengel