Josef Thomas Peterhans (4 December 1882 – 3 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.

Biography

Peterhans began his stage career in 1902, aged twenty. He began his film acting career with the film ' in 1916. Before acting in films he played at theaters in the province and in Berlin. He served in the military from 1914 to 1917. He continued his career by playing supporting roles in films like ' (1917), ' (1918), ' (1919). In ' he had starred alongside the famous actress

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. In 1920 he starred in 9 films including ', ', ' and ''

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''. The last one was rejected by the

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on grounds of prostitution depicted in the film. Peterhans played a supporting character in the 1925 -directed '' Chronicles of the Gray House''. From 1926 to 1931 he appeared in only two films '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) and ''

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'' (1928). After the advent of talkies he again became active in the film industry and starred in several films including '' The Pride of Company Three'' (1931) and '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932). He played a pastor in ''

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'' (1933), a marshal in ' (1934), a forester in '' Victoria'' (1935), a deputy in ''

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'' (1938), a policeman in ' (1941) and a general in '' Fridericus'' (1937) and '' The Great King'' (1941). He also played the role of an Indian in '' Indian Revenge'' (1920) and in the double roles in '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' and '' The Indian Tomb'' (both 1938). His last film was ''

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'' (1942). He spent his life in Berlin-Steglitz. He ended his career with the

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Selected filmography

* ''

Spring Storms ''Spring Storms'' or ''Spring Storms in the Autumn of Life'' (German: ''Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens'') is a 1918 German silent film, silent drama film directed by and starring Fern Andra. It also features Josef Peterhans and Reinhold Sc ...

'' (1918) * '' Crown and Whip'' (1919) * '' Indian Revenge'' (1920) * '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * '' The Haunting of Castle Kitay'' (1920) * ''

'' (1923) * '' Chronicles of the Gray House'' (1925) * '' The Poacher'' (1926) * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * ''

'' (1928) * ''

Marschall Vorwärts ''Marshal Forwards'' () is a 1932 German historical war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Paul Wegener, Traute Carlsen and Hans Graf von Schwerin. It portrays the life of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a German hero of the Napoleonic W ...

'' (1932) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932) * '' The Pride of Company Three'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

'' (1934) * '' Victoria'' (1935) * ' (1935) * '' Fridericus'' (1937) * '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1938) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1938) * '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * '' Trenck, der Pandur'' (1940) * ''

Jud Süß (, ) is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama/propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. Considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time, the film was directed by Veit Harlan, who co-wrote the screenplay w ...

'' (1940) * '' The Great King'' (1942) * ''

'' (1942)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterhans, Josef 1882 births 1960 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male silent film actors People from Achern 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Baden-Württemberg