Ludwig Rex (1 January 1888 – 29 September 1979) was a German film actor of the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
He appeared in 55 films between 1918 and 1927. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London.
Selected filmography
* ''Totenkopfreiter'' (1917) – Napoleon
* ''
The Merry Wives of Windsor
''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...
'' (1918) – Herr Reich
* ''Arno Starks Kraft'' (1918) – Arno Stark
* ''Der Fluch des Nuri'' (1918) – Nuri
* ''
Nocturne of Love'' (1919)
* ''Die lachende Seele'' (1919)
* ''Der neue Herr Generaldirektor'' (1919)
* ''Homo sum'' (1919)
* ''Seelenverkäufer'' (1919) – Kapitän Brooks
* ''Die Geächteten'' (1919) – Wirt Petruk Czapka
* ''Um Diamanten und Frauen'' (1919) – Mr. Hunter
* ''Retter der Menschheit'' (1919) – Felsen
* ''Fluch der Vergangenheit'' (1919) – Bertram
* ''Der Glücksschmid'' (1919) – Tobias Möhring, Dorfschmied
* ''Luxuspflänzchen'' (1919)
* ''Die
Teufelsgeige'' (1919)
* ''Die siebente Großmacht'' (1919)
* ''Der Tintenfischclub'' (1919)
* ''Gewalt gegen Recht'' (1920)
* ''
The Song of the Puszta'' (1920)
* ''
Blackmailed'' (1920) – Erpresser
* ''Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg'' (1920) – Alliwer
* ''
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' () is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypno ...
'' (1920) – Ein Mörder / A murderer (uncredited)
* ''
The Dancer Barberina
''The Dancer Barberina'' (German: ''Die Tänzerin Barberina'') is a 1920 German silent historical drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lyda Salmonova, Otto Gebühr, and Harry Liedtke. Part of the group of Prussian films of the Weima ...
'' (1920) – Reeder Josuah Crichton
* ''
The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920)
* ''Gauner der Gesellschaft'' (1920) – Kommissar
* ''Die Strahlen des Todes'' (1920)
* ''Nirvana'' (1920, part 2–6)
* ''Die Sklavenhalter von Kansas-City'' (1920)
* ''Bar el Manach'' (1920)
* ''
The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920)
* ''Marionetten des Teufels'' (1920)
* ''Die andere Welt'' (1920)
* ''
The Black Guest'' (1920)
* ''Der Hund von Baskerville'' (1920, part 6)
* ''Der Flüchtling von Sing-Sing'' (1920)
* ''Tschetschensen-Rache'' (1921)
* ''
The Conspiracy in Genoa
''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' () is a 1921 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by Paul Leni and starring Wilhelm Diegelmann, Maria Fein and Fritz Kortner. It is an adaptation of the 1783 pla ...
'' (1921)
* ''Die Beichte einer Gefallenen'' (1921)
* ''
Hands Up'' (1921)
* ''
Night and No Morning'' (1921)
* ''
Sons of the Night'' (1921, part 1, 2)
* ''
The Terror of the Red Mill'' (1921) – Direktor Brighton
* ''
The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921)
* ''
Deceiver of the People'' (1921)
* ''Fortunato'' (1921, part 1)
* ''
Die verschwundene Million'' (1921, part 3)
* ''
Women's Sacrifice
''Women's Sacrifice'' (German: ''Frauenopfer'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Henny Porten, William Dieterle and Albert Bassermann.Parish & Canham p.136 It was adapted from the play by Georg Kaiser.
The fil ...
'' (1922) – Verwalter
* ''
Othello
''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...
'' (1922)
* ''Der Fall Gembalsky'' (1922)
* ''Die Flibustier'' (1922) – Mr. Pierson
* ''Hallig Hooge'' (1923)
* ''Die Welt in Flammen'' (1923, part 1) – Generalstabschef Kerga
* ''
Man by the Wayside
''Man by the Wayside'' () is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Alexander Granach, Emilia Unda and Dieterle.Bock & Bergfelder p. 89
It was Dieterle's first film as director, and featured Marlene Dietrich ...
'' (1923) – Aufseher
* ''
Esterella'' (1923)
* ''
The Beautiful Girl'' (1923) – Arzt
* ''
Inge Larsen'' (1924)
* ''
Slaves of Love
''Slaves of Love'' () is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Ellen Kürti, Cläre Lotto, and Olga Engl.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Rochelsberg and Otto Völckers. It was shot at the ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Third Watch'' (1924) – Gyttorps Sekretär
* ''Ein Traum ein Leben'' (1924) – Lucas von Lutovice
* ''Düstere Schatten, strahlendes Glück'' (1924) – Dr. West
* ''
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent: the seven weeks of Christian prayer, prayer, Religious fasting#Christianity, fasting and ...
'' (1925)
* ''...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt'' (1925) – Gottlieb Haberkorn
* ''Die Großstadt der Zukunft'' (1925)
* ''Die Beute'' (1925) – Henrik Bark
* ''
The Clever Fox
''The Clever Fox'' (German: ''Der krasse Fuchs'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Hans Brausewetter, Clementine Plessner and Werner Pittschau. The film premiered in Berlin on 4 March 1926.Grange p.22 ...
'' (1926)
* ''Die Welt ohne Waffen'' (1927) – Mitglied der Gesellschaft der Friedensfreunde
* ''
The Long Intermission
''The Long Intermission'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Wolfgang von Schwindt and Livio Pavanelli. It is based upon the play written by Oscar Blumenthal and Max Bernstein.
It was sho ...
'' (1927) – Onkel Eduard
References
External links
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1888 births
1979 deaths
German male film actors
German male silent film actors
Male actors from Berlin
20th-century German male actors
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