As per our current Database, Rudolf Klein-Rogge has been died on 29 May 1955(1955-05-29) (aged 69)\nWetzelsdorf, Austria.
When Rudolf Klein-Rogge die, Rudolf Klein-Rogge was 69 years old.
Popular As | Rudolf Klein-Rogge |
Occupation | Actor |
Age | 69 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
Born | November 24, 1885 ( Cologne, Germany, Germany) |
Birthday | November 24 |
Town/City | Cologne, Germany, Germany |
Nationality | Germany |
Rudolf Klein-Rogge’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Klein-Rogge was born in Cologne, Germany. He began taking acting lessons while studying art history in Berlin and Bonn. Klein-Rogge made his acting debut in 1909, playing Cassius in Julius Caesar in Halberstadt. Klein-Rogge went on to play in theaters located in Düsseldorf, Kiel and Aachen. In Aachen, Klein-Rogge met Actress and Screenwriter Thea Von Harbou. The two married in 1914. In 1915, Klein-Rogge joined Nuremberg's Städtische Bühnen theatre as both an actor and Director.
In 1919, Klein-Rogge began acting in films. He appeared in an uncredited role as the Criminal in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. During this time, von Harbou was having an affair with Director Fritz Lang and eventually left Klein-Rogge to marry Lang. Despite the split, Klein-Rogge made several films that were written by von Harbou and directed by Lang, including Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis and Spies. Klein-Rogge's intense look led him to similar roles such as a tyrant in Fritz Wendhausen's Der steinerne Reiter, a pirate in Arthur Robison's Pietro der Korsar, and the Czar in Alex Andre Volkoff's Casanova. Klein-Rogge's last film with Lang was The Testament of Dr. Mabuse in 1933.
Klein-Rogge played the lead roles in two films written and directed by von Harbou: Elisabeth und der Narr and Hanneles Himmelfahrt. Klein-Rogge remarried twice, first to Margarete Neff, and lastly with the Swedish Actress Mary Johnson in 1932, to whom he remained married until his death in 1955.