Werner Peters

Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) 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 (1949), as Eberhard Schulz
Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute (1950), as Hugo
Der Untertan (1951), as Diederich Hessling
Anna Susanna (1953), as Kuddel
Ernst Thälmann (1954), as Gottlieb Quadde
Before God and Man (1955), as Anton Mechala
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957), as Willi Keun
The Heart of St. Pauli (1957), as Tanne
Escape from Sahara (1958), as Brouillard
(1958, TV film), as Kleinschmidt
The Copper (1958), as Mücke
Rosemary (1958), as Franz Josef Nagonski
(1958), as Eugen Machon
Restless Night (1958), as Maj. Kartuschke
Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958), as Oberlehrer Kasten
Court Martial (1959), as Kriegsgerichtsrat Brenner
The Black Chapel (1959), as Heinrich Himmler
(1959), as Alfred Kopetzsky
(1960), as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
The Cat Shows Her Claws (1960), as German General
Roses for the Prosecutor (1960), as Otto Kugler
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), as Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig
Auf Wiedersehen (1961), as Paul Blümel
The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961), as Böhmler
Blind Justice (1961), as François Lacroix
(1961), as Zumbusch
(1962), as Martin Droste / Bobo the Clown
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), as Bruno Ulrich
The Door with Seven Locks (1962), as Bertram Cody
Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1962, TV film), as Kriminalkommissar Escherich
(1963), as Herbert
The Black Abbot (1963), as Fabian Gilder
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963), as Inspektor Vulpius
The Lightship (1963), as Trittel
The White Spider (1963), as Sergeant Meals
The Secret of the Black Widow (1963), as Mr. Shor
The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963), as Stephan Narth
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964), as Spedding
The Seventh Victim (1964), as Mysterious man
Dog Eat Dog (1964), as Jannis, the butler
The Phantom of Soho (1964), as Dr. Dalmer
36 Hours (1965), as SS-Standartenführer Otto Schack
Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965), as Morton
Battle of the Bulge (1965), as Gen. Kohler
(1966), as von Walden
A Fine Madness (1966), as Dr. Vorbeck
I Deal in Danger (1966), as Gestapo Captain Elm
The Peking Medallion (1967), as Inspector Pinto
Dead Run (1967), as Bardieff
Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967), as Charlie Lee
Assignment K (1968), as Kramer
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), as Maj. von Steignitz
(1968), as Dr. Lenz
The Killer Likes Candy (1968), as Guardino
Death Knocks Twice (1969), as Charly Hollmann
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), as Antique Dealer
Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (1970), as Hausach, "King of St. Pauli"
(1970), as Heinz-Fritz Bottke
The Body in the Thames (1971), as William Baxter
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1918 births
1971 deaths
People from Nordsachsen
People from the Province of Saxony
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany