Otto Wernicke

Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film.

Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit and substantial donation to the Nazi Party was he allowed to continue his work in Nazi Germany. He appeared in the 1944-45 propaganda epic Kolberg.

Selected filmography

• Girls You Don't Marry (1924)
• Mrs Worrington's Perfume (1925)
• The Searching Soul (1925)
• The Gambling Den of Montmartre (1928)
• M (1931)
• Storms of Passion (1932)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
• The Bartered Bride (1932)
• The Naked Truth (1932)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• The Tunnel (1933)
• Peer Gynt (1934)
• Knockout (1935)
• The Valiant Navigator (1935)
• Uncle Bräsig (1936)
• The Castle in Flanders (1936)
• Street Music (1936)
• Autobus S (1937)
• Dangerous Crossing (1937)
• Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
• Gold in New Frisco (1939)
• D III 88 (1939)
• Maria Ilona (1939)
• Midsummer Night's Fire (1939)
• Three Wonderful Days (1939)
• Ohm Krüger (1941)
• Friedemann Bach (1941)
• Titanic (1943)
• Kolberg (1945)
• Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947)
• Long Is the Road (1948)
• Amico (1949)
• Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950)
• Chased by the Devil (1950)
• Love and Blood (1951)
• Shadows Over Naples (1951)
• Sky Without Stars (1955)