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Walter Rilla

Acting Born Aug 22, 1894 Neunkirchen, Germany 24 credits

Biography

Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany. He was the father of the director Wolf Rilla, who directed him in Cairo.

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Known for

The Commissioner

as Ulrich de Croy
Film

The Girl from Rio

as Ennio Rossini

Atomic Betty

as Lord Kilmarnock

Full filmography

  • The Commissioner (1969) as Ulrich de Croy
  • Interpol Calling (1959) as The Baron
  • The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) as The Father Guardian
  • The Girl from Rio (1969) as Ennio Rossini
  • The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Prof. Hans Muller-Mertens
  • State Secret (1950) as General Niva
  • Venetian Bird (1952) as Count Boria
  • Day of Anger (1967) as Murph Allan Short
  • Les Faucheurs de marguerites (1974) as Zeppelin
  • Golden Salamander (1950) as Serafis
  • Victoria the Great (1937) as Prince Ernest
  • Hatred (1938) as Frazer
  • The Secret Ways (1961) as Jancsi
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) as Priest
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) as Armand St. Just
  • The Champion of Pontresina (1934) as Peter Tonani, Geigenvirtuose
  • Song Without End (1960) as Archbishop
  • For the First Time (1959) as Dr. Bessart
  • Art of Love (1928) as Prince Boris
  • Incest (1929) as Martin Hollman
  • Confessions of Felix Krull (1957) as Lord Kilmarnock
  • The Twelve Jurors (1963) as Neunter Geschworener
  • The Devil Came from Akasava (1971) as Lord Kingsley
  • Malpertuis (1972) as Eisengott