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Walter Ladengast

Actor

Walter Ladengast

Born July 4, 1899 in Wien, AustriaDied July 3, 198055 films

Walter Ladengast (July 4, 1899 – July 3, 1980) was an Austrian actor born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He worked extensively in film and theatre and appeared in more than 70 productions during a career spanning several decades. He is particularly remembered for his collaborations with director Werner Herzog, including The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), in which he played Dr. Abraham Van Helsing.

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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser posterFirst watchThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser19747.3as Professor DaumerThe film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a…View film

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Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 1979Nosferatu the VampyreDr. Van Helsing
  2. 1978Die Anstalt
  3. 1976Geheimnis um Burg Brethen
  4. 1975Berlinger
  5. 1974The Enigma of Kaspar HauserProfessor Daumer
  6. 1972LandErich
  7. 1971Zwei Briefe an PospischielBaierl
  8. 1971Onkel Wanja - Bilder aus dem LandlebenIlja Iljitsch Teljegin
  9. 1971I Love You, I Kill You
  10. 1971A Big Grey-Blue BirdBelotti
  11. 1971How I Became a NegroCäsar
  12. 1970Die BeichteSchmauch
  13. 1969Die EnthüllungDr.Lanz
  14. 1967Die ZimmerwirtinPierre
  15. 1965Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe
  16. 1964Legende einer LiebePablo
  17. 1963Lady Lobsters BräutigamMr. Knight
  18. 1963Die WölfeSpion
  19. 1961Die lachende Dritte
  20. 1961Dead Eyes of LondonPförtner
  21. 1961Cancan und Bakarole
  22. 1960Sacred WatersKaplan Johannes
  23. 1960The Haunted CastleCourt Expert
  24. 1960Waldhausstraße 20Renner
  25. 1960Die Nacht in ZaandamYelagin
  26. 1959JacquelineNöll
  27. 1959No ExitDiener
  28. 1958Ein gewisser JudasThadeus - der Kaufmann
  29. 1957Der Verdammte
  30. 1957Die Dreigroschenoper
  31. 1955Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa
  32. 1955Der grüne KakaduGrain
  33. 1955Das Mädchen vom PfarrhofSepp
  34. 1951Decision Before DawnGerman Deserter (uncredited)
  35. 1951Call Over the AirThe patched one
  36. 1950Two Times LotteHerr Gabele
  37. 1950Weißes GoldSchneider-Sepp
  38. 1947The World Turns Backward
  39. 1943Der OchsenkriegLudwig von Ingolstadt
  40. 1942Rembrandt
  41. 1941IllusionFeldgruber
  42. 1941Everything for Gloria
  43. 1940Request Concert
  44. 1940Das leichte MädchenAnselmus
  45. 1940Ritorno
  46. 1940Der FeuerteufelRafael Kröss, der Verräter
  47. 1939My Aunt, Your AuntRudolf Trautmann
  48. 1939Her First ExperienceGohlke
  49. 1939SpaßvögelKrull
  50. 1938Die Umwege des schönen Karl
  51. 1936Under Blazing HeavensPferdepfleger
  52. 1935Anschlag auf SchwedaHans Kessler
  53. 1935Die törichte JungfrauErich Büchner
  54. 1934Love, Death and the Devil
  55. 1934Music in the BloodFranz Zahlinger