Peter Voß (29 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was a German

film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. His acting career started in the late 1920s in the last years of the silent film era and continued into the

sound era A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

until 1959.

Partial filmography

* '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) - Rekrut Dirmoser * '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) - Edward Whymper * ''Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin'' (1929) - Kapitän Rimbaud * ''The Jolly Peasant'' (1929) * '' Tracks in the Snow'' (1929) - Klaus Meill * ''

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'' (1929) - Matei * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) - Rothhacker, Gutsbesitzer * ''

The Ring of the Empress ''The Ring of the Empress'' (German: ''Spielereien einer Kaiserin'') is a 1930 German silent film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Lil Dagover.Goble p.963 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were desig ...

'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Stanislaus (German Version) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) - Harold Hofmann - Oberleutnant * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Leutnant Stanislaus von Kaminsky * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1931) - Viktor Boris Sablin * ''

The Paw ''The Paw'' () is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Charlotte Susa, Hans Rehmann, and Fritz Rasp.Bock & Bergfelder p. 384 It was made as a co-production with the Italian Cines Studios. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1931) - Propagandachef Gastal * ''Sergeant X'' (1932) * ''Die Vier vom Bob 13'' (1932) - Baron Plessow * '' The Heath Is Green'' (1932) - Walter - Ein junger Förster * ''

Death Over Shanghai ''Death Over Shanghai'' () is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested that the German government have the film destroyed because th ...

'' (1932) - John Baxter * ''Schüsse an der Grenze'' (1933) - Nr. 34 * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) - Studienassesor Dr. Kerner * ''

The Love Hotel ''The Love Hotel'' () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Mathias Wieman and Peter Voß.Bock & Bergfelder p. 348 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'' (1933) - Joachim, Kunstmaler * ''

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'' (1934) - Jürgen * ''

The Riders of German East Africa '' The Riders of German East Africa'' (German: ''Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika'') is a 1934 German war film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Sepp Rist, Ilse Stobrawa and Rudolf Klicks. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and locat ...

'' (1934) - Englischer Farmer Robert Cresswell * ''

My Life for Maria Isabella ''My Life for Maria Isabella'' () is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast and Peter Voß. It is a military drama, the titular Maria Isabella being the name of a regiment. Heavy cuts wer ...

'' (1935) - Rittmeister Graf Bottenlauben * ' (1935) - Wellington * ''Anschlag auf Schweda'' (1935) - Schweda * ''

Fährmann Maria ''Fährmann Maria'' ( ''Ferryman Maria'') is a 1936 German horror film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Sybille Schmitz. Plot An elderly man operates a ferry near a small village. One evening, he weakens and dies while ferrying a silent stra ...

'' (1936) - The Man in Black (Death) * ''The Paris Adventure'' (1936) - Mitja, Fürst Artamanow * ''

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'' (1937) - Lord Henry Baskerville * '' Alarm in Peking'' (1937) - Captain Cunningham * '' After Midnight'' (1938) - Petroff * ''

Sergeant Berry ''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.Hull p.145 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1938) - Oberst Turner * '' Water for Canitoga'' (1939) - Gilbert Trafford * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) - Sully * ''Trenck, der Pandur'' (1940) - Fürst Khevenhüller * ''Achtung! Feind hört mit!'' (1940) - General vom Technischen Amt der Wehrmacht * ''Kampfgeschwader Lützow'' (1941) - Major Hagen * ''Laugh Pagliacci'' (1943) * '' Laugh Bajazzo'' (1943) - Claudio Lanzoni * ''

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'' (1943) - Schiffsarzt (uncredited) * '' When the Evening Bells Ring'' (1951) - Gutsherr von Brenda * '' When the Alpine Roses Bloom'' (1955) - Hotelbesitzer Wernecke * '' Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen'' (1960) - Kapitän Petersen (final film role)

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* 1891 births 1979 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors Male actors from Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-1890s-stub