Portrait of Otto Gebühr

Acting

Otto Gebühr

Career

Active from 1917 to 1954, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem: How He Came into the World
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Otto Gebühr Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Cinema 3
  • Period Costume Drama 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 75
Hitler: A Career
Hitler: A Career (1977)
GoodWatch score 75

as Frederick the Great (archive footage)

1960s

1 title
Die blonde Frau des Maharadscha
Die blonde Frau des Maharadscha (1962)

as Dr. Kuroma

1950s

23 titles · average score 59
Rosen-Resli
Rosen-Resli (1954)

as Jakob

Meines Vaters Pferde, 2. Teil: Seine dritte Frau
Meines Vaters Pferde, 2. Teil: Seine dritte Frau (1954)

as Blankenbohm

Der Mann meines Lebens
Der Mann meines Lebens (1954)

as Professor Kühn

Have Sunshine in Your Heart
Have Sunshine in Your Heart (1953)

as The Justice Council

Tobias Knopp, Adventure of a Bachelor
Tobias Knopp, Adventure of a Bachelor (1953)

as Babbelmann (voice)

Street Serenade
Street Serenade (1953)

as Professor Teofilo Sandora

Vati macht Dummheiten
Vati macht Dummheiten (1953)

as Der alte Hannsen, Rennfahrer a.D.

Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n
Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n (1952)

as Rosenbauer

Fritz und Friederike
Fritz und Friederike (1952)

as Mönchheim, Tattersallbesitzer

Dr. Holl
Dr. Holl (1951)

as Professor Amriß

The Heath Is Green
The Heath Is Green (1951)

as Gottfried Lüdersen

Sensation in San Remo
Sensation in San Remo (1951)

as Direktor Koch

1940s

15 titles · average score 66
Der Bagnosträfling
Der Bagnosträfling (1949)

as Jean

...and the Sky Above Us
...and the Sky Above Us (1947)

as Lehrer Heise

Der Erbförster
Der Erbförster (1945)

as Gutsbesitzer Steinbach

Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln
Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln (1943)

as Hickeduhn Amtsrichter

When the Young Wine Blossoms
When the Young Wine Blossoms (1943)

as Wilhelm Arvik

Nacht ohne Abschied
Nacht ohne Abschied (1943)

as Peterson, Oberstabsveterinär

Die goldene Spinne
Die goldene Spinne (1943)

as Fischer

Immensee
Immensee (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Vater Jürgens

Much Ado About Nixi
Much Ado About Nixi (1942)

as Dorfschullehrer

The Great King
The Great King (1942)
GoodWatch score 69

as King Frederick II

Kopf hoch, Johannes!
Kopf hoch, Johannes! (1941)

as Diener Perlow

Bismarck
Bismarck (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Johann von Sachsen

1930s

11 titles · average score 66
Die barmherzige Lüge
Die barmherzige Lüge (1939)

as Dr. Henrici

Women for Golden Hill
Women for Golden Hill (1938)

as Kirkwood

Nanon
Nanon (1938)

as Jean Baptiste Moliere

Fridericus
Fridericus (1937)

as Friedrich II. von Preußen

Das schöne Fräulein Schragg
Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937)

as Friedrich II.

Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König
Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König (1936)

as Frederick the Great

The Anthem of Leuthen
The Anthem of Leuthen (1933)

as Friedrich II

Barbarina, the King's Dancer
Barbarina, the King's Dancer (1932)

as Frederick II

The Erl King
The Erl King (1931)
GoodWatch score 66

as Le père

The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci (1930)

as King Frederick II

The emperor's detective
The emperor's detective (1930)

as Gustav Hauer

1920s

17 titles · average score 85
Waterloo
Waterloo (1929)

as 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher

The Old Fritz
The Old Fritz (1928)

as Der alte Fritz (Friedrich der Große)

The Old Fritz II
The Old Fritz II (1928)

as Der alte Fritz (Friedrich der Große)

Die Sporck'schen Jäger
Die Sporck'schen Jäger (1927)

as Hauptmann Rabenhainer

Die Mühle von Sanssouci
Die Mühle von Sanssouci (1926)

as Friedrich der Große

Leidenschaft
Leidenschaft (1925)

as Olaf von Hallbek

Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende
Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende (1923)

as König Friedrich II.

Fridericus Rex - 3. Teil: Sanssouci
Fridericus Rex - 3. Teil: Sanssouci (1923)

as Friedrich II

Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang
Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang (1922)

as Friedrich II

Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn
Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn (1922)

as Kronprinz Friedrich II

The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
GoodWatch score 85

as Emperor

Evening – Night – Morning
Evening – Night – Morning (1920)

as Ward - a detective

1910s

1 title
Veilchen Nr. 4
Veilchen Nr. 4 (1917)

as Kunsthistoriker Dr. Bredor