Walter Ladengast

Walter Ladengast (4 July 1899 – 3 July 1980) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1979, a majority silent. His film career momentarily suffered when it was discovered he was a Nazi Sympathizer.

After the war, his film career picked up but he was given only supporting roles.

He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany, aged 80.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1928 Under the Lantern 1934 Music in the Blood Franz Zahlinger, Korrepetitor Love, Death and the Devil 1935 The Foolish Virgin Erich Büchner, Künstler Anschlag auf Schweda Hans Kessler 1936 Under Blazing Heavens Pferdepfleger 1938 Die Umwege des schönen Karl 1939 Spaßvögel Krull Detours to Happiness Komponist Her First Experience Gohlke My Aunt, Your Aunt Rudolf Trautmann 1940 The Fire Devil Rafael Kröss, Verräter The Girl at the Reception Das leichte Mädchen Anselmus Wunschkonzert Schwarzkopf 1941 Alles für Gloria Illusion Feldgruber 1943 The War of the Oxen Ludwig von Ingolstadt 1947 Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt Triumph der Liebe Manes 1948 Hin und her Kanal-Otto1949 Märchen vom Glück Ferraris White Gold Schneider-Sepp1950 Alles für die Firma The Lie Theodore the Goalkeeper Kino-Billeteur A Day Will Come Narrator Uncredited Two Times Lotte Herr Gabele 1951 Call Over the Air Der Geflickte Falschmünzer am Werk Gateway to Peace Thomas Decision Before Dawn German Deserter Uncredited 1952 Roses Bloom on the Moorland Fromann 1953 The Village Under the Sky Schmuggler Kaspar The Immortal Vagabond 1954 Operation Edelweiss Ignatz 1955 Hanussen Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof Sepp 1956 Two Bavarians in St. Pauli Zookeeper 1957 Wetterleuchten um Maria Heimerer Sepp 1958 Taiga Bachmann 1959 Jacqueline Nöll, Dramaturg Heimat, deine Lieder Hannes' Vater 1960 The Haunted Castle Gerichtsgutachter Uncredited Sacred Waters Kaplan Johannes 1961 The Dead Eyes of London Pförtner Uncredited 1968 Till the Happy End Großvater 1970 Belotti The Age of the Fish Cäsar 1971 1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Professor Georg Friedrich Daumer 1975 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre Dr. Abraham Van Helsing