Werner Peters

Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971.

Biography Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany.

His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters.

Peters appeared in two episodes of the 1966 American television espionage drama Blue Light. These were edited together with two other episodes to create the theatrical film I Deal in Danger, released in December 1966, which included his role.

Selected filmography

The Beaver Coat (1949), as Eberhard Schulz Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute (1950), as Hugo Der Untertan (1951), as Diederich Hessling Anna Susanna (1953), as Kuddel Ernst Thälmann (1954), as Gottlieb Quadde Before God and Man (1955), as Anton Mechala The Devil Strikes at Night (1957), as Willi Keun The Heart of St. Pauli (1957), as Tanne Escape from Sahara (1958), as Brouillard (1958, TV film), as Kleinschmidt The Copper (1958), as Mücke Rosemary (1958), as Franz Josef Nagonski (1958), as Eugen Machon Lilli (1958), Referent Kinker Restless Night (1958), as Maj. Kartuschke Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958), as Oberlehrer Kasten Court Martial (1959), as Kriegsgerichtsrat Brenner The Black Chapel (1959), as Heinrich Himmler (1959), as Alfred Kopetzsky (1960), as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll The Cat Shows Her Claws (1960), as German General Roses for the Prosecutor (1960), as Otto Kugler The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), as Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig Auf Wiedersehen (1961), as Paul Blümel The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961), as Böhmler Blind Justice (1961), as François Lacroix It Can't Always Be Caviar (1961), as Zumbusch The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962), as Martin Droste / Bobo the Clown The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), as Bruno Ulrich The Door with Seven Locks (1962), as Bertram Cody Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1962, TV film), as Kriminalkommissar Escherich The Endless Night (1963), as Herbert The Black Abbot (1963), as Fabian Gilder Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963), as Inspektor Vulpius The Lightship (1963), as Trittel The White Spider (1963), as Sergeant Meals The Secret of the Black Widow (1963), as Mr. Shor The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963), as Stephan Narth The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964), as Spedding The Seventh Victim (1964), as Mysterious man Dog Eat Dog (1964), as Jannis, the butler The Phantom of Soho (1964), as Dr. Dalmer Three for a Robbery (1964), as Peter Weimer 36 Hours (1965), as SS-Standartenführer Otto Schack Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965), as Morton Wild Kurdistan (1965), as Mütesselin Battle of the Bulge (1965), as Gen. Kohler Witness Out of Hell (1966), as von Walden A Fine Madness (1966), as Dr. Vorbeck I Deal in Danger (1966), as Gestapo Captain Elm The Peking Medallion (1967), as Inspector Pinto Dead Run (1967), as Bardieff Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967), as Charlie Lee Assignment K (1968), as Kramer The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), as Maj. von Steignitz (1968), as Dr. Lenz The Killer Likes Candy (1968), as Guardino Death Knocks Twice (1969), as Charly Hollmann The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), as Antique Dealer Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (1970), as Hausach, "King of St. Pauli" Perrak (1970), as Heinz-Fritz Bottke The Body in the Thames (1971), as William Baxter