
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891; Bayreuth – 30 November 1976; Gräfelfing) was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976. His most notable film roles were J.J. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (1931), as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and as "Der Schmale" ("The Thin Man") in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Many of the scenes in which he appears in the latter film are part of the Metropolis footage long believed lost until their recovery in 2008. Rasp's obituary in Der Spiegel described him as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." He played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the 1920s. He is considered to be one of the most successful film villains in German film history.

Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970

Der Kommissar
TV • 1969

Metropolis
MOVIE • 1927

Am grünen Strand der Spree
TV • 1960

Lockvogel
MOVIE • 1934

Emil and the Detectives
MOVIE • 1931

The Great Passion
MOVIE • 1930

Secret of the Red Orchid
MOVIE • 1962

Spies
MOVIE • 1928

Spring Awakening
MOVIE • 1929

The Terrible People
MOVIE • 1960

Alarm
MOVIE • 1941

Woman in the Moon
MOVIE • 1929

Charley's Aunt
MOVIE • 1934

The House of Lies
MOVIE • 1926

The Red Circle
MOVIE • 1960

The Strange Countess
MOVIE • 1961

Haus des Lebens
MOVIE • 1952