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Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

Married to a Jewish woman, he was only able to continue working in Germany after the Nazi Party took power in 1933 because he received a special dispensation from the Reich Chamber of Culture.^[1] In 1943, he portrayed Captain Smith in Titanic, the first film on the subject which was simply titled Titanic, and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with the true events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of Titanic films.^[2] After being cast in 1944 in the propaganda epic Kolberg, he was added to the Gottbegnadeten-Liste, a list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture which Joseph Goebbels compiled for Adolf Hitler's approval.^[1]

Selected filmography

Girls You Don't Marry (1923)
Wo Menschen Frieden finden (1923)
The Searching Soul (1925)
Mrs Worrington's Perfume (1925) - Philipp Worrington
The Gambling Den of Montmartre (1928) - Der Apache
M (1931) - Inspector Karl Lohmann
Storms of Passion (1932) - Police Commissioner
Nacht der Versuchung (1932)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) - Pitt
The Bartered Bride (1932) - Kezal - Heiratsvermittler
The Naked Truth (1932) - Karl, Lokomotivführer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) - Inspector Karl Lohmann
Die blonde Christl (1933) - Franz Lechner
S.A.-Mann Brand (1933) - Herr Brand
The Tunnel (1933) - Bärmann
The Fugitive from Chicago (1934) - Wolke, Werkmeister
Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau? (1934) - Thomas Burger
The Switched Bride (1934) - Der Gefängnisdirektor
Master of the World (1934) - Wolter, Oberingenieur
Stupid Mama (1934) - Inspektor Beneke
Between Heaven and Earth (1934) - Motz, Schieferbruchbesitzer
Peer Gynt (1934) - Parker
Knockout (1935) - P. F. Schmidtchen
Ein ganzer Kerl (1935) - Eckhardt, Wiegemeister
The Valiant Navigator (1935) - Bäckermeister Holm
Hangmen, Women and Soldiers (1935) - Pieter Timm
Die lustigen Weiber (1936) - Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
Arzt aus Leidenschaft (1936) - Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
Street Music (1936) - Godemann - Gastwirt
The Castle in Flanders (1936) - Bonnet - Agent
Uncle Bräsig (1936) - Onkel Bräsig
Dangerous Crossing (1937) - Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
Wie der Hase läuft (1937) - Warnecke - Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
Heimweh (1937) - Stober, Pastor
Unternehmen Michael (1937) - Der Artillerie-Kommandeur
Manege (1937) - Jan Morell
Autobus S (1937) - 'Kapitän' Kröker
Der Katzensteg (1937) - Gastwirt Merckel
Starke Herzen (1937) - Ludwig
Das große Abenteuer (1938) - Kriminalrat
Stimme des Blutes (1938)
Rätsel um Beate (1938) - Vater Hübner - Schmied
Wie einst im Mai (1938) - Schradecke, Stellmacher
Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen (1938) - Verwalter Miller
Secret Code LB 17 (1938) - Police Commissar Borel
Nordlicht (1938) - Kaufmann Hansen
Love Letters from Engadin (1938) - Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone (1938)
Three Wonderful Days (1939)
New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz (1939) - Gast im 'Elite'
Gold in New Frisco (1939) - Jonathan Pepper
D III 88 (1939) - Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
Midsummer Night's Fire (1939) - Vogelreuter
Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius (1939) - Franz
Maria Ilona (1939) - Fürst Windischgrätz
Was wird hier gespielt? (1940)
Ohm Krüger (1941) - British concentration camp commander
Friedemann Bach (1941) - Kunde im Musikladen (uncredited)
Heimkehr (1941) - Old Manz
Die Kellnerin Anna (1941) - Ludwig Burgstaller
Sein Sohn (1942) - Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
The Great King (1942) - Oberst Rochow
Der Seniorchef (1942) - Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
Titanic (1943) - Captain Edward J. Smith
Der große Preis (1944) - Obermeister Kramp
Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit (1944) - Amtgerichtsrat Witt
Life Calls (1944) - Der Vater
Kolberg (1945) - Bauer Werner
Kamerad Hedwig (1945) - Fritz Beier
Der Fall Molander (1945) - Kunsthändler
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947) - Ministerialdirektor Trunk
Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948) - General
Long Is the Road (1949) - Senior Doctor
Amico (1949) - Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
Du bist nicht allein (1949) - Martin Jürgens
Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950) - Kriminalkommissar Thieme
Chased by the Devil (1950) - Herr Dakar
Die fidele Tankstelle (1950) - Gustav Krause
Love and Blood (1951)
Shadows Over Naples (1951) - Pietro
Sky Without Stars (1955) - Inspektor Hoffmann
Studentin Helene Willfüer [de] (1956) - Dr. Rainer sr.
The Captain from Köpenick (1956) - Schuhmachermeister
Das Sonntagskind (1956) - Willowitz
The Scarlet Baroness (1959)
Liebe auf krummen Beinen [de] (1959) - Hausmeister
Immer die Mädchen (1959) - Diener Adam Fröschl

References

^ ^a ^b Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 659.
^ Fiebing, Malte (2012). 'Titanic: Nazi Germany's Version of the Disaster. p. 127. ISBN 9783844824261. Retrieved July 27, 2020.