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Willy Trenk-Trebitsch (March 11, 1902 – September 21, 1983) was an Austrian actor.

He was born in Vienna. He was especially famous for his performances as Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera; he also had a film career. He died in Berlin, aged 85.

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Panic in Chicago (1931) - Kriminalbeamter Charles
The Other Side (1931) - Koch
Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n (1931) - Fritz Meyer, Konfektionsreisender
Her Majesty, Love (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932) - Ossipowitsch, Rasputins Sekretär
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) - Col. Von Zechwitz
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) - Ladislaus Prenska
Inside Job (1946) - Cordet
The Searching Wind (1946) - Ponette
White Tie and Tails (1946) - Emil
I'll Be Yours (1947) - Captain
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) - Fields
The Exile (1947) - Jacques - Footman
Cass Timberlane (1947) - Raveau (uncredited)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - Fritzel (uncredited)
My Sister and I (1954) - König
They Were So Young (1954) - Senor Bulanos
The Eternal Waltz (1954) - Leibrock - Kammerdiener
Holiday in Tyrol (1956) - Franz, Diener
Der Schinderhannes (1958) - Reichsgraf von Cleve-Boost
Heldinnen (1960) - Ricaut
Question 7 (1961)
Karl May (1974) - Rodolf Lebius (final film role)

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Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt (in German)
Archive at the Akademie der Künste (in German)

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