Fred Doederlein

Fred Doederlein (born Lothar Fritz Oskar Döderlein; 24 April 1906 – 23 April 1985) was a German stage and film actor. He played leading roles in several silent films during the 1920s. He later emigrated to Canada and appeared in David Cronenberg's first feature, Shivers, as Dr Emil Hobbes, and in Scanners as Yoga Master Tautz.

Fred Doederlein
Fred Doederlein c. 1927
Born	Lothar Fritz Oskar Döderlein (1906-04-24)24 April 1906 Saint-Avold, Lothringen, German Empire
Died	23 April 1985(1985-04-23) (aged 78) Canada
Other names	Alfred Döderlein
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927–1984 (film)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1927	Queen Louise	Prinz Louis
1928	The Three Women of Urban Hell	Hell
1929	Diary of a Coquette	Sein Sohn Helmuth
1929	The White Paradise	Kurt Bergen - Skilehrer
1929	The Green Monocle	Hans von Traß
1929	Nachtlokal
1929	The Girl from the Provinces	Bert
1930	Die Jugendgeliebte
1930	Sei gegrüßt, Du mein schönes Sorrent
1930	Dance Into Happiness
1930	Three Days Confined to Barracks	Erich Feldern, Leutnant
1931	Purpur und Waschblau	Erbprinz Georg, ihr Neffe, genannt Georg Burg
1931	The Trunks of Mr. O.F.	Alexander, Sohn des Bürgermeisters
1932	Tannenberg	Leutnant Schmidz
1934	Peer Gynt	Mats Moen
1935	Hundert Tage	Neipperg
1935	Kampf um Kraft
1937	Gordian the Tyrant	Assessor Hans von Planck
1938	Comrades at Sea	Leutnant Born
1938	Red Orchids	Ingenieur Laurenz
1975	Shivers	Emil Hobbes
1975	The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck	Jeweller
1978	Blackout	Mr. Grant
1981	Scanners	Dieter Tautz
1984	The Hotel New Hampshire	Finnish Doctor	(final film role)

Bibliography

• John Kenneth Muir. Horror Films of the 1980s. 2012.

External links

• Fred Doederlein at IMDb