Preben Lerdorff Rye
Actor
Biography
Preben Lerdorff Rye was a prolific actor in Danish cinema during the mid-to-late 20th century. After varied educations in physical labor jobs, Rye debuted at Odenste Teater in 1938 and later got admitted to Det Kgl. Teater as a student in 1940, where he later became an actor, and was performing on stage up until 1961. Rye then took a brief break from the stage and acting and went on to live as a "civilian", until 1973, where he took up acting full time again, both in film and in theaters.
Filmography
Ordet
as Johannes Borgen (uncredited) 1955
Day of Wrath
as Martin, Absalon's Son from First Marriage (uncredited) 1943
The Element of Crime
as Grandfather 1984
Medea
as Paedragon 1989
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
as Interview Subject 1995
Red Meadows
as Alf 1945
Paradise and Back
1964
Hip Hip Hurrah!
as Blinde Christian 1987
Derailed
as Willy Hansen 1942
Adam and Eve
as Tyven 1953
Letter from the Dead
as Skuespiller 1946
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self 1965
A Stranger Knocks
as Han 1959
Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
as Jonas 1958
Hvad vil De ha'?
1956
Den ubetænksomme elsker
as Bruun, læge 1982