Alfred Abel

German film producer and actor, called the "Lewis Stone of German pictures," who appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film, Metropolis. He worked as a forest warden, businessman, bank clerk and designer before being discovered by Asta Nielsen in 1913. He was an outstanding performer in German films of the classical period. Abel was married to Elizabeth Seidel with whom he had one daughter, Ursula (1915–1951). Ursula, like her father, also became a film actor. Alfred Abel died on 12 December 1937, aged 58, in Berlin, Germany.