Conrad Veidt

ActorDirectorProducer Jan 22 (died age 50) Berlin, Germany 1917–2008 (91 year career)

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Biography

Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928). After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the best-paid stars of Ufa, he was forced to leave Germany in 1933 with his new Jewish wife after the Nazis came to power. They settled in Britain, where he participated in a number of films, including The …

Known For

Film

Casablanca

Major Heinrich Strasser

Film

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Cesare

Film

Napoleon

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade

Film

The Thief of Bagdad

Jaffar

Film

The Man Who Laughs

Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie

Film

The Hands of Orlac

Paul Orlac

Film

A Woman's Face

Torsten Barring

Film

All Through the Night

Franz Ebbing

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (121)

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

2008

as Jaffar (archival footage)

7.0

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as Self (archive footage)

3.5

Universal Horror

1998

as (archive footage)

7.1

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Casablanca

1943

as Major Heinrich Strasser

8.1

Above Suspicion

1943

as Hassert Seidel

6.1

All Through the Night

1942

as Franz Ebbing

6.7

Nazi Agent

1942

as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner

6.6

Whistling in the Dark

as Joseph Jones

The Men in Her Life

as Stanislas Rosing

A Woman's Face

as Torsten Barring

The Thief of Bagdad

as Jaffar

Contraband

as Capt. Andersen

Escape

as General Kurt von Kolb

7.4

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

The Spy in Black

1939

as Captain Ernst Hardt

6.4

Tempête sur l'Asie

1938

as Erich Keith

The Chess Player

1938

as Le baron de Kempelen

Under the Red Robe

as Gil de Berault

Dark Journey

as Baron Karl Von Marwitz

6.4

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

as The Stranger

King of the Damned

as Convict 83

Jew Süss

as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer

Bella Donna

as Mahmoud Baroudi

Wilhelm Tell

as Gessler

The Wandering Jew

as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

7.6

I Was a Spy

1933

as Commandant Oberaertz

F.P.1

as Maj. Ellissen

The Only Girl

as Marquis de Pontignac

Rome Express

as Zurta

The Congress Dances

as Prince Metternich

The Black Hussar

1932

as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg

6.5

Rasputin, Demon of the Women

1932

as Grigori Rasputin

7.5

The Other Side

1931

as Hauptmann Stanhope

7.0

The Congress Dances

1931

as Fürst Metternich

7.2

The Man Who Committed the Murder

1931

as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné

5.2

The Night of the Decision

1931

as General Gregori Platoff

The Last Company

as Hauptmann Burk

The Great Passion

as Himself

The Love Storm

as Kingsley

Das Land ohne Frauen

1929

as Dick Ashton

The Last Performance

1929

as Erik the Great

6.2

The Man Who Laughs

1928

as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie

7.3

The Movie City of Hollywood

as Self

A Man's Past

as Paul La Roche

Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!

1927

5.4

Napoleon

1927

as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade

7.8

The Beloved Rogue

1927

as King Louis XI

6.6

The Student of Prague

as Balduin, Student

Impetuous Youth

as Renées Vater

The Wife's Crusade

as Der Staatsanwalt

Love is Blind

1926

Two Brothers

1926

as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg

4.7

The Flight in the Night

1926

as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV

Should We Be Silent?

1926

as Paul Hartwig, Maler

5.0

The Ingmar Inheritance

as Hellgum

Schicksal

Le Comte Kostia

as Comte Kostia

The Hands of Orlac

1924

as Paul Orlac

6.9

Don Carlos und Elisabeth

as Don Carlos

Waxworks

as Ivan the Terrible

Husbands or Lovers

as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter

The Film in the Film

as Self

Paganini

as Niccolo Paganini

Wilhelm Tell

as Hermann Gessler

Glanz gegen Glück

Lucrezia Borgia

as Cesare Borgia

Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

1921

Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer

1921

as Ivan

Lady Hamilton

1921

as Lord Nelson

5.8

Journey into the Night

1921

as Der Maler

5.9

People in Ecstasy

1921

as Professor Munk

Danton

1921

as Minor Role (rumored)

5.7

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur

1921

as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur

5.9

The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi

1921

as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur

5.6

Das Geheimnis von Bombay

1921

as Tossi

Liebestaumel

1921

as Jalenko

4.0

Landstraße und Großstadt

1921

as Raphael, der Geiger

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon

1921

as Christian Wahnschaffe

Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore

as Hektor Dalmore

The Merry-Go-Round

as Petre Karvan

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

as Cesare

7.9

Die Augen der Welt

1920

as Johannes Kay

The Count of Cagliostro

1920

as Minister

Manolescu's Memoirs

1920

as Manolescu

Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand

1920

as Christian Wahnschaffe

The Head of Janus

1920

as Dr. Warren

Künstlerlaunen

1920

Figures of the Night

1920

as The clown

Kurfürstendamm

1920

as The devil

Evening – Night – Morning

1920

as Brilburn - Maud's brother

Patience

1920

as Sir Percy Parker

Moriturus

1920

as Wilmos, sanatorium director

Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

1920

Different from the Others

1919

as Paul Körner

7.1

Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod

1919

Eerie Tales

1919

as Der Tod / Various Other Roles

5.3

The Japanese Woman

1919

Wahnsinn

1919

as Bankier Lorenzen

Nocturno der Liebe

1919

as Frederic Chopin

Opium

1919

as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.

6.2

Prinz Kuckuck

1919

as Carl Kraker

Around the World in 80 Days

1919

as Phineas Fogg

5.5

Prostitution

1919

as Alfred Werner

Prostitution II

1919

as Alfred Werner

The Mexican

1919

as Dr. von Dossen

Opfer der Gesellschaft

1919

Die Okarina

1919

Diary of a Lost Woman

1918

as Dr. Julius

Colomba

1918

as Henryk von Rhyn

The Story of Dida Ibsen

1918

as Erik Norrensen

Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby

1918

as Doktor Köstling

Das Dreimäderlhaus

1918

as Schober

The Mystery of Bangalore

1918

as Dinja

Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert

1918

as Doktor Köstling

Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter

1918

as Kramer

Not of the Woman Born

1918

as Satan

Der Weg des Todes

Fear

as Indian Priest

Wenn Tote sprechen

as Richard von Worth

Der Spion

1917

as Steinau

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

1920

Director

Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

1920

Producer

Wahnsinn

1919

Director