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Conrad Veidt
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 Thief of Bagdad (1940), before emigrating to the United States around 1941, which lead to him having a supporting role in Casablanca (1942). From 1916 until his death, Veidt appeared in more than 100 films. One of his earliest performances was as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in director Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), a classic of German Expressionist cinema, with Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover. His starring role in The Man Who Laughs (1928), as a disfigured circus performer whose face is cut into a permanent grin, provided the (visual) inspiration for the Batman villain the Joker, created in 1940 by Bill Finger. Veidt also starred in other silent horror films such as The Hands of Orlac (1924), another film directed by Robert Wiene, The Student of Prague (1926) and Waxworks (1924) where he played Ivan the Terrible. Veidt also appeared in Magnus Hirschfeld's film Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others, 1919), one of the first films to sympathetically portray homosexuality, although the characters in it do not end up happily. He had a leading role in Germany's first talking picture, Das Land ohne Frauen (Land Without Women, 1929). He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s and made a few films, but the advent of talking pictures and his difficulty with speaking English led him to return to Germany. During this period he lent his expertise to tutoring aspiring performers, one of whom was the later American character actress Lisa Golm.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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May 27th, 2008 | Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad | Jaffar (archival footage) | 7 | |
January 1st, 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Self (archive footage) | 3.5 | |
October 8th, 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
February 20th, 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
May 31st, 1943 | Above Suspicion | Hassert Seidel | 6.2 | |
January 15th, 1943 | Casablanca | Major Heinrich Strasser | 8.1 | |
March 1st, 1942 | Nazi Agent | Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner | 6.7 | |
January 10th, 1942 | All Through the Night | Franz Ebbing | 6.7 | |
October 30th, 1941 | The Men in Her Life | Stanislas Rosing | 6.7 | |
August 8th, 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Joseph Jones | 5.9 | |
May 9th, 1941 | A Woman's Face | Torsten Barring | 6.8 | |
November 1st, 1940 | Escape | General Kurt von Kolb | 7.5 | |
October 24th, 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 6.9 | |
May 11th, 1940 | Contraband | Capt. Andersen | 7.1 | |
February 19th, 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Jaffar | 7.1 | |
August 3rd, 1939 | The Spy in Black | Captain Ernst Hardt | 6.5 | |
November 25th, 1938 | The Chess Player | Le baron de Kempelen | 5.3 | |
April 20th, 1938 | Tempête sur l'Asie | Erich Keith | 9 | |
July 2nd, 1937 | Dark Journey | Baron Karl Von Marwitz | 6.4 | |
May 31st, 1937 | Under the Red Robe | Gil de Berault | 6.8 | |
December 31st, 1935 | King of the Damned | Convict 83 | 7 | |
September 1st, 1935 | The Passing of the Third Floor Back | The Stranger | 7.8 | |
December 11th, 1934 | Bella Donna | Mahmoud Baroudi | 3.8 | |
October 13th, 1934 | Jew Süss | Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer | 5.7 | |
January 12th, 1934 | Wilhelm Tell | Gessler | 6 | |
November 15th, 1933 | The Wandering Jew | Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios | 7.4 | |
September 4th, 1933 | I Was a Spy | Commandant Oberaertz | 6.4 | |
April 2nd, 1933 | F.P.1 | Maj. Ellissen | 6.6 | |
February 22nd, 1933 | The Only Girl | Marquis de Pontignac | 6.2 | |
October 31st, 1932 | Rome Express | Zurta | 6.1 | |
October 12th, 1932 | The Black Hussar | Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg | 6.7 | |
February 19th, 1932 | Rasputin, Demon of the Women | Grigori Rasputin | 8.3 | |
October 29th, 1931 | The Other Side | Hauptmann Stanhope | 7 | |
September 29th, 1931 | Congress Dances | Fürst Metternich | 7.2 | |
September 17th, 1931 | The Night of the Decision | General Gregori Platoff | 7 | |
January 23rd, 1931 | The Man Who Committed the Murder | Oberst Marquis de Sévigné | 5.8 | |
November 21st, 1930 | The Love Storm | Kingsley | 10 | |
August 24th, 1930 | The Great Passion | Himself | 7.7 | |
March 14th, 1930 | The Last Company | Hauptmann Burk | 6.8 | |
October 13th, 1929 | The Last Performance | Erik the Great | 6.5 | |
September 30th, 1929 | Das Land ohne Frauen | Dick Ashton | 10 | |
November 18th, 1928 | The Movie City of Hollywood | Self | 7 | |
November 4th, 1928 | The Man Who Laughs | Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie | 7.3 | |
November 16th, 1927 | Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! | TBD | 5.8 | |
October 1st, 1927 | A Man's Past | Paul La Roche | 6.5 | |
March 12th, 1927 | The Beloved Rogue | King Louis XI | 6.8 | |
January 10th, 1927 | Napoleon | Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade | 7.8 | |
December 13th, 1926 | The Flight in the Night | Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV | TBD | |
October 19th, 1926 | The Student of Prague | Balduin, Student | 6.6 | |
August 16th, 1926 | Love is Blind | TBD | 10 | |
April 5th, 1926 | Should We Be Silent? | Paul Hartwig, Maler | 6 | |
March 22nd, 1926 | Two Brothers | Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg | 5.3 | |
March 10th, 1926 | Impetuous Youth | Renées Vater | 6.8 | |
January 2nd, 1926 | The Wife's Crusade | Der Staatsanwalt | 7 | |
December 26th, 1925 | The Ingmar Inheritance | Hellgum | 7.1 | |
May 29th, 1925 | Le Comte Kostia | Comte Kostia | 9 | |
February 12th, 1925 | Schicksal | TBD | 10 | |
November 21st, 1924 | Husbands or Lovers | Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter | 5.6 | |
November 13th, 1924 | Waxworks | Ivan the Terrible | 6.4 | |
September 24th, 1924 | The Hands of Orlac | Paul Orlac | 6.9 | |
June 26th, 1924 | The Film in the Film | Self | 7.3 | |
February 24th, 1924 | Don Carlos und Elisabeth | Don Carlos | 8 | |
August 22nd, 1923 | Wilhelm Tell | Hermann Gessler | 5.8 | |
March 31st, 1923 | Paganini | Niccolo Paganini | 7 | |
January 1st, 1923 | Glanz gegen Glück | TBD | 8 | |
October 20th, 1922 | Lucrezia Borgia | Cesare Borgia | 5.1 | |
November 19th, 1921 | The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur | Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur | 6 | |
October 22nd, 1921 | The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi | Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur | 5.7 | |
October 19th, 1921 | Lady Hamilton | Lord Nelson | 6.9 | |
May 3rd, 1921 | Danton | Minor Role (rumored) | 6.5 | |
April 22nd, 1921 | Landstraße und Großstadt | Raphael, der Geiger | 7 | |
March 30th, 1921 | Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon | Christian Wahnschaffe | 7 | |
March 11th, 1921 | Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft | TBD | 10 | |
February 22nd, 1921 | Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore | Hektor Dalmore | 7 | |
February 1st, 1921 | Liebestaumel | Jalenko | 5.5 | |
January 21st, 1921 | Journey into the Night | Der Maler | 6.1 | |
January 6th, 1921 | People in Ecstasy | Professor Munk | 8 | |
January 6th, 1921 | Das Geheimnis von Bombay | Tossi | 7 | |
January 1st, 1921 | Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer | Ivan | 8 | |
December 21st, 1920 | The Count of Cagliostro | Minister | 8 | |
November 12th, 1920 | Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand | Christian Wahnschaffe | 10 | |
September 30th, 1920 | Manolescu's Memoirs | Manolescu | 9 | |
September 24th, 1920 | Evening – Night – Morning | Brilburn - Maud's brother | 10 | |
September 23rd, 1920 | Moriturus | Wilmos, sanatorium director | 7 | |
August 26th, 1920 | The Head of Janus | Dr. Warren | 9 | |
July 30th, 1920 | Künstlerlaunen | TBD | 9 | |
July 29th, 1920 | Kurfürstendamm | The devil | 10 | |
July 23rd, 1920 | Die Augen der Welt | Johannes Kay | 9 | |
April 16th, 1920 | Patience | Sir Percy Parker | 8 | |
April 16th, 1920 | Die Nacht auf Goldenhall | TBD | 9 | |
February 27th, 1920 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Cesare | 7.9 | |
February 27th, 1920 | The Merry-Go-Round | Petre Karvan | 7 | |
January 9th, 1920 | Figures of the Night | The clown | 10 | |
November 5th, 1919 | Eerie Tales | Der Tod / Various Other Roles | 5.5 | |
October 14th, 1919 | Wahnsinn | Bankier Lorenzen | 10 | |
September 24th, 1919 | Prinz Kuckuck | Carl Kraker | 9 | |
August 29th, 1919 | Prostitution II | Alfred Werner | 7 | |
August 8th, 1919 | Die Okarina | TBD | 10 | |
May 28th, 1919 | Different from the Others | Paul Körner | 7.1 | |
April 6th, 1919 | Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod | TBD | TBD | |
March 20th, 1919 | Around the World in 80 Days | Phineas Fogg | 6.3 | |
March 19th, 1919 | Prostitution | Alfred Werner | 8 | |
January 24th, 1919 | The Japanese Woman | TBD | 8 | |
January 7th, 1919 | Opium | Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr. | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1919 | Nocturno der Liebe | Frederic Chopin | TBD | |
January 1st, 1919 | The Mexican | Dr. von Dossen | 8 | |
January 1st, 1919 | Opfer der Gesellschaft | TBD | TBD | |
December 13th, 1918 | Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby | Doktor Köstling | TBD | |
December 12th, 1918 | The Story of Dida Ibsen | Erik Norrensen | TBD | |
November 22nd, 1918 | Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter | Kramer | 10 | |
November 8th, 1918 | Colomba | Henryk von Rhyn | TBD | |
November 8th, 1918 | Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert | Doktor Köstling | TBD | |
October 29th, 1918 | Diary of a Lost Woman | Dr. Julius | 6 | |
October 1st, 1918 | Not of the Woman Born | Satan | TBD | |
September 22nd, 1918 | Das Dreimäderlhaus | Schober | TBD | |
January 11th, 1918 | The Mystery of Bangalore | Dinja | TBD | |
September 21st, 1917 | Fear | Indian Priest | 5.4 | |
August 31st, 1917 | Der Spion | Steinau | 7.5 | |
July 27th, 1917 | Wenn Tote sprechen | Richard von Worth | TBD | |
February 1st, 1917 | Der Weg des Todes | TBD | TBD |