- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 2, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Chernyshevskoe, Russia]
- Died
- March 17, 1949
Felix Bressart
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Felix Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia) and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, e.g. as the Bailiff in the box-office hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Jewish-born Bressart had to leave Germany and continued his career in German-speaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After no fewer than 30 films in eight years, he emigrated to the United States. One of Bressart's former European colleagues was Joe Pasternak, now a successful Hollywood producer. Bressart's first American f…
Filmography
movieTake One False Step
1949 · Professor Morris Avrum
moviePortrait of Jennie
1948 · Pete
movieA Song Is Born
1948 · Professor Gerkikoff
movieI've Always Loved You
1946 · Frederick Hassman
movieHer Sister's Secret
1946 · Pepe
movieThe Thrill of Brazil
1946 · Ludwig Kriegspiel
movieDing Dong Williams
1946 · Hugo Meyerheld
movieDangerous Partners
1945 · Professor Budlow
movieWithout Love
1945 · Professor Grinza
movieBlonde Fever
1944 · Johnny
movieGreenwich Village
1944 · Hofer
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Poldi Schlamm
movieSong of Russia
1944 · Petrov
movieDon't Be a Sucker!
1943 · Anti-Nazi Teacher
movieAbove Suspicion
1943 · Mr. A. Werner
movieThree Hearts for Julia
1943 · Anton Ottoway
movieIceland
1942 · Papa Jonsdottir
movieCrossroads
1942 · Dr. Andre Tessier
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1942 · Greenberg
movieMr. and Mrs. North
1942 · Arthur Talbot
movieKathleen
1941 · Mr. Schoner
movieMarried Bachelor
1941 · Professor Milic
movieBlossoms in the Dust
1941 · Dr. Max Breslar
movieZiegfeld Girl
1941 · Mischa
movieComrade X
1940 · Igor Yahupitz / Vanya
movieBitter Sweet
1940 · Max
movieEscape
1940 · Fritz Keller
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940 · August "Gussie" Winkel
movieEdison, the Man
1940 · Michael Simon
movieIt All Came True
1940 · The Great Boldini
movieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Pirovitch
movieSwanee River
1939 · Henry Kleber
movieNinotchka
1939 · Comrade Buljanoff
movieBridal Suite
1939 · Maxl
movieThree Smart Girls Grow Up
1939 · Music Teacher
movieHeut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
1936 · Max Kaspar
movieFour and a Half Musketeers
1935 · Professor Volksmann
movieEverything for the Company
1935 · Philipp Sonndorfer
movieBall at the Savoy
1935 · Birowitsch
moviePeter
1934 · Grandfather
movieSalto in die Seligkeit
1934 · Kriegel, Geheimdetektiv
C'était un musicien
1934 · Baron Vandernyff
Wie d'Warret würkt
1933 · Mr. Schramek
movie...und wer küßt mich?
1933 · Direktor Ritter
movieThe Lucky Top Hat
1932 · Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
movieHolzapfel Knows Everything
1932 · Johannes Georg Holzapfel
movieVisul lui Tanase
1932 · star
movieThe Office Manager
1931 · Joachim Reißnagel
movieComradeship
1931 · Café Doorman (uncredited)
movieExcursion into Life
1931 · Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur
movieFanfare about love
1931 · Major Fröschen
movieNo More Love
1931 · Jean
movieTerror of the Garrison
1931 · Musketier Kulicke
movieTrue Jacob
1931 · Böcklein
movieThe Private Secretary
1931 · Bankdiener Hasel
Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du
1930 · Richard
movieThree Days in the Guardhouse
1930 · Franz Nowotni
movieOld Song
1930 · Jacques
movieThe Three from the Filling Station
1930 · Gerichtsvollzieher
movieThe Tender Relatives
1930 · Onkel Emil
The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger
1930
movieThere is a woman who will never forget you
1930
movieLiebe im Kuhstall
1928 · Der Gerichtsvollzieher