- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1893
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- April 3, 1943
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 K…
Filmography
movieVito
2011 · Self (archive)
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Jaffar (archival footage)
movieThe Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieUniversal Horror
1998 · (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieAbove Suspicion
1943 · Hassert Seidel
movieCasablanca
1943 · Major Heinrich Strasser
movieNazi Agent
1942 · Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
movieAll Through the Night
1942 · Franz Ebbing
movieThe Men in Her Life
1941 · Stanislas Rosing
movieWhistling in the Dark
1941 · Joseph Jones
movieA Woman's Face
1941 · Torsten Barring
movieEscape
1940 · General Kurt von Kolb
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieContraband
1940 · Capt. Andersen
movieThe Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Jaffar
movieThe Spy in Black
1939 · Captain Ernst Hardt
movieThe Chess Player
1938 · Le baron de Kempelen
movieTempête sur l'Asie
1938 · Erich Keith
movieDark Journey
1937 · Baron Karl Von Marwitz
movieUnder the Red Robe
1937 · Gil de Berault
movieKing of the Damned
1935 · Convict 83
movieThe Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935 · The Stranger
movieBella Donna
1934 · Mahmoud Baroudi
movieJew Süss
1934 · Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
Wilhelm Tell
1934 · Gessler
movieThe Wandering Jew
1933 · Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
movieI Was a Spy
1933 · Commandant Oberaertz
movieF.P.1
1933 · Maj. Ellissen
movieThe Only Girl
1933 · Marquis de Pontignac
movieRome Express
1932 · Zurta
movieThe Black Hussar
1932 · Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
movieRasputin, Demon of the Women
1932 · Grigori Rasputin
movieThe Other Side
1931 · Hauptmann Stanhope
movieCongress Dances
1931 · Fürst Metternich
movieThe Night of the Decision
1931 · General Gregori Platoff
movieThe Man Who Committed the Murder
1931 · Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
movieThe Love Storm
1930 · Kingsley
movieThe Great Passion
1930 · Himself
movieThe Last Company
1930 · Hauptmann Burk
movieThe Last Performance
1929 · Erik the Great
movieDas Land ohne Frauen
1929 · Dick Ashton
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928 · Self
movieThe Man Who Laughs
1928 · Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
movieLaws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
1927
movieA Man's Past
1927 · Paul La Roche
movieThe Beloved Rogue
1927 · King Louis XI
movieNapoleon
1927 · Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
movieThe Flight in the Night
1926 · Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
movieThe Student of Prague
1926 · Balduin, Student
movieLove Is Blind
1926
movieShould We Be Silent?
1926 · Paul Hartwig, Maler
Two Brothers
1926 · Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
movieImpetuous Youth
1926 · Renées Vater
movieThe Wife's Crusade
1926 · Der Staatsanwalt
movieThe Ingmar Inheritance
1925 · Hellgum
movieLe Comte Kostia
1925 · Comte Kostia
Schicksal
1925
movieHusbands or Lovers
1924 · Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
movieWaxworks
1924 · Ivan the Terrible
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1924 · Paul Orlac
movieThe Film in the Film
1924 · Self
movieDon Carlos und Elisabeth
1924 · Don Carlos
movieWilhelm Tell
1923 · Hermann Gessler
moviePaganini
1923 · Niccolo Paganini
Glanz gegen Glück
1923
movieLucrezia Borgia
1922 · Cesare Borgia
movieThe Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921 · Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
movieThe Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921 · Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
movieLady Hamilton
1921 · Lord Nelson
movieDanton
1921 · Minor Role (rumored)
movieLandstraße und Großstadt
1921 · Raphael, der Geiger
movieChristian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921 · Christian Wahnschaffe
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
1921
movieDie Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
1921 · Hektor Dalmore
Liebestaumel
1921 · Jalenko
movieJourney into the Night
1921 · Der Maler
moviePeople in Ecstasy
1921 · Professor Munk
movieDas Geheimnis von Bombay
1921 · Tossi
movieDesire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
1921 · Ivan
movieThe Count of Cagliostro
1920 · Minister
movieChristian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920 · Christian Wahnschaffe
Manolescu's Memoirs
1920 · Manolescu
movieEvening – Night – Morning
1920 · Brilburn - Maud's brother
movieMoriturus
1920 · Wilmos, sanatorium director
movieThe Head of Janus
1920 · Dr. Warren
Künstlerlaunen
1920
Kurfürstendamm
1920 · The devil
Die Augen der Welt
1920 · Johannes Kay
Patience
1920 · Sir Percy Parker
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
1920 · , Director, Producer
movieThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · Cesare
movieThe Merry-Go-Round
1920 · Petre Karvan
movieFigures of the Night
1920 · The clown
movieEerie Tales
1919 · Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Wahnsinn
1919 · Bankier Lorenzen, Director
moviePrinz Kuckuck
1919 · Carl Kraker
movieProstitution II
1919 · Alfred Werner
Die Okarina
1919
movieDifferent from the Others
1919 · Paul Körner
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
1919
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1919 · Phineas Fogg
movieProstitution
1919 · Alfred Werner
movieThe Japanese Woman
1919
movieOpium
1919 · Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
The Mexican
1919 · Dr. von Dossen
Nocturno der Liebe
1919 · Frederic Chopin
Opfer der Gesellschaft
1919
movieJettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
1918 · Doktor Köstling
movieThe Story of Dida Ibsen
1918 · Erik Norrensen
movieEs werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
1918 · Kramer
movieColomba
1918 · Henryk von Rhyn
movieJettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
1918 · Doktor Köstling
movieDiary of a Lost Woman
1918 · Dr. Julius
movieNot of the Woman Born
1918 · Satan
movieDas Dreimäderlhaus
1918 · Schober
movieThe Mystery of Bangalore
1918 · Dinja
movieFear
1917 · Indian Priest
Der Spion
1917 · Steinau
movieWenn Tote sprechen
1917 · Richard von Worth
movieDer Weg des Todes
1917