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Conrad Veidt


Conrad Veidt

Birthday:

01/22/1893

Place of birth:

Berlin, Germany:

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 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.


Credits

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)
as Jaffar (archival footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Hassert Seidel
Casablanca (1943)
as Major Heinrich Strasser
Nazi Agent (1942)
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
All Through the Night (1942)
as Franz Ebbing
The Men in Her Life (1941)
as Stanislas Rosing
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Joseph Jones
A Woman's Face (1941)
as Torsten Barring
Escape (1940)
as General Kurt von Kolb
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Contraband (1940)
as Capt. Andersen
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
as Jaffar
The Spy in Black (1939)
as Captain Ernst Hardt
Le Joueur d'échecs (1938)
as Le baron de Kempelen
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
as Erich Keith
Dark Journey (1937)
as Baron Karl Von Marwitz
Under the Red Robe (1937)
as Gil de Berault
King of the Damned (1935)
as Convict 83
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
as The Stranger
Bella Donna (1934)
as Mahmoud Baroudi
Jew Süss (1934)
as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
Wilhelm Tell (1934)
as Gessler
The Wandering Jew (1933)
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
I Was a Spy (1933)
as Commandant Oberaertz
F.P.1 (1933)
as Maj. Ellissen
Ich und die Kaiserin (1933)
as Marquis de Pontignac
Rome Express (1932)
as Zurta
Der schwarze Husar (1932)
as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen (1932)
as Grigori Rasputin
Die andere Seite (1931)
as Hauptmann Stanhope
Der Kongress tanzt (1931)
as Fürst Metternich
Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1931)
as General Gregori Platoff
Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931)
as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
Menschen im Käfig (1930)
as Kingsley
Die große Sehnsucht (1930)
as Himself
Die letzte Kompagnie (1930)
as Hauptmann Burk
The Last Performance (1929)
as Erik the Great
Das Land ohne Frauen (1929)
as Dick Ashton
Die Filmstadt Hollywood (1928)
as Self
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Gesetze der Liebe (1927)
as
A Man's Past (1927)
as Paul La Roche
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as King Louis XI
Napoléon (1927)
as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
Die Flucht in die Nacht (1926)
as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
Der Student von Prag (1926)
as Balduin, Student
Liebe macht blind (1926)
as
Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
as Paul Hartwig, Maler
Die Brüder Schellenberg (1926)
as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
Der Geiger von Florenz (1926)
as Renées Vater
Kreuzzug des Weibes (1926)
as Der Staatsanwalt
Ingmarsarvet (1925)
as Hellgum
Le Comte Kostia (1925)
as Comte Kostia
Schicksal (1925)
as
Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau (1924)
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924)
as Ivan the Terrible
Orlacs Hände (1924)
as Paul Orlac
Der Film im Film (1924)
as Self
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
as Don Carlos
Wilhelm Tell (1923)
as Hermann Gessler
Paganini (1923)
as Niccolo Paganini
Glanz gegen Glück (1923)
as
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
as Cesare Borgia
Das indische Grabmal, zweiter Teil: Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1921)
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Das indische Grabmal, erster Teil: Die Sendung des Yoghi (1921)
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Lady Hamilton (1921)
as Lord Nelson
Danton (1921)
as Minor Role (rumored)
Landstraße und Großstadt (1921)
as Raphael, der Geiger
Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil: Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker (1921)
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft (1921)
as
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921)
as Hektor Dalmore
Liebestaumel (1921)
as Jalenko
Der Gang in die Nacht (1921)
as Der Maler
Das Geheimnis von Bombay (1921)
as Tossi
Menschen im Rausch (1921)
as Professor Munk
Sehnsucht (1921)
as Ivan
Der Graf von Cagliostro (1920)
as Minister
Weltbrand (1920)
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Manolescus Memoiren (1920)
as Manolescu
Abend – Nacht – Morgen (1920)
as Brilburn - Maud's brother
Moriturus (1920)
as Wilmos, sanatorium director
Der Janus-Kopf (1920)
as Dr. Warren
Künstlerlaunen (1920)
as
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
as The devil
Die Augen der Welt (1920)
as Johannes Kay
Die Karten des Todes (1920)
as Sir Percy Parker
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall (1920)
as
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang (1920)
as Petre Karvan
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
as Cesare
Nachtgestalten (1920)
as The clown
Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)
as Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Wahnsinn (1919)
as Bankier Lorenzen
Prinz Kuckuck (1919)
as Carl Kraker
Die Prostitution, 2. Teil - Die sich verkaufen (1919)
as Alfred Werner
Die Okarina (1919)
as
Anders als die Andern (1919)
as Paul Körner
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod (1919)
as
Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (1919)
as Phineas Fogg
Die Prostitution, 1. Teil - Das gelbe Haus (1919)
as Alfred Werner
Die Japanerin (1919)
as
Opium (1919)
as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
Die Mexikanerin (1919)
as Dr. von Dossen
Opfer der Gesellschaft (1919)
as
Nocturno der Liebe (1919)
as Frederic Chopin
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby (1918)
as Doktor Köstling
Dida Ibsens Geschichte (1918)
as Erik Norrensen
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter (1918)
as Kramer
Colomba (1918)
as Henryk von Rhyn
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert (1918)
as Doktor Köstling
Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918)
as Dr. Julius
Der nicht vom Weibe Geborene (1918)
as Satan
Das Dreimäderlhaus (1918)
as Schober
Das Rätsel von Bangalor (1918)
as Dinja
Furcht (1917)
as Indian Priest
Der Spion (1917)
as Steinau
Wenn Tote sprechen (1917)
as Richard von Worth
Der Weg des Todes (1917)
as
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall (1920)
Director
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall (1920)
Producer
Wahnsinn (1919)
Director