Conrad Veidt
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1893-01-22
- Died
- 1943-04-03
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Hans Walter Conrad Veidt
Biography
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 â 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.
Known For
Movies (121)
Casablanca
1943
as Major Heinrich Strasser
Napoleon
1927
as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
as Cesare
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Jaffar
A Woman's Face
1941
as Torsten Barring
The Man Who Laughs
1928
as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Above Suspicion
1943
as Hassert Seidel
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Joseph Jones
All Through the Night
1942
as Franz Ebbing
Two Brothers
1926
as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
Nazi Agent
1942
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
Escape
1940
as General Kurt von Kolb
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
The Hands of Orlac
1924
as Paul Orlac
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
as Cesare Borgia
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Eerie Tales
1919
as Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Contraband
1940
as Capt. Andersen
Under the Red Robe
1937
as Gil de Berault
Rome Express
1932
as Zurta
KĂŒnstlerlaunen
1920
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
The Beloved Rogue
1927
as King Louis XI
The Men in Her Life
1941
as Stanislas Rosing
Dark Journey
1937
as Baron Karl Von Marwitz
The Man Who Committed the Murder
1931
as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
The Spy in Black
1939
as Captain Ernst Hardt
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
1927
Jew SĂŒss
1934
as Josef 'Jew SĂŒss' Oppenheimer
The Last Company
1930
as Hauptmann Burk
Journey into the Night
1921
as Der Maler
The Head of Janus
1920
as Dr. Warren
Colomba
1918
as Henryk von Rhyn
Danton
1921
as Minor Role (rumored)
The Last Performance
1929
as Erik the Great
Waxworks
1924
as Ivan the Terrible
Bella Donna
1934
as Mahmoud Baroudi
Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
F.P.1
1933
as Maj. Ellissen
LandstraĂe und GroĂstadt
1921
as Raphael, der Geiger
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928
as Self
Different from the Others
1919
as Paul Körner
Glanz gegen GlĂŒck
1923
The Film in the Film
1924
as Self
The Wandering Jew
1933
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
The Black Hussar
1932
as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
The Great Passion
1930
as Himself
Evening â Night â Morning
1920
as Brilburn - Maud's brother
Schicksal
1925
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
1921
as Ivan
Nocturno der Liebe
1919
as Frederic Chopin
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Congress Dances
1931
as FĂŒrst Metternich
Wilhelm Tell
1923
as Hermann Gessler
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
1918
as Doktor Köstling
The Student of Prague
1926
as Balduin, Student
King of the Damned
1935
as Convict 83
People in Ecstasy
1921
as Professor Munk
A Man's Past
1927
as Paul La Roche
The Story of Dida Ibsen
1918
as Erik Norrensen
Wilhelm Tell
1934
as Gessler
Opium
1919
as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
The Chess Player
1938
as Le baron de Kempelen
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
1924
as Don Carlos
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
1918
as Doktor Köstling
The Wife's Crusade
1926
as Der Staatsanwalt
I Was a Spy
1933
as Commandant Oberaertz
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935
as The Stranger
Husbands or Lovers
1924
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
Prinz Kuckuck
1919
as Carl Kraker
Wahnsinn
1919
as Bankier Lorenzen
The Night of the Decision
1931
as General Gregori Platoff
The Ingmar Inheritance
1925
as Hellgum
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: SĂŒndige MĂŒtter
1918
as Kramer
Figures of the Night
1920
as The clown
The Other Side
1931
as Hauptmann Stanhope
The Flight in the Night
1926
as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
1932
as Grigori Rasputin
The Japanese Woman
1919
The Count of Cagliostro
1920
as Minister
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008
as Jaffar (archival footage)
Wenn Tote sprechen
1917
as Richard von Worth
Impetuous Youth
1926
as Renées Vater
Diary of a Lost Woman
1918
as Dr. Julius
Liebestaumel
1921
as Jalenko
KurfĂŒrstendamm
1920
as The devil
The Mexican
1919
as Dr. von Dossen
Paganini
1923
as Niccolo Paganini
The Merry-Go-Round
1920
as Petre Karvan
Lady Hamilton
1921
as Lord Nelson
The Only Girl
1933
as Marquis de Pontignac
Should We Be Silent?
1926
as Paul Hartwig, Maler
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Der Spion
1917
as Steinau
Around the World in 80 Days
1919
as Phineas Fogg
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
1921
Prostitution II
1919
as Alfred Werner
Moriturus
1920
as Wilmos, sanatorium director
Le Comte Kostia
1925
as Comte Kostia
Patience
1920
as Sir Percy Parker
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
1921
as Hektor Dalmore
TempĂȘte sur l'Asie
1938
as Erich Keith
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
1919
Das DreimÀderlhaus
1918
as Schober
Opfer der Gesellschaft
1919
Der Weg des Todes
1917
Prostitution
1919
as Alfred Werner
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
1920
The Mystery of Bangalore
1918
as Dinja
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
1921
as Tossi
Manolescu's Memoirs
1920
as Manolescu
Love is Blind
1926
Fear
1917
as Indian Priest
The Love Storm
1930
as Kingsley
Die Augen der Welt
1920
as Johannes Kay
Das Land ohne Frauen
1929
as Dick Ashton
Die Okarina
1919
About Conrad Veidt
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 â 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⊠With 121 credits spanning from 1917 to 2011, Conrad Veidt has appeared in 121 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Conrad Veidt Movies
- Casablanca (1943) â as Major Heinrich Strasser
- Napoleon (1927) â as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) â as Cesare
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) â as Jaffar
- A Woman's Face (1941) â as Torsten Barring
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