Conrad Veidt
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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.
Known for
Credits
Casablanca (1943)
as Major Heinrich Strasser
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
as Jaffar
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
as Cesare
Manolescu's Memoirs (1920)
as Manolescu
Napoleon (1927)
as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
A Woman's Face (1941)
as Torsten Barring
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
as Paul Orlac
All Through the Night (1942)
as Franz Ebbing
Bella Donna (1934)
as Mahmoud Baroudi
Eerie Tales (1919)
as Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Der Spion (1917)
as Steinau
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Hassert Seidel
Lady Hamilton (1921)
as Lord Nelson
Dark Journey (1937)
as Baron Karl Von Marwitz
Escape (1940)
as General Kurt von Kolb
Schicksal (1925)
Actor
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
Danton (1921)
as Minor Role (rumored)
Der Weg des Todes (1917)
Actor
The Spy in Black (1939)
as Captain Ernst Hardt
Figures of the Night (1920)
as The clown
Paganini (1923)
as Niccolo Paganini
Wahnsinn (1919)
as Bankier Lorenzen
Opium (1919)
as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand (1920)
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Moriturus (1920)
as Wilmos, sanatorium director
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
as Erich Keith
Nazi Agent (1942)
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive)
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
Das Geheimnis von Bombay (1921)
as Tossi
I Was a Spy (1933)
as Commandant Oberaertz
Le Comte Kostia (1925)
as Comte Kostia
Husbands or Lovers (1924)
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
Künstlerlaunen (1920)
Actor
Waxworks (1924)
as Ivan the Terrible
Colomba (1918)
as Henryk von Rhyn
Contraband (1940)
as Capt. Andersen
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as King Louis XI
The Wife's Crusade (1926)
as Der Staatsanwalt
Das Dreimäderlhaus (1918)
as Schober
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Joseph Jones
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
as Erik Norrensen
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Liebestaumel (1921)
as Jalenko
Different from the Others (1919)
as Paul Körner
Fear (1917)
as Indian Priest
The Merry-Go-Round (1920)
as Petre Karvan
The Movie City of Hollywood (1928)
as Self
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi (1921)
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
The Great Desire (1930)
as Himself
Jew Süss (1934)
as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
Evening – Night – Morning (1920)
as Brilburn - Maud's brother
Rome Express (1932)
as Zurta
The Black Hussar (1932)
as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
The Mystery of Bangalore (1918)
as Dinja
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod (1919)
Actor
The Student of Prague (1926)
as Balduin, Student
Congress Dances (1931)
as Fürst Metternich
The Last Performance (1929)
as Erik the Great
King of the Damned (1935)
as Convict 83
The Men in Her Life (1941)
as Stanislas Rosing
Landstraße und Großstadt (1921)
as Raphael, der Geiger
The Other Side (1931)
as Hauptmann Stanhope
The Count of Cagliostro (1920)
as Minister
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
as The Stranger
Wenn Tote sprechen (1917)
as Richard von Worth
The Chess Player (1938)
as Le baron de Kempelen
Under the Red Robe (1937)
as Gil de Berault
Wilhelm Tell (1934)
as Gessler
The Head of Janus (1920)
as Dr. Warren
The Only Girl (1933)
as Marquis de Pontignac
Journey into the Night (1921)
as Der Maler
Prostitution (1919)
as Alfred Werner
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
as Paul Hartwig, Maler
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert (1918)
as Doktor Köstling
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur (1921)
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
as Cesare Borgia
Nocturno der Liebe (1919)
as Frederic Chopin
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)
as Jaffar (archival footage)
The Japanese Woman (1919)
Actor
The Wandering Jew (1933)
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Rasputin, Demon of the Women (1932)
as Grigori Rasputin
The Man Who Committed the Murder (1931)
as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
The Love Storm (1930)
as Kingsley
F.P.1 (1933)
as Maj. Ellissen
Glanz gegen Glück (1923)
Actor
Around the World in 80 Days (1919)
as Phineas Fogg
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft (1921)
Actor
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)
as Dr. Julius
A Man's Past (1927)
as Paul La Roche
The Film in the Film (1924)
as Self
Wilhelm Tell (1923)
as Hermann Gessler
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby (1918)
as Doktor Köstling
Love Is Blind (1926)
Actor
People in Ecstasy (1921)
as Professor Munk
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon (1921)
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
as The devil
Two Brothers (1926)
as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
Das Land ohne Frauen (1929)
as Dick Ashton
The Flight in the Night (1926)
as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
The Last Company (1930)
as Hauptmann Burk
The Night of the Decision (1931)
as General Gregori Platoff
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)
Actor
Die Okarina (1919)
Actor
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921)
as Hektor Dalmore
Die Augen der Welt (1920)
as Johannes Kay
The Ingmar Inheritance (1925)
as Hellgum
The Mexican (1919)
as Dr. von Dossen
Opfer der Gesellschaft (1919)
Actor
Prostitution II (1919)
as Alfred Werner
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter (1918)
as Kramer
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
as Don Carlos
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer (1921)
as Ivan
Impetuous Youth (1926)
as Renées Vater
Patience (1920)
as Sir Percy Parker
Prinz Kuckuck (1919)
as Carl Kraker
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall (1920)
Actor
Not of the Woman Born (1918)
as Satan