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