Cast
Conrad Veidt
Acting
Cast
Conrad Veidt
Known for
Acting
Born
1893-01-22
From
Berlin, Germany
Died
1943-04-03
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.
Casablanca
as Major Heinrich Strasser
Napoleon
as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Cesare
The Thief of Bagdad
as Jaffar
A Woman's Face
as Torsten Barring
The Man Who Laughs
as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Above Suspicion
as Hassert Seidel
Whistling in the Dark
as Joseph Jones
All Through the Night
as Franz Ebbing
Two Brothers
as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
Nazi Agent
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
Escape
as General Kurt von Kolb
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
The Hands of Orlac
as Paul Orlac
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
Lucrezia Borgia
as Cesare Borgia
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Eerie Tales
as Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Contraband
as Capt. Andersen
Under the Red Robe
as Gil de Berault
Rome Express
as Zurta
KĂŒnstlerlaunen
Vito
as Self (archive)
The Beloved Rogue
as King Louis XI
The Men in Her Life
as Stanislas Rosing
Dark Journey
as Baron Karl Von Marwitz
The Man Who Committed the Murder
as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
The Spy in Black
as Captain Ernst Hardt
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Jew SĂŒss
as Josef 'Jew SĂŒss' Oppenheimer
The Last Company
as Hauptmann Burk
Journey into the Night
as Der Maler
The Head of Janus
as Dr. Warren
Colomba
as Henryk von Rhyn
Danton
as Minor Role (rumored)
The Last Performance
as Erik the Great
Waxworks
as Ivan the Terrible
Bella Donna
as Mahmoud Baroudi
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
F.P.1
as Maj. Ellissen
LandstraĂe und GroĂstadt
as Raphael, der Geiger
The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self
Different from the Others
as Paul Körner
Glanz gegen GlĂŒck
The Film in the Film
as Self
The Wandering Jew
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
The Black Hussar
as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
The Great Passion
as Himself
Evening â Night â Morning
as Brilburn - Maud's brother
Schicksal
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
as Ivan
Nocturno der Liebe
as Frederic Chopin
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
Congress Dances
as FĂŒrst Metternich
Wilhelm Tell
as Hermann Gessler
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
as Doktor Köstling
The Student of Prague
as Balduin, Student
King of the Damned
as Convict 83
People in Ecstasy
as Professor Munk
A Man's Past
as Paul La Roche
The Story of Dida Ibsen
as Erik Norrensen
Wilhelm Tell
as Gessler
Opium
as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
The Chess Player
as Le baron de Kempelen
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
as Don Carlos
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
as Doktor Köstling
The Wife's Crusade
as Der Staatsanwalt
I Was a Spy
as Commandant Oberaertz
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
as The Stranger
Husbands or Lovers
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
Prinz Kuckuck
as Carl Kraker
Wahnsinn
as Bankier Lorenzen
The Night of the Decision
as General Gregori Platoff
The Ingmar Inheritance
as Hellgum
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: SĂŒndige MĂŒtter
as Kramer
Figures of the Night
as The clown
The Other Side
as Hauptmann Stanhope
The Flight in the Night
as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
as Grigori Rasputin
The Japanese Woman
The Count of Cagliostro
as Minister
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
as Jaffar (archival footage)
Wenn Tote sprechen
as Richard von Worth
Impetuous Youth
as Renées Vater
Diary of a Lost Woman
as Dr. Julius
Liebestaumel
as Jalenko
KurfĂŒrstendamm
as The devil
The Mexican
as Dr. von Dossen
Paganini
as Niccolo Paganini
The Merry-Go-Round
as Petre Karvan
Lady Hamilton
as Lord Nelson
The Only Girl
as Marquis de Pontignac
Should We Be Silent?
as Paul Hartwig, Maler
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
as Christian Wahnschaffe
Der Spion
as Steinau
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phineas Fogg
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Prostitution II
as Alfred Werner
Moriturus
as Wilmos, sanatorium director
Le Comte Kostia
as Comte Kostia
Patience
as Sir Percy Parker
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
as Hektor Dalmore
TempĂȘte sur l'Asie
as Erich Keith
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Das DreimÀderlhaus
as Schober
Opfer der Gesellschaft
Der Weg des Todes
Prostitution
as Alfred Werner
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
The Mystery of Bangalore
as Dinja
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
as Tossi
Manolescu's Memoirs
as Manolescu
Love is Blind
Fear
as Indian Priest
The Love Storm
as Kingsley
Die Augen der Welt
as Johannes Kay
Das Land ohne Frauen
as Dick Ashton
Die Okarina
Not of the Woman Born
as Satan