Acting
Conrad Veidt
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.
Filmography
Vito
Film · 2011
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Film · 2008
The Many Faces of Dracula
Film · 2000
Universal Horror
Film · 1998
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Film · 1974
Casablanca
Film · 1943
Above Suspicion
Film · 1943
All Through the Night
Film · 1942
Nazi Agent
Film · 1942
A Woman's Face
Film · 1941
Whistling in the Dark
Film · 1941
The Men in Her Life
Film · 1941
The Thief of Bagdad
Film · 1940
Contraband
Film · 1940
Escape
Film · 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Film · 1940
The Spy in Black
Film · 1939
The Chess Player
Film · 1938
Tempête sur l'Asie
Film · 1938
Dark Journey
Film · 1937
Under the Red Robe
Film · 1937
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Film · 1935
King of the Damned
Film · 1935
Jew Süss
Film · 1934
William Tell
Film · 1934
Bella Donna
Film · 1934
The Wandering Jew
Film · 1933
I Was a Spy
Film · 1933
The Only Girl
Film · 1933
F.P.1
Film · 1933
Rome Express
Film · 1932
The Black Hussar
Film · 1932
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Film · 1932
The Night of the Decision
Film · 1931
Congress Dances
Film · 1931
The Man Who Committed the Murder
Film · 1931
The Other Side
Film · 1931
The Love Storm
Film · 1930
The Great Desire
Film · 1930
The Last Company
Film · 1930
The Last Performance
Film · 1929
Das Land ohne Frauen
Film · 1929
The Man Who Laughs
Film · 1928
The Movie City of Hollywood
Film · 1928
The Beloved Rogue
Film · 1927
Napoleon
Film · 1927
A Man's Past
Film · 1927
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Film · 1927
The Student of Prague
Film · 1926
Love Is Blind
Film · 1926
The Flight in the Night
Film · 1926
Should We Be Silent?
Film · 1926
The Wife's Crusade
Film · 1926
Two Brothers
Film · 1926
Impetuous Youth
Film · 1926
Schicksal
Film · 1925
The Ingmar Inheritance
Film · 1925
Le Comte Kostia
Film · 1925
The Hands of Orlac
Film · 1924
Waxworks
Film · 1924
Husbands or Lovers
Film · 1924
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Film · 1924
The Film in the Film
Film · 1924
William Tell
Film · 1923
Paganini
Film · 1923
Glanz gegen Glück
Film · 1923
Lucrezia Borgia
Film · 1922
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
Film · 1921
Journey into the Night
Film · 1921
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Film · 1921
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Film · 1921
People in Ecstasy
Film · 1921
Landstraße und Großstadt
Film · 1921
Lady Hamilton
Film · 1921
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
Film · 1921
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Film · 1921
Liebestaumel
Film · 1921
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
Film · 1921
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
Film · 1921
Danton
Film · 1921
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Film · 1920
The Head of Janus
Film · 1920
Patience
Film · 1920
The Merry-Go-Round
Film · 1920
Figures of the Night
Film · 1920
Kurfürstendamm
Film · 1920
Manolescu's Memoirs
Film · 1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Film · 1920
The Count of Cagliostro
Film · 1920
Moriturus
Film · 1920
Evening – Night – Morning
Film · 1920
Künstlerlaunen
Film · 1920
The Eyes of the World
Film · 1920
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
Film · 1920
Wahnsinn
Film · 1919
Eerie Tales
Film · 1919
Different from the Others
Film · 1919
Prostitution
Film · 1919
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Film · 1919
The Mexican
Film · 1919
The Japanese Woman
Film · 1919
Nocturno der Liebe
Film · 1919
Opfer der Gesellschaft
Film · 1919
Prostitution II
Film · 1919
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1919
Opium
Film · 1919
Prinz Kuckuck
Film · 1919
The Ocarina
Film · 1919
Not of the Woman Born
Film · 1918
Diary of a Lost Woman
Film · 1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen
Film · 1918
Colomba
Film · 1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
Film · 1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
Film · 1918
Das Dreimäderlhaus
Film · 1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Film · 1918
The Mystery of Bangalore
Film · 1918
Wenn Tote sprechen
Film · 1917
Fear
Film · 1917
Der Spion
Film · 1917
Der Weg des Todes
Film · 1917