Conrad Veidt
Acting
Born January 22, 1893 · Berlin, Germany
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Casablanca
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Mystery of Bangalore
The Thief of Bagdad
Manolescu's Memoirs
Napoleon
A Woman's Face
The Man Who Laughs
Paganini
Eerie Tales
The Hands of Orlac
Danton
Wahnsinn
Tempête sur l'Asie
Opium
Künstlerlaunen
Lady Hamilton
Der Weg des Todes
All Through the Night
Above Suspicion
Le Comte Kostia
Der Spion
The Chess Player
Liebestaumel
Wenn Tote sprechen
The Merry-Go-Round
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Figures of the Night
The Many Faces of Dracula
Universal Horror
Escape
The Movie City of Hollywood
Schicksal
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Bella Donna
Nazi Agent
Husbands or Lovers
The Story of Dida Ibsen
People in Ecstasy
Glanz gegen Glück