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