Conrad Veidt
1893-01-22 ( 132 years old ) in Berlin, Germany

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.

Movies

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad 2008-05-27
The Many Faces of Dracula 2000-01-01
Universal Horror 1998-10-08
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 1974-02-20
Above Suspicion 1943-05-31
Casablanca 1943-01-15
Nazi Agent 1942-03-01
All Through the Night 1942-01-10
The Men in Her Life 1941-10-30
Whistling in the Dark 1941-08-08
A Woman's Face 1941-05-09
Escape 1940-11-01
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940-10-24
Contraband 1940-05-11
The Thief of Bagdad 1940-02-19
The Spy in Black 1939-08-03
The Chess Player 1938-11-25
Tempête sur l'Asie 1938-04-20
Dark Journey 1937-07-02
Under the Red Robe 1937-05-31
King of the Damned 1935-12-31
The Passing of the Third Floor Back 1935-09-01
Bella Donna 1934-12-11
Jew Süss 1934-10-13
Wilhelm Tell 1934-01-12
The Wandering Jew 1933-11-15
I Was a Spy 1933-09-04
F.P.1 1933-04-02
The Only Girl 1933-02-22
Rome Express 1932-10-31
The Black Hussar 1932-10-12
Rasputin, Demon of the Women 1932-02-19
Congress Dances 1931-12-03
The Other Side 1931-10-29
The Congress Dances 1931-09-29
The Night of the Decision 1931-09-17
The Man Who Committed the Murder 1931-01-23
The Love Storm 1930-11-21
The Great Passion 1930-08-24
The Last Company 1930-03-14
The Last Performance 1929-10-13
Das Land ohne Frauen 1929-09-30
The Movie City of Hollywood 1928-11-18
The Man Who Laughs 1928-04-27
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! 1927-11-16
A Man's Past 1927-10-01
The Beloved Rogue 1927-03-12
Napoleon 1927-01-10
The Flight in the Night 1926-12-13
The Student of Prague 1926-10-19
Liebe macht blind 1926-08-16
Should We Be Silent? 1926-04-05
Two Brothers 1926-03-22
Impetuous Youth 1926-03-10
The Wife's Crusade 1926-01-02
The Ingmar Inheritance 1925-12-26
Le Comte Kostia 1925-05-29
Schicksal 1925-02-12
Husbands or Lovers 1924-11-21
Waxworks 1924-11-13
The Hands of Orlac 1924-09-24
The Film in the Film 1924-06-26
Don Carlos und Elisabeth 1924-02-24
Wilhelm Tell 1923-08-22
Paganini 1923-03-31
Glanz gegen Glück 1923-01-01
Lucrezia Borgia 1922-10-20
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur 1921-11-19
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi 1921-10-22
Lady Hamilton 1921-10-19
Landstraße und Großstadt 1921-04-22
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon 1921-03-30
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft 1921-03-11
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore 1921-02-22
Liebestaumel 1921-02-01
Journey into the Night 1921-01-21
Menschen im Rausch 1921-01-06
Das Geheimnis von Bombay 1921-01-06
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer 1921-01-01
The Count of Cagliostro 1920-12-21
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand 1920-11-12
Manolescu's Memoirs 1920-09-30
Evening – Night – Morning 1920-09-24
Moriturus 1920-09-23
The Head of Janus 1920-08-26
Künstlerlaunen 1920-07-30
Kurfürstendamm 1920-07-29
Die Augen der Welt 1920-07-23
Patience 1920-04-16
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall 1920-04-16
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920-02-27
The Merry-Go-Round 1920-02-27
Figures of the Night 1920-01-09
Eerie Tales 1919-11-05
Wahnsinn 1919-10-14
Prinz Kuckuck 1919-09-24
Prostitution II 1919-08-29
Die Okarina 1919-08-08
Different from the Others 1919-05-28
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod 1919-04-06
Around the World in 80 Days 1919-03-20
Prostitution 1919-03-19
Die Japanerin 1919-01-24
Opium 1919-01-07
Die Mexikanerin 1919-01-01
Nocturno der Liebe 1919-01-01
Opfer der Gesellschaft 1919-01-01
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby 1918-12-13
The Story of Dida Ibsen 1918-12-12
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter 1918-11-22
Colomba 1918-11-08
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert 1918-11-08
Diary of a Lost Woman 1918-10-29
Not of the Woman Born 1918-10-01
Das Dreimäderlhaus 1918-09-22
Das Rätsel von Bangalor 1918-01-11
Fear 1917-09-21
Der Spion 1917-08-31
Wenn Tote sprechen 1917-07-27
Der Weg des Todes 1917-02-01

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