Acting
Conrad Veidt
1893 · Berlin, Germany
30 films
Bio
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).
Filmography
Casablanca
Major Heinrich Strasser
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Cesare
The Thief of Bagdad
Jaffar
Eerie Tales
Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Napoleon
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
The Man Who Laughs
Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
All Through the Night
Franz Ebbing
A Woman's Face
Torsten Barring
The Hands of Orlac
Paul Orlac
The Spy in Black
Captain Ernst Hardt
The Merry-Go-Round
Petre Karvan
Lady Hamilton
Lord Nelson