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.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
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2008 | Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad | Jaffar (archival footage) | ★★★★☆ |
1998 | Terror universal | (archive footage) | ★★★★☆ |
1943 | Bajo sospecha | Hassert Seidel | ★★★☆☆ |
1943 | Casablanca | Major Heinrich Strasser | ★★★★☆ |
1942 | A través de la noche | Franz Ebbing | ★★★☆☆ |
1942 | Nazi Agent | Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Un rostro de mujer | Torsten Barring | ★★★★☆ |
1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Joseph Jones | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | The Men in Her Life | Stanislas Rosing | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | El ladrón de Bagdad | Jaffar | ★★★★☆ |
1940 | Contraband | Capt. Andersen | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | Evasión | General Kurt von Kolb | ★★★★☆ |
1939 | El espía negro | Captain Ernst Hardt | ★★★☆☆ |
1938 | Le Joueur d'échecs | Le baron de Kempelen | ★★☆☆☆ |
1938 | Tempête sur l'Asie | Erich Keith | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1937 | La mujer enigma | Baron Karl Von Marwitz | ★★★☆☆ |
1937 | Under the Red Robe | Gil de Berault | ★★★☆☆ |
1935 | The Passing of the Third Floor Back | The Stranger | ★★★★☆ |
1935 | King of the Damned | Convict 83 | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | Jew Süss | Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | Wilhelm Tell | Gessler | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | Bella Donna | Mahmoud Baroudi | ★★☆☆☆ |
1933 | The Wandering Jew | Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios | ★★★★☆ |
1933 | I Was A Spy | Commandant Oberaertz | ★★★☆☆ |
1933 | Ich und die Kaiserin | Marquis de Pontignac | ★★★☆☆ |
1933 | F.P.1 | Maj. Ellissen | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | El rápido de Roma | Zurta | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | Der schwarze Husar | Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen | Grigori Rasputin | ★★★★☆ |
1931 | El congreso se divierte | Fürst Metternich | ★★★★☆ |
1931 | Der Mann, der den Mord beging | Oberst Marquis de Sévigné | ★★★☆☆ |
1931 | Die andere Seite | Hauptmann Stanhope | ★★★★☆ |
1931 | Die Nacht der Entscheidung | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1931 | Congress Dances | Prince Metternich | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1930 | Menschen im Käfig | Kingsley | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1930 | Die letzte Kompagnie | Hauptmann Burk | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | The Last Performance | Erik the Great | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | Das Land ohne Frauen | Dick Ashton | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | El hombre que ríe | Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie | ★★★★☆ |
1927 | The Beloved Rogue | King Louis XI | ★★★★☆ |
1927 | A Man's Past | Paul La Roche | ★★★☆☆ |
1927 | Gesetze der Liebe | ★★★☆☆ | |
1926 | Der Student von Prag | Balduin, Student | ★★★☆☆ |
1926 | Kreuzzug des Weibes | Der Staatsanwalt | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1926 | Dürfen wir schweigen? | Paul Hartwig, Maler | ★★★☆☆ |
1926 | Die Brüder Schellenberg | Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg | ★★☆☆☆ |
1926 | Der Geiger von Florenz | Renées Vater | ★★★☆☆ |
1926 | Liebe macht blind | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1926 | Die Flucht in die Nacht | Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1925 | Ingmarsarvet | Hellgum | ★★★★☆ |
1925 | Le Comte Kostia | Comte Kostia | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1925 | Schicksal | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1924 | Las manos de Orlac | Paul Orlac | ★★★☆☆ |
1924 | El hombre de las figuras de cera | Ivan the Terrible | ★★★☆☆ |
1924 | Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau | Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter | ★★★☆☆ |
1924 | Carlos and Elisabeth | Don Carlos | ★★★☆☆ |
1923 | Wilhelm Tell | Hermann Gessler | ★★★☆☆ |
1923 | Paganini | Niccolo Paganini | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1922 | Lucrezia Borgia | Cesare Borgia | ★★☆☆☆ |
1921 | Sehnsucht | Ivan | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1921 | La tumba India | Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur | ★★★☆☆ |
1921 | Das indische Grabmal, zweiter Teil: Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur | ★★★☆☆ |
1921 | Der Gang in die Nacht | Der Maler | ★★★☆☆ |
1921 | Lady Hamilton | Lord Nelson | ★★★☆☆ |
1921 | Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil: Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker | Christian Wahnschaffe | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1921 | Liebestaumel | Jalenko | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1921 | Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1921 | Das Geheimnis von Bombay | Tossi | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1921 | Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore | Hektor Dalmore | ★★★☆☆ |
1921 | Menschen im Rausch | Professor Munk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1921 | Landstraße und Großstadt | Raphael, der Geiger | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | El gabinete del doctor Caligari | Cesare | ★★★★☆ |
1920 | Der Januskopf | Dr. Warren | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang | Petre Karvan | ★★★☆☆ |
1920 | Nachtgestalten | The clown | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Kurfürstendamm | The devil | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Manolescus Memoiren | Manolescu | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Weltbrand | Christian Wahnschaffe | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Der Graf von Cagliostro | Minister | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Moriturus | Wilmos, sanatorium director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Abend - Nacht - Morgen | Brilburn - Maud's brother | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1920 | Die Karten des Todes | Sir Percy Parker | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Wahnsinn | Bankier Lorenzen | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Unheimliche Geschichten | Der Tod / Various Other Roles | ★★★☆☆ |
1919 | Diferente a los demás | Paul Körner | ★★★☆☆ |
1919 | Die Prostitution, 1. Teil - Das gelbe Haus | Alfred Werner | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Die Prostitution, 2. Teil - Die sich verkaufen | Alfred Werner | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen | Phineas Fogg | ★★★☆☆ |
1919 | Opium | Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr. | ★★★☆☆ |
1919 | Prinz Kuckuck | Carl Kraker | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1919 | Nocturno der Liebe | Frederic Chopin | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1919 | Die Japanerin | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1919 | Die Mexikanerin | Dr. von Dossen | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
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1919 | Wahnsinn | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Año | Título | Personaje | Calificación |
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2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Self (archive footage) | ★★★☆☆ |
1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | ★★★★☆ |
1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | Die große Sehnsucht | Himself | ★★★☆☆ |
1928 | Die Filmstadt Hollywood | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1924 | Der Film im Film | Himself | ★★★★☆ |
Películas destacadas de Conrad Veidt
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Werner Krauß
Conrad Veidt y Werner Krauß han colaborado 13 veces (la última el 08 de octubre de 1998) en las películas: Terror universal, Der Student von Prag, Kreuzzug des Weibes, El hombre de las figuras de cera, Der Film im Film, Lady Hamilton, Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil: Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker, El gabinete del doctor Caligari, Die Prostitution, 1. Teil - Das gelbe Haus, Opium, Dida Ibsens Geschichte, Colomba, Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen.
Reinhold Schünzel
Conrad Veidt y Reinhold Schünzel han colaborado 11 veces (la última el 16 de noviembre de 1927) en las películas: Gesetze der Liebe, Lady Hamilton, Moriturus, Nachtgestalten, Unheimliche Geschichten, Wahnsinn, Die Prostitution, 2. Teil - Die sich verkaufen, Diferente a los demás, Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen, Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter, Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen.
Emil Jannings
Conrad Veidt y Emil Jannings han colaborado 5 veces (la última el 18 de noviembre de 1928) en las películas: Die Filmstadt Hollywood, Liebe macht blind, Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau, El hombre de las figuras de cera, Der Film im Film.
Bela Lugosi
Conrad Veidt y Bela Lugosi han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 01 de enero de 2000) en las películas: The Many Faces of Dracula, Terror universal, The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute, Der Januskopf.
Heinrich George
Conrad Veidt y Heinrich George han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 23 de enero de 1931) en las películas: Der Mann, der den Mord beging, Menschen im Käfig, Lucrezia Borgia, Lady Hamilton.
Lon Chaney
Conrad Veidt y Lon Chaney han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 01 de enero de 2000) en las películas: The Many Faces of Dracula, Terror universal, The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute.
Mary Philbin
Conrad Veidt y Mary Philbin han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 08 de octubre de 1998) en las películas: Terror universal, The Last Performance, El hombre que ríe.