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Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (/ f aɪ t /; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German-British actor. [3] [4] He attracted early attention for his roles in the films Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Actor: Casablanca. Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing.
Conrad Veidt. Actor: Casablanca. Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13.
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Veidt became vehemently opposed to the Nazis, and when Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels began an extensive examination and purge of Jews and anti-Nazis in the German film industry, the actor looked at a “racial questionnaire” he had been obliged to complete.
The Man Who Laughs: Directed by Paul Leni. With Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Olga Baclanova. When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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).
Oct 17, 2016 · Conrad Veidt was to become one of the industry’s most unsung champions against the Third Reich. Veidt died on April 3rd, 1943 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, but his legacy as the villain who was actually a hero will live on.
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( / faɪt /; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German-British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Probably best remembered as a leading exponent of Expressionist acting in The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari (Germany, 1919), or as the villainous Major Strasser in Casablanca (US, 1942), Conrad Veidt was one of the few émigré actors to achieve fame in England upon fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Gaunt-faced, with deep, piercing eyes, he brought ...
