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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Character:Jaffar (archival footage)
Release Date:27/05/2008
The Many Faces of Dracula
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Universal Horror
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/1998
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/1974
Above Suspicion
Character:Hassert Seidel
Release Date:31/05/1943
Casablanca
Character:Major Heinrich Strasser
Release Date:15/01/1943
Nazi Agent
Character:Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
Release Date:01/03/1942
All Through the Night
Character:Franz Ebbing
Release Date:10/01/1942
The Men in Her Life
Character:Stanislas Rosing
Release Date:30/10/1941
Whistling in the Dark
Character:Joseph Jones
Release Date:08/08/1941
A Woman's Face
Character:Torsten Barring
Release Date:09/05/1941
Escape
Character:General Kurt von Kolb
Release Date:01/11/1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Contraband
Character:Capt. Andersen
Release Date:11/05/1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Character:Jaffar
Release Date:19/02/1940
The Spy in Black
Character:Captain Ernst Hardt
Release Date:03/08/1939
The Chess Player
Character:Le baron de Kempelen
Release Date:25/11/1938
Tempête sur l'Asie
Character:Erich Keith
Release Date:20/04/1938
Dark Journey
Character:Baron Karl Von Marwitz
Release Date:02/07/1937
Under the Red Robe
Character:Gil de Berault
Release Date:31/05/1937
King of the Damned
Character:Convict 83
Release Date:31/12/1935
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Character:The Stranger
Release Date:01/09/1935
Bella Donna
Character:Mahmoud Baroudi
Release Date:11/12/1934
Jew Süss
Character:Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
Release Date:13/10/1934
Wilhelm Tell
Character:Gessler
Release Date:12/01/1934
The Wandering Jew
Character:Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Release Date:15/11/1933
I Was a Spy
Character:Commandant Oberaertz
Release Date:04/09/1933
F.P.1
Character:Maj. Ellissen
Release Date:02/04/1933
The Only Girl
Character:Marquis de Pontignac
Release Date:22/02/1933
Rome Express
Character:Zurta
Release Date:31/10/1932
The Black Hussar
Character:Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
Release Date:12/10/1932
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Character:Grigori Rasputin
Release Date:19/02/1932
Congress Dances
Character:Prince Metternich
Release Date:03/12/1931
The Other Side
Character:Hauptmann Stanhope
Release Date:29/10/1931
The Congress Dances
Character:Fürst Metternich
Release Date:29/09/1931
The Night of the Decision
Character:General Gregori Platoff
Release Date:17/09/1931
The Man Who Committed the Murder
Character:Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
Release Date:23/01/1931
The Love Storm
Character:Kingsley
Release Date:21/11/1930
The Great Passion
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/08/1930
The Last Company
Character:Hauptmann Burk
Release Date:14/03/1930
The Last Performance
Character:Erik the Great
Release Date:13/10/1929
Das Land ohne Frauen
Character:Dick Ashton
Release Date:30/09/1929
The Movie City of Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/1928
The Man Who Laughs
Character:Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Release Date:04/11/1928
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Character:
Release Date:16/11/1927
A Man's Past
Character:Paul La Roche
Release Date:01/10/1927
The Beloved Rogue
Character:King Louis XI
Release Date:12/03/1927
Napoleon
Character:Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
Release Date:10/01/1927
The Flight in the Night
Character:Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
Release Date:13/12/1926
The Student of Prague
Character:Balduin, Student
Release Date:19/10/1926
Liebe macht blind
Character:
Release Date:16/08/1926
Should We Be Silent?
Character:Paul Hartwig, Maler
Release Date:05/04/1926
Two Brothers
Character:Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
Release Date:22/03/1926
Impetuous Youth
Character:Renées Vater
Release Date:10/03/1926
The Wife's Crusade
Character:Der Staatsanwalt
Release Date:02/01/1926
The Ingmar Inheritance
Character:Hellgum
Release Date:26/12/1925
Le Comte Kostia
Character:Comte Kostia
Release Date:29/05/1925
Schicksal
Character:
Release Date:12/02/1925
Husbands or Lovers
Character:Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
Release Date:21/11/1924
Waxworks
Character:Ivan the Terrible
Release Date:13/11/1924
The Hands of Orlac
Character:Paul Orlac
Release Date:24/09/1924
The Film in the Film
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/1924
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Character:Don Carlos
Release Date:24/02/1924
Wilhelm Tell
Character:Hermann Gessler
Release Date:22/08/1923
Paganini
Character:Niccolo Paganini
Release Date:31/03/1923
Glanz gegen Glück
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1923
Lucrezia Borgia
Character:Cesare Borgia
Release Date:20/10/1922
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Character:Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Release Date:19/11/1921
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Character:Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Release Date:22/10/1921
Lady Hamilton
Character:Lord Nelson
Release Date:19/10/1921
Danton
Character:Minor Role (rumored)
Release Date:03/05/1921
Landstraße und Großstadt
Character:Raphael, der Geiger
Release Date:22/04/1921
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
Character:Christian Wahnschaffe
Release Date:30/03/1921
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Character:
Release Date:11/03/1921
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
Character:Hektor Dalmore
Release Date:22/02/1921
Liebestaumel
Character:Jalenko
Release Date:01/02/1921
Journey into the Night
Character:Der Maler
Release Date:21/01/1921
People in Ecstasy
Character:Professor Munk
Release Date:06/01/1921
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
Character:Tossi
Release Date:06/01/1921
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
Character:Ivan
Release Date:01/01/1921
The Count of Cagliostro
Character:Minister
Release Date:21/12/1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Character:Christian Wahnschaffe
Release Date:12/11/1920
Manolescu's Memoirs
Character:Manolescu
Release Date:30/09/1920
Evening – Night – Morning
Character:Brilburn - Maud's brother
Release Date:24/09/1920
Moriturus
Character:Wilmos, sanatorium director
Release Date:23/09/1920
The Head of Janus
Character:Dr. Warren
Release Date:26/08/1920
Künstlerlaunen
Character:
Release Date:30/07/1920
Kurfürstendamm
Character:The devil
Release Date:29/07/1920
Die Augen der Welt
Character:Johannes Kay
Release Date:23/07/1920
Patience
Character:Sir Percy Parker
Release Date:16/04/1920
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
Character:
Release Date:16/04/1920
The Merry-Go-Round
Character:Petre Karvan
Release Date:27/02/1920
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Character:Cesare
Release Date:26/02/1920
Figures of the Night
Character:The clown
Release Date:09/01/1920
Eerie Tales
Character:Der Tod / Various Other Roles
Release Date:05/11/1919
Wahnsinn
Character:Bankier Lorenzen
Release Date:14/10/1919
Prinz Kuckuck
Character:Carl Kraker
Release Date:24/09/1919
Prostitution II
Character:Alfred Werner
Release Date:29/08/1919
Die Okarina
Character:
Release Date:08/08/1919
Different from the Others
Character:Paul Körner
Release Date:28/05/1919
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Character:
Release Date:06/04/1919
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Phineas Fogg
Release Date:20/03/1919
Prostitution
Character:Alfred Werner
Release Date:19/03/1919
The Japanese Woman
Character:
Release Date:24/01/1919
Opium
Character:Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
Release Date:07/01/1919
Nocturno der Liebe
Character:Frederic Chopin
Release Date:01/01/1919
The Mexican
Character:Dr. von Dossen
Release Date:01/01/1919
Opfer der Gesellschaft
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1919
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
Character:Doktor Köstling
Release Date:13/12/1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen
Character:Erik Norrensen
Release Date:12/12/1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Character:Kramer
Release Date:22/11/1918
Colomba
Character:Henryk von Rhyn
Release Date:08/11/1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
Character:Doktor Köstling
Release Date:08/11/1918
Diary of a Lost Woman
Character:Dr. Julius
Release Date:29/10/1918
Not of the Woman Born
Character:Satan
Release Date:01/10/1918
Das Dreimäderlhaus
Character:Schober
Release Date:22/09/1918
The Mystery of Bangalore
Character:Dinja
Release Date:11/01/1918
Fear
Character:Indian Priest
Release Date:21/09/1917
Der Spion
Character:Steinau
Release Date:31/08/1917
Wenn Tote sprechen
Character:Richard von Worth
Release Date:27/07/1917
Der Weg des Todes
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1917
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