All All. Sign In. Top German Actors. List activity. Werner Krauss. Actor The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari He was an actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. He died on 20 October in Vienna, Austria. Conrad Veidt.
Actor Producer Director Casablanca Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium secondary school in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in , last in his class of Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing.
He disliked heights, flying, the number 17, wearing ties, pudding and interviews. A star of early German cinema, he became a sensation in with his role as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in Robert Wiene 's masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Other prominent roles in German silent films included Different from the Others and Waxworks His third wife, Ilona nicknamed Lily , was Jewish, although he himself wasn't. However, whenever he had to state his ethnic background on forms to get a job, he wrote: "Jude" Jew.
He and Lily fled Germany in after the rise to power of Adolf Hitler , and he became a British citizen in In his last German film, F. That single playing generated numerous phone calls, and shortly thereafter the song appeared on a British compilation album called "Movie Star Memories" - a collection of songs from s-era films compiled from EMI archives.
The album was released by World Records Ltd. Veidt appeared in Germany's first talking picture, Bride 68 , and made only one color picture, The Thief of Bagdad , filmed in England and Hollywood. His most famous role was as Gestapo Maj. Strasser in the classic Casablanca ; although he was not the star of the picture, he was the highest paid actor. He died while playing golf, and on the death certificate his name is misspelled as "Hanz Walter Conrad Veidt". Because he had been blacklisted in Nazi Germany, there was no official announcement there of his death.
