Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1892-03-02
Deathday: 1949-03-17 (57 years old)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen.


Felix Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia) and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, e.g. as the Bailiff in the box-office hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Jewish-born Bressart had to leave Germany and continued his career in German-speaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After no fewer than 30 films in eight years, he emigrated to the United States.


One of Bressart's former European colleagues was Joe Pasternak, now a successful Hollywood producer. Bressart's first American film was Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), a vehicle for Universal Pictures' top attraction, Deanna Durbin. Pasternak also selected the reliable Bressart to perform in a screen test opposite Pasternak's newest discovery, Gloria Jean. The influential German community in Hollywood helped to establish Bressart in America, as his earliest American movies were directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Koster, and Wilhelm Thiele (director of Die Drei von der Tankstelle).


Bressart scored a great success in Lubitsch's Ninotchka, produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM signed Bressart to a studio contract in 1939. Most of his MGM work consisted of featured roles in major films like Edison, the Man.


He combined his mildly inflected East European accent with a soft-spoken delivery to create kindly, friendly characters, as in Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be, in which he sensitively recites Shylock's famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech from The Merchant of Venice. Lubitsch also directed Bressart to similar effect in The Shop Around the Corner.


Bressart soon became a popular character actor in films like Blossoms in the Dust (1941), The Seventh Cross (1944), and Without Love (1945). Perhaps his largest role was in RKO Radio Pictures' "B" musical comedy Ding Dong Williams, filmed in 1945. Bressart, billed third, played the bemused supervisor of a movie studio's music department, and appeared in formal wear to conduct Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu."


After almost 40 Hollywood pictures, Felix Bressart suddenly died of leukemia at the age of 57. His last film was My Friend Irma (1949), the movie version of a popular radio show. Bressart died during production, forcing the producers to finish the film with Hans Conried. In the final film, Conried speaks throughout, but Bressart is still seen in the long shots.


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Filmography

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Movies 63

Professor Morris Avrum
Take One False Step

Take One False Step (1949)

Movie
Pete
Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Movie
6
Professor Gerkikoff
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born (1948)

Movie
Frederick Hassman
I've Always Loved You

I've Always Loved You (1946)

Movie
Pepe - New Orleans Cafe Owner
Her Sister's Secret

Her Sister's Secret (1946)

Movie
Ludwig Kriegspiel
The Thrill of Brazil

The Thrill of Brazil (1946)

Movie
Hugo Meyerheld
Ding Dong Williams

Ding Dong Williams (1946)

Movie
Professor Budlow
Dangerous Partners

Dangerous Partners (1945)

Movie
Prof. Ginza
Without Love

Without Love (1945)

Movie
Johnny
Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever (1944)

Movie
Hofer
Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village (1944)

Movie
Poldi Schlamm
The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross (1944)

Movie
Petrov
Song of Russia

Song of Russia (1944)

Movie
Anti-Nazi Teacher
Don't Be a Sucker!

Don't Be a Sucker! (1943)

Movie
Mr. A. Werner
Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion (1943)

Movie
Anton Ottoway
Three Hearts for Julia

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Movie
Papa Jonsdottir
Iceland

Iceland (1942)

Movie
Dr. Andre Tessier
Crossroads

Crossroads (1942)

Movie
Greenberg
To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Movie
3.5
Arthur Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. North

Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)

Movie
Mr. Schoner
Kathleen

Kathleen (1941)

Movie
Professor Ladislaus Milic
Married Bachelor

Married Bachelor (1941)

Movie
Dr. Max Breslar
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

Movie
Mischa
Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Movie
Vanya
Comrade X

Comrade X (1940)

Movie
Max
Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Movie
Fritz Keller
Escape

Escape (1940)

Movie
August 'Gussie' Winkel
Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

Movie
Michael Simon
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man (1940)

Movie
4
The Great Boldini
It All Came True

It All Came True (1940)

Movie
Pirovitch
The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Movie
2.25
Henry Kleber
Swanee River

Swanee River (1939)

Movie
Comrade Buljanoff
Ninotchka

Ninotchka (1939)

Movie
5.08
Maxl
Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite (1939)

Movie
Music Teacher
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Movie
Max Kaspar
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (1936)

Movie
Professor Volksmann
Four and a Half Musketeers

Four and a Half Musketeers (1935)

Movie
Birowitsch
Ball im Savoy

Ball im Savoy (1935)

Movie
Philipp Sonndorfer
Everything for the Company

Everything for the Company (1935)

Movie
Her grandfather
Peter

Peter (1934)

Movie
Kriegel, Geheimdetektiv
Salto in die Seligkeit

Salto in die Seligkeit (1934)

Movie
Le baron Vandernyff
C'était un musicien

C'était un musicien (1934)

Movie
Mr. Schramek
Wie d'Warret würkt

Wie d'Warret würkt (1933)

Movie
Le baron Vandernyff
Es war einmal ein Musikus

Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)

Movie
Direktor Ritter
...und wer küßt mich?

...und wer küßt mich? (1933)

Movie
Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
The Lucky Top Hat

The Lucky Top Hat (1932)

Movie
Johannes Georg Holzapfel
Holzapfel Knows Everything

Holzapfel Knows Everything (1932)

Movie
Actor
Visul lui Tanase

Visul lui Tanase (1932)

Movie
Joachim Reißnagel
The Office Manager

The Office Manager (1931)

Movie
Hirsekorn - Schauspieler und Chauffeur
Excursion into Life

Excursion into Life (1931)

Movie
Major Fröschen
Fanfare about love

Fanfare about love (1931)

Movie
Jean
No More Love

No More Love (1931)

Movie
Musketier Kulicke
Terror of the Garrison

Terror of the Garrison (1931)

Movie
Böcklein
True Jacob

True Jacob (1931)

Movie
Bankdiener Hasel
Private Secretary

Private Secretary (1931)

Movie
Richard
Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du

Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du (1930)

Movie
Franz Nowotni
Three days of middle arrest

Three days of middle arrest (1930)

Movie
Jacques
Old Song

Old Song (1930)

Movie
Gerichtsvollzieher
The Three from the Filling Station

The Three from the Filling Station (1930)

Movie
Onkel Emil
The tender relatives

The tender relatives (1930)

Movie
Der 'Untermieter'
The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger

The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger (1930)

Movie
Actor
There is a woman who will never forget you

There is a woman who will never forget you (1930)

Movie
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
Liebe im Kuhstall

Liebe im Kuhstall (1928)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1892-03-02

Deathday
1949-03-17 (57 years old)

Birth Place
Chernyshevskoye, Russia

Citizenships
North German Confederation, German Empire, Weimar Republic, United States of America

Also Known As
Феликс Брессарт


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