Biography
Theodore von Eltz (November 5, 1893 – October 6, 1964) was an American film actor, appearing in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1957. He was the father of actress Lori March.Von Eltz was a Yale University professor's son. After 12 years at an eastern private boarding school, he served in France for eight months during World War I. He followed his war experience with ventures into oil fields in Texas and on the stage in New York.In September 1921, von Eltz married Peggy Prior. They had a daughter, Lori, and a son, Theodore, Jr. In 1928, the couple separated, reconciled, and finally divorced on November 7.
Filmography
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Movies 194
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McNeil (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Movie
Narrator
The Animal World (1956)
Movie
Commentator
The Sea Around Us (1953)
Movie
Sultan's Chancellor
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Movie
Opening Narrator
Woodpecker in the Rough (1952)
Movie
Whiteside (uncredited)
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1951)
Movie
Philip Mannings (as Theodor von Eltz)
Trial Without Jury (1950)
Movie
Thomas Mallon
Devil's Cargo (1948)
Movie
3.86
Radio Voice (uncredited)
The Hucksters (1947)
Movie
Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Movie
3.5
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
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Canteen Director (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Movie
Major Spencer (uncredited)
The Unwritten Code (1944)
Movie
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Since You Went Away (1944)
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William Barrett (uncredited)
Follow the Boys (1944)
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Lee Cooper
Bermuda Mystery (1944)
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Officer (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
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Cmdr. George (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom (1943)
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First Lieutenant (uncredited)
Air Force (1943)
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Commander (uncredited)
Stand by for Action (1942)
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Theodore Swann
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Movie
Dr. Elsworth
Lady in a Jam (1942)
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Hank Allen (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
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Third Charles Miller (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
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Prison Camp Commander (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
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George Kilpatrick
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
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Mr. Hunter (uncredited)
Play Girl (1941)
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Mr. Rappaport (uncredited)
Life with Henry (1941)
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Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
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Rod Brothers
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
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William Baker, Grandpa's Lawyer
The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)
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Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
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Shipboard Card Cheat
The Saint Takes Over (1940)
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William Loeb
Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
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Washington Irving
Little Old New York (1940)
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John (uncredited)
The Night of Nights (1939)
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Bill Desert
Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)
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Terwilliger
5th Ave Girl (1939)
Movie
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Full Confession (1939)
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Delafons
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
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Col. Marvin Page
They Made Her a Spy (1939)
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Whitey
Inside Story (1939)
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Lucky Carson
Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
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Attorney Jenson (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding (1939)
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Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
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Martin - Club Owner (uncredited)
I Am the Law (1938)
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Howard Ellis
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
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First Doctor (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction (1938)
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Venetian Business Man (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
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District Attorney
Blondes at Work (1938)
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Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
Fight for Your Lady (1937)
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Captain Pierlot (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
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Robert Westland
The Westland Case (1937)
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Studio actor in 'Sex and Satan' movie
Stand-In (1937)
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Elsworth (uncredited)
Stage Door (1937)
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Public Defender
Youth on Parole (1937)
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Hotel Manager
Topper (1937)
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4.25
Adjutant to Prince Johann (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
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James Gifford
California Straight Ahead (1937)
Movie
Court Martial Prosecutor (uncredited)
Sea Devils (1937)
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Tobias
Clarence (1937)
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Larkin's Attorney (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
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John Lamont
Under Cover of Night (1937)
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Sean O'Brian
Beloved Enemy (1936)
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District Attorney Adams
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
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David Lampier
Sinner Take All (1936)
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Cynthia's Lawyer (uncredited)
Under Your Spell (1936)
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John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
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Clark Duryea
I Cover Chinatown (1936)
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Revue Producer
Suzy (1936)
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Noble Harrison
High Tension (1936)
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George Small
Ticket to Paradise (1936)
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Flash Ackroyd
Below the Deadline (1936)
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Clerk (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
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Dr. Preston
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
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Desk Clerk Assistant (uncredited)
Rendezvous (1935)
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Federal Man
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
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Mr. Walsh
Confidential (1935)
Movie
Parsons
His Night Out (1935)
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Inspector Kincaid
Trails of the Wild (1935)
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Fred Barton (uncredited)
Smart Girl (1935)
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James Spencer Halford (uncredited)
The Murder Man (1935)
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Johnny 'Full House' Corinti
The Headline Woman (1935)
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Dr. Harding
Private Worlds (1935)
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John C. Owen
Behind the Green Lights (1935)
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Mr. George S. Webster
Grand Old Girl (1935)
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J. Wellington Smythe
Bright Eyes (1934)
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Army Officer
Elinor Norton (1934)
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Nat Underwood
Call It Luck (1934)
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Gerald Mockby
Change of Heart (1934)
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Charles Browne
Love Past Thirty (1934)
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Doctor (uncredited)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
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Grenaker
Master of Men (1933)
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Wallace Morley / John Ebbetts
Her Splendid Folly (1933)
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Albert Valraine
Gigolettes of Paris (1933)
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Phil Norton
Dance, Girl, Dance (1933)
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Hubert Wayne
Arizona to Broadway (1933)
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Robert Kane
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
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Member of Review Board (uncredited)
Bondage (1933)
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Capt. J.G. Randall
Kiss of Araby (1933)
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Murchison
Pleasure Cruise (1933)
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Wayne Winters
The Eleventh Commandment (1933)
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Larry 'Keyhole' Winston
High Gear (1933)
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Robert Carlton
Secrets (1933)
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Sutherland
No Other Woman (1933)
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Tim Reed
Self Defense (1932)
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The Husband
A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
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Val Lewis
The Unwritten Law (1932)
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District Attorney
Breach of Promise (1932)
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Trent Travers
Red Haired Alibi (1932)
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Joe Robson
Drifting Souls (1932)
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Byron Crosby
The Midnight Lady (1932)
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Mr. Pearson (uncredited)
Huddle (1932)
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Dr. Ray Everette
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
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Night Club Patron (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
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Jim Bennett
Hotel Continental (1932)
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Matthew Gray
A Private Scandal (1931)
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Military Prosecutor
Heartbreak (1931)
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Harry Cosden
Once a Lady (1931)
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Kemper (uncredited)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
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Tony Rande
Wicked (1931)
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Ramon (uncredited)
Five and Ten (1931)
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Gilbert Morrell
Up Pops the Devil (1931)
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District Attorney Keeler
The Secret Six (1931)
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Major Sparks
Beyond Victory (1931)
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Carter Jerome
The Prodigal (1931)
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Normand (uncredited)
Inspiration (1931)
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Harry Blythe
The Cat Creeps (1930)
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The Guide Nazir
Kismet (1930)
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William Jordan
Love Among the Millionaires (1930)
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Ivan (uncredited)
The Divorcee (1930)
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Dick Hoyt
The Arizona Kid (1930)
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Lwen McDonald
The Furies (1930)
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George Green
The Very Idea (1929)
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Edgar Trent
The Awful Truth (1929)
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Lt. Castleton
The Four Feathers (1929)
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Carter
The Rescue (1929)
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Phil Stanndish
Nothing to Wear (1928)
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John Bruce
One Woman to Another (1927)
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Lieutenant Donald Macready
The Great Mail Robbery (1927)
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Spider O'Day
No Man's Law (1927)
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Lord Mobray
Perch of the Devil (1927)
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Prince Chevalier
Anything Once! (1927)
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Jimmy Jessop, Paddy's Rich Beau
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
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John Morgan
Redheads Preferred (1926)
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Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Raggedy Rose (1926)
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Matthew Young
Fools of Fashion (1926)
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René de Lesperon
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
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Robert Paget
Laddie (1926)
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Humphrey Van Weyden
The Sea Wolf (1926)
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Joe - Tom's Pal - a Fireman
The Last Alarm (1926)
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Daniel Hammon
Queen o'Diamonds (1926)
Movie
Freddy the Chauffeur
The Red Kimona (1925)
Movie
Bob Westbrook
A Broadway Lady (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Evarts
Paint and Powder (1925)
Movie
Weadon Scott
White Fang (1925)
Movie
Dr. Paul Jackson
On Thin Ice (1925)
Movie
John Talbot
Locked Doors (1925)
Movie
Ned Fairweather
Hearts of Oak (1924)
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James Sheridan Jr.
The Turmoil (1924)
Movie
Stephen O'Connell
Being Respectable (1924)
Movie
Bruce Norton
Tiger Rose (1923)
Movie
'Eggs' (Egbert Winslow)
Lights Out (1923)
Movie
Jim Hartigan
The Woman with Four Faces (1923)
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(uncredited)
Manslaughter (1922)
Movie
Frank Morton
Sherlock Brown (1922)
Movie
Robert Giffing
The Girl from Rocky Point (1922)
Movie
Clyde Van Ness
The Fourteenth Lover (1922)
Movie
Senior Surgical Interne
The Glorious Fool (1922)
Movie
Tom Manley
The Speed Girl (1921)
Movie
Stephen McLeod
The Old Nest (1921)
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Dick Vane
Extravagance (1921)
Movie
Master of Ceremonies at Party
The Man Who Had Everything (1920)
Movie
Casey's Brother
The Traffic Cop (1916)
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Harry Dennys
His Wife (1915)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-11-05
Deathday1964-10-06 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Haven, United States of America
ChildrenLori March
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsTheodor von Eltz, Teddy von Eltz, Ted van Eltz, Theorore Von Eltz, Theo. Von Eltz, Theo Van Eltz
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