Biography
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.
Filmography
all 113
Movies 113
self 6
Conrad Veidt: My Life (2019)
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
Universal Horror (1998)
A Pretty British Affair (1981)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Nazi Agent (1942)
All Through the Night (1942)
The Men in Her Life (1941)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
A Woman's Face (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Escape (1940)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Contraband (1940)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Chess Player (1938)
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
Dark Journey (1937)
Under the Red Robe (1937)
King of the Damned (1935)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
Bella Donna (1934)
Jew Süss (1934)
Wilhelm Tell (1934)
The Wandering Jew (1933)
I Was A Spy (1933)
F.P.1 (1933)
The Only Girl (1933)
Rome Express (1932)
The Black Hussar (1932)
Rasputin, Demon of the Women (1932)
Congress Dances (1931)
The Other Side (1931)
The Congress Dances (1931)
The Night of the Decision (1931)
The Man Who Committed the Murder (1931)
The Love Storm (1930)
The Great Longing (1930)
The Last Company (1930)
The Last Performance (1929)
Das Land ohne Frauen (1929)
The Movie City of Hollywood (1928)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)
A Man's Past (1927)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
The Flight in the Night (1926)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Liebe macht blind (1926)
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
Two Brothers (1926)
Impetuous Youth (1926)
The Wife's Crusade (1926)
The Ingmar Inheritance (1925)
Le Comte Kostia (1925)
Schicksal (1925)
Husbands or Lovers (1924)
Waxworks (1924)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Film in the Film (1924)
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
Wilhelm Tell (1923)
Paganini (1923)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal (1921)
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi (1921)
Lady Hamilton (1921)
Landstraße und Großstadt (1921)
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon (1921)
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft (1921)
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921)
Liebestaumel (1921)
Desire (1921)
Journey into the Night (1921)
Menschen im Rausch (1921)
Das Geheimnis von Bombay (1921)
The Count of Cagliostro (1920)
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand (1920)
Manolescu's Memoirs (1920)
Evening - Night - Morning (1920)
Moriturus (1920)
The Head of Janus (1920)
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
Patience (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang (1920)
Figures of the Night (1920)
Eerie Tales (1919)
Wahnsinn (1919)
Prinz Kuckuck (1919)
Prostitution II (1919)
Different from the Others (1919)
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod (1919)
Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend (1919)
Around the World in 80 Days (1919)
Prostitution (1919)
Opium (1919)
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby (1918)
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter (1918)
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert (1918)
Colomba (1918)
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)
Not of the Woman Born (1918)
Das Dreimäderlhaus (1918)
Das Rätsel von Bangalor (1918)
Der Spion (1917)
Wenn Tote sprechen (1917)
Fear (1917)
Der Weg des Todes (1917)
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-01-22
Deathday1943-04-03 (50 years old)
Birth NameHans Walter Conrad Veidt
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
RelationshipsGussy Holl (1918-01-01 - 1922-01-01)
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, United Kingdom
Also Known AsVeidt, Hans Walter Conrad Veidt
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