Biography
Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter.Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun. His career began in the 1920s after he moved to Germany and lasted uninterrupted throughout the Nazi regime till his death in 1951. Brody engaged also in political work in favour of Afro-Germans as part of the African Aid Organisation, established by and for Afro-Germans living in Germany and was co-founder and president of the Liga zur Verteidigung der Negerrasse. In 1938 he married a unknown woman from Danzig. Brody remained active and successful as an artist during World War II.
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Filmography
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Movies 26
Man at Party
The Black Forest Girl (1950)
Movie
Doctor Crippen (1942)
Movie
Schwarzer Diener des Herzogs
Jew Süss (1940)
Movie
Jonny
Water for Canitoga (1939)
Movie
In geheimer Mission (1938)
Movie
Kautschuk (1938)
Movie
Hellhoffs Aufseher Hamissi
Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika (1934)
Movie
The White Demon (1932)
Movie
Der Koch
No More Love (1931)
Movie
Stormy Night (1931)
Movie
Die Todesfahrt im Weltrekord (1929)
Movie
Das verschwundene Testament (1929)
Movie
Mohr / Moor
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden (1926)
Movie
Der König der Insel
The Island of the Lost (1921)
Movie
Black Servant
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal (1921)
Movie
Black Servant
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi (1921)
Movie
Moor (uncredited)
Destiny (1921)
Movie
4.5
Actor
Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten - 2. Der Smaragd des Badjah von Panlanzur (1921)
Movie
Actor
Der kleine Muck (1921)
Movie
Actor
Das Geheimnis von Bombay (1921)
Movie
Simba
The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires (1920)
Movie
Simba, Chinese Servent
The Mistres of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past (1920)
Movie
Mallkalle
The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe (1919)
Movie
Simba
The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man (1919)
Movie
Jack Johnson, ein Neger
Der Dolch des Malayen (1919)
Movie
Schwarzafrikaner
Das Gesetz der Mine (1915)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1892-02-15
Deathday1951-02-11 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceDouala, Cameroon
CitizenshipsGermany
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Image credit: Mr. Adomako, descendant of Louis Brody, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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