Personal Info
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
as Jaffar (archival footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
Casablanca
as Major Heinrich Strasser
Above Suspicion
as Hassert Seidel
All Through the Night
as Franz Ebbing
Nazi Agent
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
A Woman's Face
as Torsten Barring
Whistling in the Dark
as Joseph Jones
