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.
121 movies
Vito
2011·6.9
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008·7.0
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000·3.5
Universal Horror
1998·7.1
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974·7.7
Above Suspicion
1943·6.2
Casablanca
1943·8.1
Nazi Agent
1942·6.6
All Through the Night
1942·6.7
The Men in Her Life
1941·6.7
Whistling in the Dark
1941·5.9
A Woman's Face
1941·6.8
Escape
1940·7.5
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940·6.8
Contraband
1940·7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
1940·7.1
The Spy in Black
1939·6.5
The Chess Player
1938·5.3
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938·9.0
Dark Journey
1937·6.4
Under the Red Robe
1937·6.8
King of the Damned
1935·7.0
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935·7.8
Bella Donna
1934·3.8
Jew Süss
1934·5.7
Wilhelm Tell
1934·6.0
The Wandering Jew
1933·7.4
I Was a Spy
1933·6.4
F.P.1
1933·6.6
The Only Girl
1933·6.2
Rome Express
1932·6.1
The Black Hussar
1932·6.7
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
1932·8.3
The Other Side
1931·7.0
Congress Dances
1931·7.2
The Night of the Decision
1931·7.0
The Man Who Committed the Murder
1931·5.8
The Love Storm
1930·10.0
The Great Passion
1930·7.7
The Last Company
1930·6.8
The Last Performance
1929·6.5
Das Land ohne Frauen
1929·10.0
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928·7.0
The Man Who Laughs
1928·7.3
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
1927·5.8
A Man's Past
1927·6.5
The Beloved Rogue
1927·6.9
Napoleon
1927·7.8
The Flight in the Night
1926·0.0
The Student of Prague
1926·6.6
Love Is Blind
1926·10.0
Should We Be Silent?
1926·6.0
Two Brothers
1926·5.3
Impetuous Youth
1926·6.8
The Wife's Crusade
1926·7.0
The Ingmar Inheritance
1925·7.1
Le Comte Kostia
1925·9.0
Schicksal
1925·10.0
Husbands or Lovers
1924·5.6
Waxworks
1924·6.4
The Hands of Orlac
1924·6.9
The Film in the Film
1924·7.3
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
1924·8.0
Wilhelm Tell
1923·5.8
Paganini
1923·7.0
Glanz gegen Glück
1923·8.0
Lucrezia Borgia
1922·5.1
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921·6.0
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921·5.7
Lady Hamilton
1921·5.9
Danton
1921·6.5
Landstraße und Großstadt
1921·7.0
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921·7.0
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
1921·10.0
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
1921·7.0
Liebestaumel
1921·5.5
Journey into the Night
1921·6.1
People in Ecstasy
1921·8.0
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
1921·7.0
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
1921·8.0
The Count of Cagliostro
1920·8.0
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920·10.0
Manolescu's Memoirs
1920·9.0
Evening – Night – Morning
1920·10.0
Moriturus
1920·7.0
The Head of Janus
1920·9.0
Künstlerlaunen
1920·9.0
Kurfürstendamm
1920·10.0
Die Augen der Welt
1920·9.0
Patience
1920·8.0
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
1920·9.0
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920·7.9
The Merry-Go-Round
1920·7.0
Figures of the Night
1920·10.0
Eerie Tales
1919·5.5
Wahnsinn
1919·10.0
Prinz Kuckuck
1919·9.0
Prostitution II
1919·7.0
Die Okarina
1919·10.0
Different from the Others
1919·7.1
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
1919·0.0
Around the World in 80 Days
1919·6.3
Prostitution
1919·8.0
The Japanese Woman
1919·8.0
Opium
1919·6.7
The Mexican
1919·8.0
Nocturno der Liebe
1919·0.0
Opfer der Gesellschaft
1919·0.0
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
1918·0.0
The Story of Dida Ibsen
1918·0.0
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
1918·10.0
Colomba
1918·0.0
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
1918·0.0
Diary of a Lost Woman
1918·6.0
Not of the Woman Born
1918·0.0
Das Dreimäderlhaus
1918·0.0
The Mystery of Bangalore
1918·0.0
Fear
1917·5.4
Der Spion
1917·7.5
Wenn Tote sprechen
1917·0.0
Der Weg des Todes
1917·0.0