
Birthday
1893/01/22
Day of death
1943/04/03 (50 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also know as
Veidt, Hans Walter Conrad Veidt, Конрад Файдт
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 ...Read more

(1920) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Cesare

(1943) Casablanca
as Major Heinrich Strasser

(1920) The Head of Janus
as Dr. Warren

(1917) Wenn Tote sprechen
as Richard von Worth

(1924) The Hands of Orlac
as Paul Orlac

(1921) Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
as Ivan

(1940) The Thief of Bagdad
as Jaffar

(1943) Above Suspicion
as Hassert Seidel

(1928) The Man Who Laughs
as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
(1919) Wahnsinn
as Bankier Lorenzen

(1926) The Student of Prague
as Balduin, Student

(1924) Waxworks
as Ivan the Terrible

(1941) A Woman's Face
as Torsten Barring

(1919) Eerie Tales
as Der Tod / Various Other Roles

(1942) All Through the Night
as Franz Ebbing
(1974) The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)

(1942) Nazi Agent
as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
(1925) Schicksal
as ---

(1941) Whistling in the Dark
as Joseph Jones

(1937) Dark Journey
as Baron Karl Von Marwitz

(1939) The Spy in Black
as Captain Ernst Hardt

(1926) Liebe macht blind
as ---

(1929) The Last Performance
as Erik the Great
(1931) The Night of the Decision
as ---

(1940) Contraband
as Capt. Andersen

(1927) The Beloved Rogue
as King Louis XI

(1935) The Passing of the Third Floor Back
as The Stranger

(1940) Escape
as General Kurt von Kolb

(2000) The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)

(1937) Under the Red Robe
as Gil de Berault

(1932) Rome Express
as Zurta

(1933) The Wandering Jew
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

(1934) Jew Süss
as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer

(1925) The Ingmar Inheritance
as Hellgum

(1924) Husbands or Lovers
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter

(1917) Fear
as Indian Priest

(1921) The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur

(1921) The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur

(1921) Journey into the Night
as Der Maler

(1923) Wilhelm Tell
as Hermann Gessler

(1933) I Was a Spy
as Commandant Oberaertz

(1926) The Flight in the Night
as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV

(1933) The Only Girl
as Marquis de Pontignac

(1938) The Chess Player
as Le baron de Kempelen

(1919) Different from the Others
as Paul Körner

(1931) The Congress Dances
as Fürst Metternich

(1932) The Black Hussar
as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg

(1922) Lucrezia Borgia
as Cesare Borgia

(1926) Should We Be Silent?
as Paul Hartwig, Maler

(1926) The Wife's Crusade
as Der Staatsanwalt
(1934) Wilhelm Tell
as Gessler
(1921) Menschen im Rausch
as Professor Munk

(1930) The Love Storm
as Kingsley
(1920) Patience
as Sir Percy Parker

(1933) F.P.1
as Maj. Ellissen

(1920) The Merry-Go-Round
as Petre Karvan

(1935) King of the Damned
as Convict 83

(1918) Not of the Woman Born
as Satan
(2008) Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
as Jaffar (archival footage)

(1931) Congress Dances
as Prince Metternich

(1919) Prostitution
as Alfred Werner

(1930) The Great Passion
as Himself
(1926) Two Brothers
as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg

(1932) Rasputin, Demon of the Women
as Grigori Rasputin

(1921) Landstraße und Großstadt
as Raphael, der Geiger

(1930) The Last Company
as Hauptmann Burk

(1931) The Man Who Committed the Murder
as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
(1919) Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
as ---
(1919) Nocturno der Liebe
as Frederic Chopin

(1919) Die Japanerin
as ---
(1919) Die Mexikanerin
as Dr. von Dossen
(1919) Opfer der Gesellschaft
as ---

(1938) Tempête sur l'Asie
as Erich Keith

(1941) The Men in Her Life
as Stanislas Rosing

(1940) A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self

(1931) The Other Side
as Hauptmann Stanhope

(1927) Napoleon
as Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade

(1921) Lady Hamilton
as Lord Nelson

(1920) Figures of the Night
as The clown
(1917) Der Spion
as Steinau
(1920) Kurfürstendamm
as The devil

(1926) Impetuous Youth
as Renées Vater

(1919) Prostitution II
as Alfred Werner

(1919) Around the World in 80 Days
as Phineas Fogg

(1934) Bella Donna
as Mahmoud Baroudi
(1920) Manolescu's Memoirs
as Manolescu

(1920) Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
as Christian Wahnschaffe

(1921) Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
as Christian Wahnschaffe

(1919) Opium
as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.

(1924) Don Carlos und Elisabeth
as Don Carlos

(1923) Paganini
as Niccolo Paganini

(1927) A Man's Past
as Paul La Roche

(1924) The Film in the Film
as Self

(1918) Diary of a Lost Woman
as Dr. Julius

(1918) The Story of Dida Ibsen
as Erik Norrensen
(1921) Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
as ---

(1918) Colomba
as Henryk von Rhyn
(1921) Liebestaumel
as Jalenko

(1920) The Count of Cagliostro
as Minister

(1919) Prinz Kuckuck
as Carl Kraker

(1921) Das Geheimnis von Bombay
as Tossi

(1920) Moriturus
as Wilmos, sanatorium director

(1929) Das Land ohne Frauen
as Dick Ashton

(1925) Le Comte Kostia
as Comte Kostia

(1927) Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
as ---

(1921) Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
as Hektor Dalmore

(1917) Der Weg des Todes
as ---

(1918) Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
as Doktor Köstling

(1918) Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
as Doktor Köstling

(1920) Evening – Night – Morning
as Brilburn - Maud's brother

(1918) Das Dreimäderlhaus
as Schober

(1918) Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
as Kramer
(1918) Das Rätsel von Bangalor
as Dinja
(1928) The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self

(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1919) Die Okarina
as ---
(1923) Glanz gegen Glück
as ---
(1920) Künstlerlaunen
as ---
(1920) Die Augen der Welt
as Johannes Kay
(1920) Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
as ---