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Hans Walter Conrad Veidt[1][2] (/ faɪt /; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was an actor. [3][4] He attracted early attention for his roles in the films Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Conrad Veidt. Actor: Casablanca. Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13.
Conrad Veidt. Actor: Casablanca. Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13.
Oct 17, 2016 · Conrad Veidt was to become one of the industry’s most unsung champions against the Third Reich. Veidt died on April 3rd, 1943 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, but his legacy as the villain who was actually a hero will live on.
From about 1920 and continuing into the ’40s, Conrad Veidt was a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. At the time of his death in 1943, Veidt was better known than many other Hollywood stars of the time.
Born Walter Hans Conrad Veidt on Jan. 22, 1893, in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of working-class parents Amalie and Phillip, the latter a civil servant. As an adolescent, Conrad attended ...
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).
Conrad Veidt. All Pictures (30) Biography. Hans Walter Conrad Veidt, born on January 22nd, 1893 in Berlin, dropped out of secondary school in 1912 due to insufficient results.
Conrad Veidt was on stage for the first time at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1913. He starred in numerous productions by Max Reinhardt over the following years. In 1916 his silent film career took off and reached its first climax with the role of Cesare in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
Conrad Veidt was born January 22, 1893 in a working-class neighborhood in Berlin, Germany. His father, Philipp, was a former military man turned civil servant. His son recalled, “Like many fathers, he was affectionately autocratic in his home life, strict, idealistic. He was almost fanatically conservative.”
