Filmography
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Known For
The Great Waltz Dommayer (1938) -
Hide-Out Jake (1934) -
Redheads on Parade Lionel Kunkel (1935) -
Known For
The Great Lover Losseck (1931) -
Actor
Night and Day Ladisaus Smedick - 2nd 'Peaches' (1946) -
Rendezvous 24 Herr Schmidt (1946) -
Breakfast in Hollywood Herman (1946) -
Where Do We Go from Here? Hessian Col. / Von Heisel (1945) -
I Was a Criminal Kilian, City Hall Guard (1945) -
The Devil with Hitler Louis (1942) -
Dumbo The Ringmaster (1941) -
Bitter Sweet Market Keeper (1940) -
Public Deb No. 1 Dutchman (1940) -
Broadway Melody of 1940 Silhouettist (1940) -
![Sweethearts]( "Sweethearts")
Sweethearts Oscar Engel (1938) -
![The Great Waltz]( "The Great Waltz")
The Great Waltz Dommayer (1938) -
![Vacation from Love]( "Vacation from Love")
Vacation from Love Oscar Wittlesbach (1938) -
![Four's a Crowd]( "Four's a Crowd")
Four's a Crowd Barber (1938) -
![Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]( "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife")
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Monsieur Pepinard (1938) -
![Paradise for Three]( "Paradise for Three")
Paradise for Three Mr. Polter (1938) -
![Every Day's a Holiday]( "Every Day's a Holiday")
Every Day's a Holiday Fritz Krausmeyer (1937) -
![Beg, Borrow or Steal]( "Beg, Borrow or Steal")
Beg, Borrow or Steal Von Giersdorff - aka Count Herman (1937) -
Oh, What a Knight! (1937)
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![Maytime]( "Maytime")
Maytime August Archipenko (1937) -
![Champagne Waltz]( "Champagne Waltz")
Champagne Waltz Max Snellinek (1937) -
![That Girl from Paris]( "That Girl from Paris")
That Girl from Paris 'Hammy' Hammacher (1936) -
Come Closer, Folks Herman (1936)
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![Adventure in Manhattan]( "Adventure in Manhattan")
Adventure in Manhattan Otto (1936) -
![Blackmailer]( "Blackmailer")
Blackmailer Dr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner (1936) -
![The 3 Wise Guys]( "The 3 Wise Guys")
The 3 Wise Guys Baumgarten (1936) -
![Human Cargo]( "Human Cargo")
Human Cargo Fritz Schultz (1936) -
![The King Steps Out]( "The King Steps Out")
The King Steps Out Pretzelberger (1936) -
![The Great Ziegfeld]( "The Great Ziegfeld")
The Great Ziegfeld Costumer (1936) -
![Laughing Irish Eyes]( "Laughing Irish Eyes")
Laughing Irish Eyes Weisbecher (1936) -
![The Music Goes 'Round]( "The Music Goes 'Round")
The Music Goes 'Round Herman Bing - Guest Singer (1936) -
![Tango]( "Tango")
Tango Mr. Kluckmeyer, Tango Hosiery (1936) -
![Slide, Nellie, Slide]( "Slide, Nellie, Slide")
Slide, Nellie, Slide The Hot Dog King (1936) -
![Rose-Marie]( "Rose-Marie")
Rose-Marie Mr. Daniells (1936) -
![Fighting Youth]( "Fighting Youth")
Fighting Youth Luigi (1935) -
![1, 000 Dollars a Minute]( "1, 000 Dollars a Minute")
1, 000 Dollars a Minute Vanderbrocken (1935) -
![3 Kids and a Queen]( "3 Kids and a Queen")
3 Kids and a Queen Walter Merkin (1935) -
![Hands Across the Table]( "Hands Across the Table")
Hands Across the Table Barber (1935) -
![Barbary Coast]( "Barbary Coast")
Barbary Coast Fish Peddler (1935) -
![His Family Tree]( "His Family Tree")
His Family Tree Mr. 'Stony' Stonehill (1935) -
![Thunder in the Night]( "Thunder in the Night")
Thunder in the Night Taxi Driver (1935) -
![Redheads on Parade]( "Redheads on Parade")
Redheads on Parade Lionel Kunkel (1935) -
![Here Comes the Band]( "Here Comes the Band")
Here Comes the Band Hans Bergenspitz (1935) -
![Call of the Wild]( "Call of the Wild")
Call of the Wild Sam (1935) -
![Every Night at Eight]( "Every Night at Eight")
Every Night at Eight Joe Schmidt (1935) -
![Don't Bet on Blondes]( "Don't Bet on Blondes")
Don't Bet on Blondes Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber (1935) -
![Calm Yourself]( "Calm Yourself")
Calm Yourself Mr. Sam Bromberg (1935) -
![Unknown Woman]( "Unknown Woman")
Unknown Woman François (1935) -
Stage Frights (1935)
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![In Caliente]( "In Caliente")
In Caliente Florist (1935) -
![Vagabond Lady]( "Vagabond Lady")
Vagabond Lady Spear Department Head (1935) -
![The Misses Stooge]( "The Misses Stooge")
The Misses Stooge Sazarac the Magician (1935) -
![The Florentine Dagger]( "The Florentine Dagger")
The Florentine Dagger Baker (1935) -
![West Point of the Air]( "West Point of the Air")
West Point of the Air (1935) -
![It Happened in New York]( "It Happened in New York")
It Happened in New York Stout Passenger (1935) -
![The Great Hotel Murder]( "The Great Hotel Murder")
The Great Hotel Murder Hans (1935) -
![The Night Is Young]( "The Night Is Young")
The Night Is Young Nepomuk (1935) -
![The Mighty Barnum]( "The Mighty Barnum")
The Mighty Barnum Farmer Schultz (1934) -
![Broadway Bill]( "Broadway Bill")
Broadway Bill Waiter (1934) -
![Evelyn Prentice]( "Evelyn Prentice")
Evelyn Prentice Klein - Antiques Dealer (1934) -
![Love Time]( "Love Time")
Love Time Istvan (1934) -
![I Sell Anything]( "I Sell Anything")
I Sell Anything Dutchman Bidding $1.25 (1934) -
![Crimson Romance]( "Crimson Romance")
Crimson Romance Himmelbaum (1934) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow Zizipoff (1934) -
When Strangers Meet Mr. Oscar Schultz (1934)
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![One Night of Love]( "One Night of Love")
One Night of Love Vegetable Man (1934) -
![Embarrassing Moments]( "Embarrassing Moments")
Embarrassing Moments Bartender (1934) -
![Hide-Out]( "Hide-Out")
Hide-Out Jake (1934) -
![The Cat's-Paw]( "The Cat's-Paw")
The Cat's-Paw German-Speaking Gangster (1934) -
![Twentieth Century]( "Twentieth Century")
Twentieth Century Beard #1 (1934) -
![The Black Cat]( "The Black Cat")
The Black Cat Car Steward (1934) -
![Manhattan Love Song]( "Manhattan Love Song")
Manhattan Love Song Gustave (1934) -
![I'll Tell the World]( "I'll Tell the World")
I'll Tell the World Adolph (1934) -
![Melody in Spring]( "Melody in Spring")
Melody in Spring Wirt (1934) -
![The Cat and the Fiddle]( "The Cat and the Fiddle")
The Cat and the Fiddle Fireman's Band Leader (1934) -
![Mandalay]( "Mandalay")
Mandalay Prof. Kleinschmidt (1934) -
Trimmed in Furs Engles the Lodge Owner (1934)
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![Lady Killer]( "Lady Killer")
Lady Killer Western Director (1933) -
![Blood Money]( "Blood Money")
Blood Money Butcher Weighing Sausages (1933) -
![College Coach]( "College Coach")
College Coach Prof. Glantz (1933) -
![Chance at Heaven]( "Chance at Heaven")
Chance at Heaven Franklyn's Chauffeur (1933) -
![After Tonight]( "After Tonight")
After Tonight Railroad Ticket Clerk (1933) -
![Fits in a Fiddle]( "Fits in a Fiddle")
Fits in a Fiddle Heinrich Mickelmeier (1933) -
![The Bowery]( "The Bowery")
The Bowery Max Herman (1933) -
![Curtain at Eight]( "Curtain at Eight")
Curtain at Eight Sam - Producer (1933) -
![Footlight Parade]( "Footlight Parade")
Footlight Parade Fralick (1933) -
![My Lips Betray]( "My Lips Betray")
My Lips Betray Weininger (1933) -
![Dinner at Eight]( "Dinner at Eight")
Dinner at Eight Waiter (1933) -
![The Nuisance]( "The Nuisance")
The Nuisance Willy (1933) -
The Plumber and the Lady Otto Mauser (1933)
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![Fast Workers]( "Fast Workers")
Fast Workers Schultz (1933) -
![The Great Jasper]( "The Great Jasper")
The Great Jasper Herman Beaumgartner (1933) -
![Hypnotized]( "Hypnotized")
Hypnotized Capt. Otto Von Stormberg (1932) -
![Flesh]( "Flesh")
Flesh Pepi - Headwaiter (1932) -
![A Farewell to Arms]( "A Farewell to Arms")
A Farewell to Arms Swiss Postal Clerk (1932) -
![Silver Dollar]( "Silver Dollar")
Silver Dollar Gold Buyer (1932) -
![False Impressions]( "False Impressions")
False Impressions The Cook (replaced by Marvin Loback) (1932) -
![Three on a Match]( "Three on a Match")
Three on a Match Prof. Irving Finklestein (1932) -
![The Crash]( "The Crash")
The Crash E.F. McSorley - Diamond Broker (1932) -
![Big City Blues]( "Big City Blues")
Big City Blues First Waiter (1932) -
![Blessed Event]( "Blessed Event")
Blessed Event Emil - the Head Chef (1932) -
![A Passport to Hell]( "A Passport to Hell")
A Passport to Hell Barfly (1932) -
![Crooner]( "Crooner")
Crooner Vaudevillian with Dachshunds (1932) -
![Unashamed]( "Unashamed")
Unashamed Hans (1932) -
![Week-End Marriage]( "Week-End Marriage")
Week-End Marriage Mr. Mengel (1932) -
![Radio Patrol]( "Radio Patrol")
Radio Patrol Schwabacher, the Funeral Director (1932) -
![Westward Passage]( "Westward Passage")
Westward Passage Otto Hoopengarner - the Dutchman (1932) -
![Gigolettes]( "Gigolettes")
Gigolettes German Tailor (1932) -
![The Tenderfoot]( "The Tenderfoot")
The Tenderfoot The Chef (1932) -
![The Doomed Battalion]( "The Doomed Battalion")
The Doomed Battalion Austrian Soldier (1932) -
![Are You Listening?]( "Are You Listening?")
Are You Listening? Radio Actor (1932) -
![Murders in the Rue Morgue]( "Murders in the Rue Morgue")
Murders in the Rue Morgue Franz Odenheimer (1932) -
![Men of Chance]( "Men of Chance")
Men of Chance Fritz Tannenbaum (1931) -
![Private Lives]( "Private Lives")
Private Lives Train Conductor (1931) -
![The Guardsman]( "The Guardsman")
The Guardsman A Creditor (1931) -
![The Great Lover]( "The Great Lover")
The Great Lover Losseck (1931) -
![Women Love Once]( "Women Love Once")
Women Love Once (1931) -
![Menschen hinter Gittern]( "Menschen hinter Gittern")
Menschen hinter Gittern Der Rechtsanwalt (1931) -
![Anna Christie]( "Anna Christie")
Anna Christie Larry - the Bartender (1930) -
![Show Girl in Hollywood]( "Show Girl in Hollywood")
Show Girl in Hollywood Bing (1930) -
![The Three Sisters]( "The Three Sisters")
The Three Sisters Von kosch (1930) -
![A Song of Kentucky]( "A Song of Kentucky")
A Song of Kentucky Jake Kleinschmidt (1929) -
![Married in Hollywood]( "Married in Hollywood")
Married in Hollywood German Director (1929) -
![Sunrise]( "Sunrise")
Sunrise Streetcar Conductor (1927) -
ActorCiska Barna, die Zigeunerin (1921)
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Soundtrack
![Three on a Match]( "Three on a Match")
Three on a Match (1932) -
Soundtrack
![The Great Lover]( "The Great Lover")
The Great Lover (1931) -
Writer
![Four Sons]( "Four Sons")
Four Sons (1928) -
Archive footage
![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![The Magical World of Disney]( "The Magical World of Disney")
The Magical World of Disney (1955) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![4 Devils]( "4 Devils")
4 Devils (1928) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![Sunrise]( "Sunrise")
Sunrise (1927) -
Production ManagerOne Glass of Water (1923)
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![Phantom]( "Phantom")
Phantom (1922)
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Character actor in 30's and 40's Hollywood who was not unknown to burlesque his own Deutsch accent.
Personal Details
Born
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died
(age 57)
Los Angeles, California, USA
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