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Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957)


Trivia:

Immigrated to the United States at the port of New York aboard the S.S. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm on 25 November 1909. See more trivia »

Died:

(age 71) in Maurepas, Seine-et-Oise,

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Known For


Filmography

Hide HideActor (74 titles)
1955 La madone des sleepings
Dr. Siegfried Traurig
 
1955 The Infiltrator
Sacha Zavaroff
 
1953 Alerte au sud
Conrad Nagel
 
1953 The Other Side of Paradise
William O'Hara
 
1953 Midnight... Quai de Bercy
Professeur Kieffer
 
1952 Alraune
Jacob ten Brinken
 
1949 Portrait d'un assassin
Eric
 
1949 Le signal rouge
Le docteur Mathias Berthold
 
1948 Danse de mort
Edgar
 
1946 Devil and the Angel
Frank Davis
 
1946 One Does Not Die That Way
Eric von Berg
 
1946 The Mask of Diijon
Diijon
 
1945 Scotland Yard Investigator
Carl Hoffmeyer
 
1945 The Great Flamarion
The Great Flamarion
 
1944 Storm Over Lisbon
Deresco
 
1944 The Lady and the Monster
Prof. Franz Mueller
 
1943 The North Star
Dr. von Harden
 
1942 Gambling Hell
Werner von Krall (as Eric von Stroheim)
 
1941 So Ends Our Night
Brenner
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress
Andre Desormeaux (as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1940 The World Will Shake
Emil Lasser/Monsieur Frank
 
1940 Thunder Over Paris
Korlick
 
1940 Threats
Le professeur Hoffman (as Eric Von Stroheim)
 
1939 Personal Column
Pears
 
1939 Immediate Call
Captain Stanley Wells
 
1939 Derrière la façade
Eric (as Eric von Stroheim)
 
1938 It Happened in Gibraltar
Marson
 
1938 Ultimatum
General Simovic
 
1938 Boys' School
Walter, prof d'anglais
 
1938 The Lafarge Case
Denis
 
1938 Les pirates du rail
Tchou King
 
1937 Under Secret Orders
Col. W. Mathesius/Simonis
 
1937 The Alibi
Le professeur Winckler
 
1937 Grand Illusion
Le captaine von Rauffenstein (as Eric von Stroheim)
 
1937 Marthe Richard
Le baron Erich von Ludow
 
1934 Crimson Romance
Capt. Wolters
 
1934 Fugitive Road
Hauptmann Oswald Von Traunsee
 
1932 As You Desire Me
Carl Salter
 
1932 The Lost Squadron
Arthur von Furst (as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1931 Friends and Lovers
Col. Victor Sangrito
 
1930 Three Faces East
Valdar/Schiller Blecher
 
1929 The Great Gabbo
Gabbo
 
1928 The Wedding March
Nicki/Prince Nickolas von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg
 
1928 The Honeymoon
Nikki
 
1924 Greed
Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
 
1922 Foolish Wives
Their Cousin, Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin (Capt. 3rd Hussars Imper. Russian Army)
 
1919 Blind Husbands
Lt. Erich von Steuben
 
1918 The Heart of Humanity
Eric von Eberhard
 
1918 The Hun Within
Von Bickel
 
1918 Hearts of the World
Von Strohm's Adjutant (uncredited)
 
1918 The Unbeliever
Lt. Kurt von Schnieditz
 
1917 Who Goes There?
 
1917 Sylvia of the Secret Service
Undetermined Role
 
1917 Reaching for the Moon
Prince Badinoff's Aide (uncredited)
 
1917 Draft 258
 
1917 For France
Undetermined Role
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again
Officer (uncredited)
 
1917 Panthea
Lieutenant
 
1916 The Social Secretary
The Buzzard
 
1916 Macbeth (uncredited)
 
1916 The Flying Torpedo
Accomplice
 
1916 His Picture in the Papers
One of the Weazels (uncredited)
 
1915 Old Heidelberg
Lutz
 
1915 Farewell to Thee (short)
Jackson - Louise's Partner
 
1915/I Ghosts
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1915/I The Failure
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1915 Captain Macklin
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
 
1915 The Country Boy
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (19 titles)
1998 The Hoyden (short) (screenplay "Walking Down Broadway")
 
1956 Papatya (novel)
 
1948 Danse de mort (adaptation)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1938 It Happened in Gibraltar (writer)
 
1937 Between Two Women (story / as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1936 The Devil-Doll (screenplay / as Eric Von Stroheim)
 
1934 Fugitive Road ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1933 Hello, Sister! (scenario)
 
1929 Queen Kelly (story / as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1928 The Wedding March (writer)
 
1928 Tempest (uncredited)
 
1928 The Honeymoon (writer)
 
1925 The Merry Widow (screenplay)
 
1924 Greed (screen adaptation and scenario)
 
1923 Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
 
1922 Foolish Wives (screenplay / story / titles)
 
1920 The Devil's Passkey (screenplay / story)
 
1919 Blind Husbands (screenplay / as Erich Stroheim / story "The Pinnacle" / as Erich Stroheim)
 
Show ShowDirector (12 titles)
1934 Fugitive Road ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1933 Hello, Sister!
 
1929 The Great Gabbo (uncredited)
 
1929 Queen Kelly (as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1928 The Honeymoon
 
1925 The Merry Widow
 
1924 Greed
 
1923 Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
 
1922 Foolish Wives
 
1919 Blind Husbands (as Erich Stroheim)
 
1917 Reaching for the Moon (technical assistant director - uncredited)
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again (assistant director)
 
1917 Panthea (assistant director)
 
1916 Less Than the Dust (assistant director)
 
1916 The Social Secretary (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1916 Macbeth (assistant director)
 
1916 His Picture in the Papers (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1915 Old Heidelberg (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1915 Captain Macklin (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (9 titles)
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1935 Anna Karenina (technical advisor: military sequence - uncredited)
 
1918 The Heart of Humanity (technical advisor)
 
1918 Hearts of the World (technical supervisor - uncredited)
 
1917 Sylvia of the Secret Service (technical advisor)
 
1917 Blind Man's Luck (technical director)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (production assistant: Babylon sequence - uncredited)
 
1915 Old Heidelberg (technical director: military detail)
 
1915/I Ghosts (technical advisor)
 
Show ShowArt Director (5 titles)
1928 The Wedding March (uncredited)
 
1924 Greed (uncredited)
 
1919 Blind Husbands (uncredited)
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1929 Queen Kelly (producer - as Erich Von Stroheim)
 
1928 The Wedding March (producer)
 
1925 The Merry Widow (producer)
 
1919 Blind Husbands (producer)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (4 titles)
1928 The Wedding March (uncredited)
 
1925 The Merry Widow (uncredited)
 
1923 Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
 
1915/I Ghosts
 
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
1928 The Wedding March (uncredited)
 
1924 Greed (42-reel version - uncredited)
 
1919 Blind Husbands (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1929 The Great Gabbo (performer: "I'm Laughing" - uncredited, "Icky Lollipop Song" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1929 Queen Kelly (additional art director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
1924 Greed (uncredited)
 
Show ShowCostume and Wardrobe Department (1 title)
1915/I Ghosts (wardrobe assistant)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1954 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode #1.4 (1954) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1938 La vie des artistes (documentary)
Lui-même
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (short)
Himself, at Premiere
 
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Himself - a Director
 
1923 Souls for Sale
Himself - Celebrity Director
 
1923 C-V News: Filming Greed (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 14 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard")
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
 
2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Erich von Stroheim and Carl Laemmle (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (TV movie)
Count Sergius Karamzin (uncredited)
 
1990 Hollywood Mavericks (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Détective
Arthur von Furst (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1979 The Man You Loved to Hate (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1919 The Fall of Babylon
A Pharisee (as Count von Stroheim)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1941) Stage: Appeared (replacement actor, as "Jonathan Brewster", June 1942-?) in "Arsenic and Old Lace" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943 to close): 10 Jan 1941-17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander (as "Teddy Brewster"), Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Allyn Joslyn (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster"), William Parke, John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli, Victor Sutherland. Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942-?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942-?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lt. Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. NOTE: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenik og gamle kniplinger, Arsènic i puntes de coixí, Arsenic et vieilles dentelles, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenik i stare cipke. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 7 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 26 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Erich Stroheim | Erich Von Stroheim | Eric Von Stroheim | Count von Stroheim | Eric O.H. von Stroheim | Eric von Stroheim | Karl von Stroheim

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Sunday, May 18, 1941, article "I Am an American Day") I feel that the many reasons why I am glad to be an American will be propounded by others more articulate and eloquent than I . . . therefore I shall not touch "Liberty" and all other prerogatives that are America's. One reason I dare mention. I... See more »

Trivia:

Immigrated to the United States at the port of New York aboard the S.S. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm on 25 November 1909. See more »

Trademark:

Short Prussian military hairstyle which sometimes gave him the appearance of being bald. See more »

Nickname:

The Man You Love to Hate See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo