- Character actor of the 20's and 30's. Arendt served in the Austrian Army during the First World War, before moving to Germany to work on stage and in films.
- His appearance in a Berlin cabaret brought him 1935, a week-long Gestapo arrest.
- During the Second World War, Arendt returned from Berlin to Vienna . Then he came only to a few very short film appearances.
- The actor Ekkehard Arendt conquered the big screen at the end of the 20's.
- He continued his film career successfully in the 30's and took part in Alfred Hitchcock's "Mary - Sir John greift ein" (1930). He played the role of Handel Vane.
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