Name
Erich von Stroheim
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1885-09-22
Deathday
1957-05-12 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography
Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a multifaceted Austrian-American actor, director, and writer known for his contributions to cinema during the silent film era. He was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail as a director and for portraying intense, often morally ambiguous characters on screen. Stroheim gained fame for directing and starring in films like "Greed" and "The Merry Widow." His style was marked by elaborate storytelling and a commitment to realism. Stroheim's career was impactful, though often marked by conflicts with studios due to his uncompromising vision, which led to some of his films being heavily edited against his wishes.
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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into H...
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While Peggy deeply falls in love with Jimmy, her best friend Millie becomes increasingly f...
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During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hote...
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Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons,...
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A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppet...
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A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-cl...
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A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star....
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A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the i...
- 1950 Sunset Boulevard as Max von Mayerling
- 1937 Grand Illusion as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
- 1952 Unnatural as Jacob ten Brinken
- 1945 The Great Flamarion as The Great Flamarion
- 1922 Foolish Wives as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
- 1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 as Self
- 1928 The Wedding March as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
- 1943 Five Graves to Cairo as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- 1929 The Honeymoon as Prince Nicki
- 1939 Personal Column as Pears, l'ex-couturier
- 1938 Boys' School as Walter, le professeur d'anglais
- 1946 The Mask of Diijon as Diijon
- 1943 The North Star as Dr. von Harden
- 1937 Alibi as Professor Winckler
- 1949 Portrait of a Murderer as Eric
- 1919 Blind Husbands as Lt. Erich von Steuben
- 1938 La Vie des artistes as Self
- 1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
- 1932 The Lost Squadron as Arthur von Furst
- 1930 Three Faces East as Valdar / Schiller / Blecher
- 1937 Marthe Richard as van Ludlow
- 1944 Storm Over Lisbon as Deresco
- 1932 As You Desire Me as Carl Salter
- 1946 Devil and the Angel as Frank Davis
- 1940 Thunder Over Paris as Korlick
- 1939 Behind the Facade as Eric, German naturalized French
- 1939 The World Will Shake as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
- 1929 The Great Gabbo as Gabbo
- 1944 The Lady and the Monster as Prof. Franz Mueller
- 1931 Friends and Lovers as Victor Sangrito
- 1948 Stroheim in Vienna as Self
- 1918 The Unbeliever as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
- 1935 The Crime of Doctor Crespi as Dr. Andre Crespi
- 1918 The Heart of Humanity as Eric von Eberhard
- 1955 Série noire as Sacha Zavaroff
- 1941 So Ends Our Night as Brenner
- 1934 Crimson Romance as Capt. Wolters
- 1979 The Man You Loved to Hate as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 Scotland Yard Investigator as Carl Hoffmeyer
- 1953 Other Side of Paradise as William O'Hara
- 1940 Threats as Le professeur Hoffman
- 1948 La Danse de mort as Edgar
- 1934 Fugitive Road as Hpt. Oswald Von Traunsee
- 1918 The Hun Within as Von Bickel
- 1938 Gibraltar as Eric Marson
- 1940 I Was an Adventuress as Andre Desormeaux
- 1924 Greed as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
- 1923 Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Director
- 1915 Old Heidelberg as Lutz
- 1915 Ghosts as School Clerk
- 1916 The Flying Torpedo as Accomplice
- 1966 Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick as (archive footage)
- 1938 Ultimatum as General Simovic
- 1942 Gambling Hell as Werner von Krall
- 1955 Napoleon as Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1916 The Social Secretary as The Buzzard
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
- 1925 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1953 Midnight... Quai de Bercy as Le professeur Kieffer
- 1955 La Madone des sleepings as Dr Siefgried Traurig
- 1938 Rail Pirates as Tchou King
- 1917 Panthea as Lieutenant
- 1916 His Picture in the Papers as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
- 1938 The Lafarge Case as Denis
- 1953 Alarm in Morocco as Conrad Nagel
- 1957 Armored Attack! as Dr. Otto Von Harden
- 1949 The Red Signal as Mathias Berthold
- 1918 Hearts of the World as A Hun
- 1946 One Does Not Die That Way as Eric von Berg
- 2017 Quand Jean devint Renoir as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)
- 1939 Immediate Call
- 1937 Under Secret Orders as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis
- 1915 The Country Boy as Diner in Restaurant
- 1969 Garbo, by Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)
- 1917 For France as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1917 Sylvia of the Secret Service as Peter
- 1917 In Again, Out Again as Officer (uncredited)
- 2021 Morceaux de Cannes
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
