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Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 Gorizia – 18 January 1967 Hollywood, California, USA), professionally billed as Albert Conti was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor.
Born in the village Gorizia (now, part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science, and married Patricia Cross. When World War I began, he became an officer. His father was Albert, Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare and his mother was Marie Bernhardine Anna (Countess Caboga) a member of an old Ragusan/Dubrovnik noble family (see: House of Caboga). After his discharge from the Austrian army at the close of World War I, he came to America like many other now-impoverished postwar Europeans from both sides of the conflict.
Emigration to U.S.A.
Conti emigrated to the United States in 1919. After settling in the new country, Conti was obliged to take a series of manual labor jobs, his partician background notwithstanding. While working in the California oil fields, he answered an open call placed by director Erich von Stroheim, who was in search of an Austrian military officer to act as technical advisor for his upcoming film Merry-Go-Round (1923).
A better actor than most of his fellow Habsburg Empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927). He appeared in the 1928 silent film Dry Martini as a roue artist. Though he made his last film in 1942, Albert Conti remained in the industry as an employee of the MGM wardrobe department, where he worked until his retirement in 1962.
Filmography
Actor
1952
The Pride of St. Louis as
Frank Crosetti (uncredited)
1943
The Human Comedy as
Customer (uncredited)
1942
My Gal Sal as
Henri
1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde as
Executive (uncredited)
1939
Everything Happens at Night as
Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
1939
City in Darkness as
Travel Agency Manager (uncredited)
1938
Suez as
M. Fevrier
1938
Gateway as
Count
1938
Always Goodbye as
Modiste Benoit
1937
I'll Take Romance as
Lepino (uncredited)
1937
Conquest as
Count Wallenstein (uncredited)
1937
Dangerously Yours as
Monet
1937
Café Metropole as
Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
1937
Her Husband Lies as
Antoine (uncredited)
1937
Stolen Holiday as
Photographer (uncredited)
1936
One in a Million as
Hotel Manager
1936
Three Smart Girls as
Count's Friend (uncredited)
1936
Hollywood Boulevard as
Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
1936
Fatal Lady as
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames as
Armand - Headwaiter (uncredited)
1936
Collegiate as
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1935
Hands Across the Table as
Maitre d' in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1935
Diamond Jim as
Jeweler
1935
Page Miss Glory as
Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Here's to Romance as
LeFevre
1935
The Crusades as
Leopold - Duke of Austria
1935
Goin' to Town as
Head Steward (uncredited)
1935
Shadow of Doubt as
Louie - Head Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Symphony of Living as
Mancini
1935
The Night Is Young as
Mueller (uncredited)
1934
Mills of the Gods as
Count Filippo Di Fraschiani
1934
Love Time as
Nicholas
1934
Elmer and Elsie as
Barlotti
1934
The Black Cat as
The Lieutenant
1934
Riptide as
Man Helping the Fallen Tommie (uncredited)
1934
Gambling Lady as
French Roulette Onlooker (uncredited)
1934
Fashions of 1934 as
Savarin (uncredited)
1934
Nana as
Hugo - Grand Duke's Aide (uncredited)
1934
Beloved as
Baron Franz von Hausmann
1933
Gigolettes of Paris
1933
My Lips Betray as
Auto Salesman (uncredited)
1933
Torch Singer as
Carlotti
1933
Shanghai Madness as
Rigaud
1933
I Love That Man as
Pietro - Headwaiter (uncredited)
1933
Adorable as
The Captain (uncredited)
1933
The Barbarian as
Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
1933
Love Is Dangerous as
R.J. Ormsby
1933
Topaze as
Henri de Fairville
1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche as
French Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1932
Second Fiddle
1932
Men Are Such Fools as
Spinelli
1932
The Giddy Age (Short) as
Mabel's 1st Accomplice
1932
The Night Club Lady as
Vincent Rowland
1932
Red-Headed Woman as
Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
1932
As You Desire Me as
Captain
1932
State's Attorney as
Mario
1932
The Doomed Battalion as
Captain Kessler
1932
Careless Lady as
French Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1932
Shopworn as
Andre
1932
Lady with a Past as
Rene
1932
Freaks as
M. Duval the Landowner (uncredited)
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them as
Frenchman on Liner (uncredited)
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo as
A Man of the World (uncredited)
1931
Heartbreak as
Liaison Officer
1931
This Modern Age as
André de Graignon
1931
The Common Law as
Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
Just a Gigolo as
A French Husband
1931
Always Goodbye as
Party Gossip (uncredited)
1931
Strangers May Kiss as
De Bazan
1931
Liebe auf Befehl as
Der Gesandtschaftssekretär
1931
The Gang Buster as
Carlo (uncredited)
1930
Sea Legs as
Captain
1930
Oh, for a Man! as
Peck
1930
Morocco as
Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)
1930
Madam Satan as
Empire Officer
1930
Average Husband (Short) as
Albert Du Bois
1930
Monte Carlo as
Master of Ceremonies
1930
Our Blushing Brides as
Monsieur Pantoise
1930
One Romantic Night as
Count Lutzen
1930
Such Men Are Dangerous as
Paul Strohm
1930
The Melody Man as
Prince Friedrich
1929
He Loved the Ladies (Short)
1929
Jazz Heaven as
Walter Klucke
1929
The Exalted Flapper as
King Alexander of Capra
1929
Why Is a Plumber? (Short)
1929
Saturday's Children as
Mengle
1929
Making the Grade as
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
1929
Lady of the Pavements as
Baron Finot
1929
Captain Lash as
Alex Condax
1928
Show People as
Producer
1928
Dry Martini as
Conway Cross
1928
The Wedding March as
Imperial Guard (uncredited)
1928
Plastered in Paris as
Abou Ben Abed
1928
Stocks and Blondes as
Powers
1928
The Magnificent Flirt as
Count D'Estrange
1928
Tempest as
Commission Board Member (uncredited)
1928
Alex the Great as
Ed
1928
The Legion of the Condemned as
Von Hohendorff
1927
South Sea Love as
Max Weber
1927
Honeymoon Hate (uncredited)
1927
The Devil Dancer as
Arnold Guthrie
1927
The Chinese Parrot as
Martin Thorne
1927
Mockery as
Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
1927
Slipping Wives (Short) as
Hon. Winchester Squirtz
1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine as
Billie
1926
Camille as
Henri
1926
The Blonde Saint as
Andreas
1926
Old Loves and New as
Dr. Chalmers
1926
Watch Your Wife as
Alphonse Marsac
1925
The Eagle as
Kuschka
1925
The Merry Widow as
Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited)
1923
Merry-Go-Round as
Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn
Miscellaneous
1928
The Wedding March (military advisor)
1923
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (production assistant - uncredited)
