Emil Rameau (13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor and for many years the vicarious intendant at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949.
Life and career
After his graduation from Realschule Rameau got an actor. His first role was Marcellus in Julius Caesar in Bydgoszcz. In 1906 he went to the Schiller Theater in Berlin, where Rameau worked with Leopold Jessner. From 1923 until 1931 he was the vicarious intendant at the Schiller theater. He directed some plays at the Volksbühne. Emil Rameau worked also with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater. Rameau made his film debut in 1915 and appeared regularly in German silent films, mostly in character roles.
After the Nazis took the government in 1933, Rameau eccaped over Suisse, the Netherlands, Italy and Great Britain to the United States. During the Second World War, he had small appearances in over 20 Hollywood movies. Rameau was perhaps most notable as Maestro Guardi, Ingrid Bergmans Italian singing teacher in Gaslight. He made his last film appearance in Hollywood in 1949 and returned to German, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1951, he operated again as the vicarious intendant at the Schiller theatre.
Actor
1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor as
Dr. Mittenwald (uncredited)
1949
The Red Danube as
Proprietor (uncredited)
1949
Sword in the Desert as
Old Man - Dov's Father
1949
The Great Sinner as
Fearful Old Man (uncredited)
1948
Cry of the City as
Dr. Niklas (uncredited)
1948
Arch of Triumph as
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
1948
The Main Street Kid as
Max
1947
Where There's Life as
Dr. Josefsberg
1947
Time Out of Mind as
Alfred Stern
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild as
Prof. Jacques Dubonnet
1946
The Return of Monte Cristo as
Florist (uncredited)
1946
So Dark the Night as
Pere Cortot
1946
Two Smart People as
Riverboat Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Two Sisters from Boston as
Nervous Conductor (uncredited)
1945
Scotland Yard Investigator as
Prof. Renault
1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy as
Mr. Korb (uncredited)
1944
The Conspirators as
Professor Wingby (uncredited)
1944
Greenwich Village as
Kavosky
1944
Gaslight as
Maestro Guardi
1943
Mission to Moscow as
Ignacy Paderewski (uncredited)
1941
The Shanghai Gesture as
Casino Patron (uncredited)
1933
Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe
1931
Die Abenteurerin von Tunis as
Prokurist bei Bertell
1930
Nur am Rhein ... as
Der Bürgermeister
1929
Möblierte Zimmer as
Chef des Warenhauses
1928
Das deutsche Lied as
Heinrich von der Vogelweide
1928
Die Yacht der sieben Sünden as
Bürovorsteher
1927
Stolzenfels am Rhein as
Murat
1927
Faschingszauber as
Der Großvater
1926
Frauen, die den Weg verloren as
Legationsrat von Wallburg
1926
Die Wiskottens as
Der Färber Barthelmes
1926
Die Mühle von Sanssouci as
General Winterfeldt
1925
...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
1925
Finale der Liebe as
Professor Troste
1925
Kampf um die Scholle as
Moses Hirsch
1923
Der große Sensationsprozeß as
Untersuchungsrichter
1923
Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt
1923
Wilhelm Tell as
Der Kanzler
1923
Der allmächtige Dollar
1923
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen as
Jörg, Olafs Diener
1922
Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs
1922
Monna Vanna as
Frederigo Fondalo
1922
Die fünf Frankfurter as
Friscard
1922
Seine Exzellenz von Madagaskar. 1. Das Mädchen aus der Fremde
1922
Der Fluch des Schweigens
1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921
Die sterbende Stadt as
Prof. Gottlieb Wiesinger
1921
Die Geliebte Roswolskys as
Kapellmeister
1921
Das gestohlene Millionenrezept
1921
Sturmflut des Lebens as
Arzt
1921
Die große und die kleine Welt
1921
Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha - 3. Teil as
Vater des Maharadscha
1920
Die Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel (Short)
1920
Madame Récamier as
Dufrand
1920
Die Fürstin Woronzoff
1920
Föhn as
Gutsbesitzer von Rodius
1920
Indische Rache as
2. Inder
1920
Der rote Henker as
Marquis von Brichauteau
1919
De Profundis as
Geheimpolizei-Chef
1919
Der Kampf um die Ehe - 1. Teil: Wenn in der Ehe die Liebe stirbt as
Lisas Vater
1919
Der Kampf um die Ehe - 2. Teil: Feindliche Gatten
1919
Der Teufel und die Madonna as
Meister Tradler
1919
Lilli as
Baumeister Stein
1919
Lillis Ehe as
Baumeister Stein
1919
Die Tochter des Bajazzo
1919
Jettatore as
Fürst Jellinow
1919
Die Dame im Auto as
Torleif Hansen - Makler
1919
Die Pantherbraut as
Dr. Duffoir
1919
Heddas Rache as
Ludwig Gerlach, Kaufmann
1919
Zwischen Tod und Leben as
Valentin
1919
Die rote Herzogin as
Guido Ferrari - Maler
1918
Strandgut oder Die Rache des Meeres
1918
Im Zeichen der Schuld as
Kapitän Vernon
1918
Die Singende Hand as
Ministerpräsident
1918
Der lebende Leichnam as
Iwan Makarowitsch
1917
Für die Ehre des Vaters as
Arbeiter Wendelin
1917
Der standhafte Benjamin
1917
Das Leben ein Traum (Short) as
Vater
1917
Stein unter Steinen (Short) as
Steinmetz Zarncke
1916
Das Leid der Liebe (Short)
1916
Friedrich Werders Sendung
1916
Freitag, der 13. - Das unheimliche Haus, 2. Teil as
Eibner
1916
Der chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil as
Chinesischer Priester
1916
Das unheimliche Haus (Short) as
Herr Eibner
1916
Das wandernde Licht as
Major von Glassner
1916
Das goldene Friedelchen as
Caspar, Diener bei Ferdinand Strecker
1916
Abseits vom Glück as
Joachim, Graf von Olmerode
1916
Der Sekretär der Königin (Short)
1916
Der Fall Klerk as
Jan Klerk
1916
Arthur Imhoff as
Ernst Kerber
Writer
1925
...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy (dramatisation)
1918
Der Ring der drei Wünsche (script)
1918
Nach zwanzig Jahren (Short) (writer)