Occupation Actor Years active 1914–1945 | Name Henry Victor Role Character actor | |
Born 2 October 1892 ( 1892-10-02 ) London, England, UK Died March 15, 1945, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Freaks, King of the Zombies, To Be or Not to Be, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Conquest of the Air Similar People Tod Browning, Jean Yarbrough, Maurice Elvey, Dwain Esper, Ernst Lubitsch | ||
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the silent era.
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Biography
Raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in The King's Romance (1914). He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) and the Graham Cutts-directed The White Shadow (1923). Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's film Freaks (1932). The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously. Victor emigrated to America in 1939
Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, in which he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent such as the Ernst Lubitsch film, To Be or Not to Be (1942).
Death
Henry Victor died in 1945, aged 52, from a brain tumour. He is buried in Chatsworth, California at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
Actor
1945
A Royal Scandal as
Russian General (uncredited)
1945
Betrayal from the East as
Brunzman (uncredited)
1943
Sucker Bait (Documentary short) as
Martin Selworth - Nazi Spy
1943
The Cross of Lorraine as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1943
Above Suspicion as
German Officer (uncredited)
1943
Nazty Nuisance as
Kapitan von Popoff
1943
Mission to Moscow as
Herr Schufeldt - Hamburg Official (uncredited)
1943
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard as
Heilrich
1943
They Got Me Covered as
Staeger (uncredited)
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as
Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)
1942
Underground Agent as
Johann Schrode
1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon as
German Storm Trooper (uncredited)
1942
Desperate Journey as
Heinrich Schwarzmueller
1942
Divide and Conquer (Short) as
German Officer (uncredited)
1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer as
Col. Bosch (uncredited)
1942
To Be or Not to Be as
Captain Schultz
1942
All Through the Night as
Meeting Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Blue, White and Perfect as
Rudolf Hagerman
1941
Dangerously They Live as
U-Boat Captain Horst (uncredited)
1941
Underground as
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
1941
King of the Zombies as
Dr. Miklos Sangre
1940
The Mad Doctor as
Furber (uncredited)
1940
Charter Pilot as
Faber
1940
Escape as
Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
1940
Seven Sinners as
Dutch Police Officer (uncredited)
1940
Spring Parade as
Dutch Officer (uncredited)
1940
Mystery Sea Raider as
Cmdr. Bulow
1940
The Mortal Storm as
Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train (uncredited)
1940
Enemy Agent as
Karl (uncredited)
1940
Zanzibar as
Mate Simpson
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective as
J. Lester Hammil
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles as
Col. Schlager
1939
Espionage Agent as
Foreign Official (uncredited)
1939
Nurse Edith Cavell as
Jaubec (uncredited)
1939
Thunder Afloat as
German U-Boat Officer
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as
Wildebrandt
1939
Hotel Imperial as
Sultanov (uncredited)
1937
Fine Feathers as
Gibbons
1937
Holiday's End as
Major Zwanenberg
1937
Torpedoed as
Lt. d'Enriquo
1937
Silent Barriers as
Bulldog Kelly
1936
Fame as
Actor
1936
The Secret Voice as
Brandt
1935
Can You Hear Me, Mother? as
Father
1935
Handle with Care as
Count Paul
1935
Murder at Monte Carlo as
Major
1934
The Way of Youth as
M. Sylvestre (as M. Syvestre)
1934
I Spy as
KPO
1934
Tiger Bay as
Olaf
1934
The Scotland Yard Mystery as
Floyd
1933
Luxury Liner as
Baron von Luden
1932
The Mummy as
The Saxon Warrior (scenes deleted)
1932
The World and the Flesh as
Revolutionary (uncredited)
1932
Freaks as
Hercules
1931
The Conquest of the Air as
Otto Lilienthal
1931
Suicide Fleet as
Captain Von Schlettow
1931
The Seas Beneath as
Baron Ernst von Steuben (U-boat commander)
1930
One Heavenly Night as
Almady - Officer
1930
Are You There? as
International Crook
1930
Song of Soho as
Henry
1929
The Hate Ship as
Count Boris Ivanoff
1929
Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin as
Oberst Guy de Lasalle
1929
Down Channel as
Smiler
1929
After the Verdict as
Mr. Sabine - der fremde Mann
1928
L'Argent as
Jacques Hamelin
1928
Tommy Atkins as
Victor
1928
Guns of Loos as
John Grimlaw
1927
The Luck of the Navy as
Lt. Clive Stanton
1927
Topsy and Eva as
Augustine St. Claire
1927
The Fourth Commandment as
Gordon Graham
1927
The Beloved Rogue as
Thibault d'Aussigny
1926
Crossed Signals as
Jack McDermott
1926
Mulhall's Greatest Catch as
Otto Nelson
1925
Braveheart as
Sam Harris
1925
The White Monkey as
Wilfrid Desert
1925
A Romance of Mayfair as
Jack Dinneford
1924
The Sins Ye Do as
Ronald Hillier
1924
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton as
Ronald Cavendish
1924
His Grace Gives Notice as
George Berwick
1924
White Shadows as
Louis Chadwick
1924
Slaves of Destiny as
Ralph Warriner
1924
Henry, King of Navarre as
Duc de Guise
1924
The Loves of Colleen Bawn as
Hardress Cregan
1923
The Royal Oak as
Charles I / Charles II
1923
The Scandal as
Artenezzo
1923
The Prodigal Son as
Oscar Stephenson
1922
The Crimson Circle
1922
A Bill of Divorcement as
Grey Meredith
1922
Diana of the Crossways as
Hon. Percy Dacier
1922
A Romance of Old Baghdad as
Horne Jerningham
1922
Bentley's Conscience as
Fletcer
1921
The Old Wives' Tale as
Gerald
1921
Sheer Bluff as
Maurice Hardacre
1920
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice as
Dr. Lucien Calvert
1920
John Heriot's Wife as
John Heriot
1920
As God Made Her as
Seward Pendyne
1920
Calvary as
David Penryn
1919
¡Cuidado con los ladrones!
1919
A Lass o' the Looms as
Jack Brown
1919
The Call of the Sea
1919
The Heart of a Rose as
Dick Darrell
1918
The Secret Woman as
Jesse Redvers
1917
Ora Pro Nobis as
Lord Osborne
1916
The Picture of Dorian Gray as
Dorian Gray
1916
She as
Leo Vincey
1914
The Revolutionist as
Prince Andreas
Self
1929
Autour de l'argent (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2009
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Hercules
- Freaks (2009) - Hercules
2004
Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (Video documentary) as
Hercules (uncredited)
1999
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (Video documentary short) as
Saxon Warrior
1986
Horrible Horror (Video) as
Dr. Miklos Sangre, In clips from 'King of the Zombies'
References
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