Erich von Stroheim
Born: 1885-09-22 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died: 1957-05-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
2017
- Quand Jean devint Renoir as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)
1980
- Hollywood as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1979
- The Man You Loved to Hate as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1969
- Garbo, by Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick as (archive footage)
1961
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
1957
- Armored Attack! as Dr. Otto Von Harden
1956
- Papatya ... (Original Story)
1955
- Napoleon as Ludwig van Beethoven
- La Madone des sleepings as Dr Siefgried Traurig
- Série noire as Sacha Zavaroff
1953
- Midnight... Quai de Bercy as Le professeur Kieffer
- Alarm in Morocco as Conrad Nagel
- Other Side of Paradise as William O'Hara
1952
- Unnatural as Jacob ten Brinken
1950
- Sunset Boulevard as Max von Mayerling
1949
- Portrait of a Murderer as Eric
- The Red Signal as Mathias Berthold
1948
- La Danse de mort as Edgar
- Stroheim in Vienna as Self
1946
- The Mask of Diijon as Diijon
- Devil and the Angel as Frank Davis
- One Does Not Die That Way as Eric von Berg
1945
- The Great Flamarion as The Great Flamarion
- Scotland Yard Investigator as Carl Hoffmeyer
1944
- The Lady and the Monster as Prof. Franz Mueller
- Storm Over Lisbon as Deresco
1943
- Five Graves to Cairo as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- The North Star as Dr. von Harden
1942
- Gambling Hell as Werner von Krall
1941
- So Ends Our Night as Brenner
1940
- I Was an Adventuress as Andre Desormeaux
- Thunder Over Paris as Korlick
- Threats as Le professeur Hoffman
1939
- Behind the Facade as Eric, German naturalized French
- Personal Column as Pears, l'ex-couturier
- The World Will Shake as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
- Immediate Call
1938
- Boys' School as Walter, le professeur d'anglais
- Rail Pirates as Tchou King
- La Vie des artistes as Self
- The Lafarge Case as Denis
- Gibraltar as Eric Marson
- Ultimatum as General Simovic
1937
- Grand Illusion as Captain von Rauffenstein
- Between Two Women ... (Story)
- Alibi as Professor Winckler
- Marthe Richard as van Ludlow
- Under Secret Orders as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis
1936
- The Devil-Doll ... (Screenplay)
1935
- The Crime of Doctor Crespi as Dr. Andre Crespi
1934
- Crimson Romance as Capt. Wolters
- Fugitive Road as Hpt. Oswald Von Traunsee
1933
- Hello, Sister! ... (Director)
1932
- As You Desire Me as Carl Salter
- The Lost Squadron as Arthur von Furst
1931
- Friends and Lovers as Victor Sangrito
1930
- Three Faces East as Valdar / Schiller / Blecher
1929
- Queen Kelly ... (Director)
- The Great Gabbo as Gabbo
- The Honeymoon as Prince Nicki
1928
- The Wedding March as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
1925
- The Merry Widow ... (Director)
- 1925 Studio Tour as Self
1924
- Greed as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
1923
- Merry-Go-Round ... (Costume Design)
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Director
1922
- Foolish Wives as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
- Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 as Self
1920
- The Devil's Passkey ... (Director)
1919
- Blind Husbands as Lt. Erich von Steuben
1918
- Hearts of the World as A Hun
- The Unbeliever as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
- The Hun Within as Von Bickel
- The Heart of Humanity as Eric von Eberhard
1917
- In Again, Out Again as Officer (uncredited)
- Sylvia of the Secret Service as Peter
- For France as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Blind Man's Luck ... (Technical Supervisor)
- Panthea as Lieutenant
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
- His Picture in the Papers as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
- The Social Secretary as The Buzzard
- Less Than the Dust ... (Assistant Director)
- The Flying Torpedo as Accomplice
- Macbeth ... (Assistant Director)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Assistant Director)
- The Country Boy as Diner in Restaurant
- Ghosts as School Clerk
- Old Heidelberg as Lutz