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
2017
- Quand Jean devint Renoir as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)
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
- Série noire as Sacha Zavaroff
- La madone des sleepings as Dr Siefgried Traurig
1953
- Other Side of Paradise as William O'Hara
- Alarm in Morocco as Conrad Nagel
- Midnight... Quai de Bercy as Le professeur Kieffer
1952
- Alraune as Jacob ten Brinken
1950
- Sunset Boulevard as Max von Mayerling
1949
- The Red Signal as Mathias Berthold
- Portrait of a Murderer as Eric
1948
- La Danse de mort as Edgar
- Stroheim in Vienna as Self
1946
- One Does Not Die That Way as Eric von Berg
- The Mask of Diijon as Diijon
- Devil and the Angel as Frank Davis
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
- Threats as Le professeur Hoffman
- Thunder Over Paris as Korlick
- I Was an Adventuress as Andre Desormeaux
1939
- Personal Column as Pears, l'ex-couturier
- Immediate Call
- Behind the Facade as Eric, German naturalized French
- The World Will Shake as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
1938
- Gibraltar as Eric Marson
- Ultimatum as General Simovic
- Rail Pirates as Tchou King
- The Lafarge Case as Denis
- Boys' School as Walter, le professeur d'anglais
- La Vie des artistes as Self
1937
- Alibi as Professor Winckler
- Grand Illusion as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
- Under Secret Orders as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis
- Between Two Women ... (Story)
- Marthe Richard as van Ludlow
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
- Queen Kelly ... (Director)
- 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
- The Honeymoon as Prince Nicki
- The Great Gabbo as Gabbo
1928
- The Wedding March as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
1926
- The Merry Widow ... (Director)
1925
- 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 Hun Within as Von Bickel
- The Unbeliever as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
- The Heart of Humanity as Eric von Eberhard
1917
- Panthea as Lieutenant
- Blind Man's Luck ... (Technical Supervisor)
1916
- Macbeth ... (Assistant Director)
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
- The Flying Torpedo as Accomplice
- His Picture in the Papers as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
- The Social Secretary as The Buzzard
- Less Than the Dust ... (Assistant Director)
1915
- Ghosts as School Clerk
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Assistant Director)
- The Country Boy as Diner in Restaurant
- Old Heidelberg as Lutz