Erich von Stroheim

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-09-22 (72 years old)

Deathday

1957-05-12

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Erich von Stroheim

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 he...

Acting

1950

Sunset Boulevard

as Max von Mayerling

1937

Grand Illusion

as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

1952

Alraune

as Jacob ten Brinken

1945

The Great Flamarion

as The Great Flamarion

1922

Foolish Wives

as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin

1928

The Wedding March

as Nicki / Prince Nickolas

1943

Five Graves to Cairo

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

1929

The Honeymoon

as Prince Nicki

1939

Personal Column

as Pears, l'ex-couturier

1938

Boys' School

as Walter, le professeur d'anglais

1946

1943

The North Star

as Dr. von Harden

1937

Alibi

as Winckler

1919

Blind Husbands

as Lt. Erich von Steuben

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1932

The Lost Squadron

as Arthur von Furst

1930

Three Faces East

as Valdar / Schiller Blecher

1937

Marthe Richard

as van Ludlow

1944

1932

As You Desire Me

as Carl Salter

1946

Devil and the Angel

as Frank Davis

1940

1939

Behind the Facade

as Eric, German naturalized French

1939

The World Will Shake

as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank

1929

1944

The Lady and the Monster

as Prof. Franz Mueller

1931

Friends and Lovers

as Victor Sangrito

1918

The Unbeliever

as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz

1935

The Crime of Doctor Crespi

as Dr. Andre Crespi

1918

The Heart of Humanity

as Eric von Eberhard

1955

Série noire

as Sacha Zavaroff

1941

1934

Crimson Romance

as Capt. Wolters

1979

The Man You Loved to Hate

as Self (archive footage)

1945

1940

Threats

as Le professeur Hoffman

1953

Other Side of Paradise

as William O'Hara

1948

1934

Fugitive Road

as Hpt. Oswald Von Traunsee

1918

The Hun Within

as Von Bickel

2006

Edge of Outside

as Self (archive footage)

1938

Gibraltar

as Eric Marson

1940

I Was an Adventuress

as Andre Desormeaux

1924

Greed

as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Director

1915

1915

Ghosts

as School Clerk

1916

The Flying Torpedo

as Accomplice

1938

Ultimatum

as General Simovic

1942

Gambling Hell

as Werner von Krall

1955

Napoleon

as Ludwig van Beethoven

1916

The Social Secretary

as The Buzzard

1916

1925

1953

Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Le professeur Kieffer

1955

La madone des sleepings

as Dr Siefgried Traurig

1938

Rail Pirates

as Tchou King

1917

Panthea

as Lieutenant

1916

His Picture in the Papers

as One of the Weazels (uncredited)

1938

1953

Alarm in Morocco

as Conrad Nagel

1957

Armored Attack!

as Dr. Otto Von Harden

1949

The Red Signal

as Mathias Berthold

1946

2017

Quand Jean devint Renoir

as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)

1937

Under Secret Orders

as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis

1915

The Country Boy

as Diner in Restaurant

Production

1924

Greed

as Screenplay

1924

Greed

as Production Design

1924

Greed

as Director

1922

Foolish Wives

as Director

1936

The Devil-Doll

as Screenplay

1928

1932

Queen Kelly

as Director

1919

Blind Husbands

as Director

1926

The Merry Widow

as Director

1933

Hello, Sister!

as Scenario Writer

1933

Hello, Sister!

as Director

1926

1923

Merry-Go-Round

as Costume Design

1929

The Honeymoon

as Director

1929

The Honeymoon

as Writer

1915

Ghosts

as Wardrobe Assistant

1915

Ghosts

as Technical Advisor

1932

Queen Kelly

as Story

1922

Foolish Wives

as Writer

1919

1919

Blind Husbands

as Producer

1919

Blind Husbands

as Screenplay

1924

Greed

as Art Direction

1928

1919

1928

1919

Blind Husbands

as Art Direction

1915

Old Heidelberg

as Assistant Director

1956

Papatya

as Original Story

1938

Gibraltar

as Scenario Writer

1917

Panthea

as Assistant Director

1916

The Social Secretary

as Assistant Director

1916

Less Than the Dust

as Assistant Director

1916

His Picture in the Papers

as Assistant Director

1937

1922

Foolish Wives

as Scenario Writer

1916

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Assistant Director

1920

1920

The Devil's Passkey

as Art Direction

1920

1917

Blind Man's Luck

as Technical Supervisor

1929

The Great Gabbo

as Director

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