Rudolph Schildkraut
Known for Acting · 19 credits
- Born
- 1862-04-27
- Died
- 1930-07-15
- Also known as
- Rudolf Schildkraut
Biography
From Wikipedia
Rudolph Schildkraut (April 27, 1862 - July 15, 1930) was an Austrian film and theatre actor.
Schildkraut was born in Istanbul, in the Ottoman Empire, to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopro, his first solid role came in 1885 in Krems.
In 1893 he moved to Vienna to an engagement at the newly opened Raimund Theater. In 1898 he moved to the Carl Theatre. Among other things, he played the character Wurm in Love and Intrigue. In 1900 he came to the German Theatre in Hamburg, 1905 to the German German Theatre in Berlin.
There he became one of the most important actor in the theatre company players of Max Reinhardt. His Shylock, which he played in 1905 and 1913 in Reinhardt's productions of The Merchant of Venice was praised by Fritz Kortner as a "monument to the art of acting." Other major roles were the title role in King Lear (1908), Mephisto in Faust I (1909), Muley Hassan in Friedrich Schiller's Fiesco (1909), the grave-digger in Hamlet (1909) and Peter Bast in Knut Hamsun's From the devil fetched (1914). Schildkraut performed for the first time in the United States in 1910/11.
Known For
His People
1925
as David Cominsky
The King of Kings
1927
as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People
1921
as Das ringende Israel
Christina
1929
as Niklaas
Pals in Paradise
1926
as Abraham Lezinsky
The Shylock of Kraków
1913
Movies (19)
His People
1925
as David Cominsky
The King of Kings
1927
as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People
1921
as Das ringende Israel
Christina
1929
as Niklaas
Pals in Paradise
1926
as Abraham Lezinsky
The Shylock of Kraków
1913
A Ship Comes In
1928
as Peter Pleznik
Dämon und Mensch
1915
as Alex Fink
Young April
1926
as King Stefan
Lullaby
1916
as Árpád Szomory
The Main Event
1927
as Regan Snr.
The Country Doctor
1927
as Dr. Amos Rinker
Schlemihl
1915
as Schlemihl
A Harp in Hock
1927
as Isaac Abrams
Ivan Koschula
1914
as Ivan Koschula
Lache, Bajazzo!
1915
as Rudolf
Gerechtigkeit
1920
Turkish Delight
1927
as Abdul Hassan
Das achte Gebot
1915
as Block
About Rudolph Schildkraut
From Wikipedia Rudolph Schildkraut (April 27, 1862 - July 15, 1930) was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Schildkraut was born in Istanbul, in the Ottoman Empire, to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopro, his first solid role came in 1885 in Krems. In 1893 he moved to Vienna to an engagement at the newly opened Raimund Theater. In 1898 he moved to the Carl Theatre. Among other things, he played the char… With 19 credits spanning from 1913 to 1929, Rudolph Schildkraut has appeared in 19 films and 0 TV shows.
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- His People (1925) — as David Cominsky
- The King of Kings (1927) — as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
- Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People (1921) — as Das ringende Israel
- Christina (1929) — as Niklaas
- Pals in Paradise (1926) — as Abraham Lezinsky
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