Hermann Vallentin
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1872-05-24
- Died
- 1945-09-18
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
Biography
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed.
From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser.
The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Known For
Movies (83)
Help! Raid!
1931
as Kriminalrat Kipping
Two Worlds
1930
as Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
The Last Laugh
1924
as Potbellied Guest
John Riew
1917
Destiny
1921
as (uncredited)
Des Lebens Würfelspiel
1925
as Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
Asphalt
1929
Judith Trachtenberg
1920
Das Frühlingslied
1918
The Sun's Revenge
1915
as Mörder
Hearts Are Trumps
1920
as Sebaldus Dühringer
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920
as Cardillac
Lotte
1928
as Burgkastellan Süßkind
Bookkeeper Kremke
1930
as Kremke
Wüstenrausch
1923
Die Last
1916
as Gutspächter
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921
The Story of a Little Parisian
1928
as Gavard's Father
In the Name of the Kaisers
1925
La vierge du portail
1924
Die gelbe Fratze
1919
as Kittys Father
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
The Haunted Castle
1921
as Landgerichtsrat a.D.
Das Gift im Weibe
1919
The Stolen Face
1930
as Wirt
Die glühende Gasse
1927
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921
Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
1915
Die Königin von Whitechapel
1922
as Bertot
Him or Me
1930
as Kriminalkommissar
Qualen der Nacht
1926
The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
as Herr Bekker
Madame Wants No Children
1926
Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
1920
Das zweite Leben
1921
The Buddenbrooks
1923
as Smith
The House by the Sea
1924
Explosion
1923
as Marie's Father
Hölle der Jungfrauen
1919
The Dangerous Age
1927
as Fischer Jensen
Adventure Mad
1926
as Lakington
Ledige Mütter
1928
Luther
1928
as Professor Karlstadt
The Tempest
1932
The Captain from Köpenick
1931
as Adolph Wormser
Der Sohn der Hagar
1927
as Steinert
Atlantic
1929
as Dr. Holtz
The Countess of Paris
1923
as Polizeikommissar
The Trial of Donald Westhof
1927
The Fallen
1926
as Ein Raffke
Only You
1930
as Richard Geldern
Das Erwachen des Weibes
1927
as Vater Ponath
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
1923
as Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
She and the Three
1922
as Räuberhauptmann Krause
Cyanide
1930
The Rats
1921
as Harro Hassenreuter
Die Nonne und der Harlekin
1918
The Abyss of Souls
1920
The Case of Helena Willfuer
1930
as Sein Vater
Planetenschieber
1921
The Ancient Law
1923
as Heinrich Laube
Hannele's Ascension
1922
as Mattern
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
1922
as Mirabeau
Sprung in den Abgrund
1933
as Generaldirektor Schenk
The Black Panther
1921
as Antonius, a poet
Das Geheimnis des Renngrafen
1923
Börse und Adel
1917
as Graf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
The Flight in the Night
1926
as Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
Königsliebchen
1924
Das Herz der Lilian Thorland
1924
Die Dame und der Landstreicher
1922
Der zeugende Tod
1921
as Tessling
Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter
1929
Am anderen Ufer
1918
as Dymischow
Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel
1928
as Isaak
The Love of a Queen
1923
Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson
1928
Die goldene Krone
1920
as Gustav Lindlieb
The Tunnel
1915
as Mr. Lloyd
Ihr schlechter Ruf
1922
Das lebende Rätsel
1916
Die 3 Niemandskinder
1927
as Kastellan
Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
1919
About Hermann Vallentin
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed. From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures,… With 83 credits spanning from 1915 to 1933, Hermann Vallentin has appeared in 83 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Help! Raid! (1931) — as Kriminalrat Kipping
- Two Worlds (1930) — as Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
- The Last Laugh (1924) — as Potbellied Guest
- John Riew (1917)
- Destiny (1921) — as (uncredited)
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