
Georg H. Schnell
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1878-04-11
- Died
- 1951-03-31
- Place of birth
- Tschifu (now Yantai), China
- Also known as
- G. H. Schnell · Georg Heinrich Schnell · Georg Schnell · George Snell
Biography
Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany.
Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.
Known For
Movies (84)

Nosferatu
1922
as Harding

Stradivari
1935

Die Schuld
1919
as Jürgen Halström

The Punch Bowl
1944
as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde

Ein Mann auf Abwegen
1940
Moral
1936
as Großherzog

The Rothschilds
1940

Fräulein Julie
1922
Heimweh
1937
as Ein amerikanischer Staatsanwalt

The Girl from the Marsh Croft
1935
Kaiserliebchen
1931
as Hauptmann Erlaa

Kampf
1932
as Kurt Harder

Seven Slaps
1937
as Dr. Lorenz
The Arc
1919

Das Donkosakenlied
1930
as Fürst Gagarin
Die Tarantel
1920

The Valley of Love
1935
as Herr von Geldern

Nora
1944
as Bankpräsident

The Coral Princess
1937
as Fliegerkommandant

An Enemy of the People
1937
as Ministerialdirektor Prof. Köster

Hot Blood
1936

Das Gewehr über
1939
as Großkaufmann Thomson

The Twelfth Hour
1930
as Hartung

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
1939

Her Majesty Love
1933

Circus Life
1931
as 1. Kriminalkommissar

Police Report
1934
as Staatsanwalt
In letzter Minute
1939
as Kriminalbeamter

Die Kronzeugin
1937
as Gerichtsvorsitzender

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
1922
as Lafayette
Wilhelm Tell
1934
as Kaiserlicher Statthalter
Die rollende Kugel
1919

A Castle in Flanders
1936
as Regiments-Adjutant

In the Employ of the Secret Service
1931
as Nikolajewski

The Impossible Mr. Pitt
1938
as Chiron
Der gute Ruf
1926

Hurrah! I'm Alive!
1928
as Joe Jefferson
Die Achtzehnjährigen
1927

Die kleine und die große Liebe
1938
as Der amerikanische Flugpassagier
Der Stolz der Kompagnie
1926
as Der Hauptmann

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2025
as Harding - ein Reeder

Alarm in Peking
1937
as Gesandter

Die Mühle von Sanssouci
1926
as General Seydlitz

Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht
1938
as Parker

Das Recht auf Liebe
1939
as Oberst v. Kettler

Die Nacht der Entscheidung
1938
as Vorsitzender des Londoner Syndikats

Der Mustergatte
1937

The Road to Dishonour
1930
as Pawel
Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika
1934
as Colonel Black, englischer Generalstabsoffizier

The Island
1934
as Hollen

Tannenberg
1932
as General der Kavallerie Shilinski
Liebelei und Liebe
1938
as Direktor der Technischen Hochschule
Gauner im Frack
1927
as Lennoys Sekretär

Madame Bovary
1937
as Marquis de Andervillier

Vacationing from Oneself
1934
as Dr. Hartung

Die Tragödie eines Großen
1920

Top Sergeant Schwenke
1935
Moderne Piraten
1928
as Kapitän der Sultana

The Flame of Love
1930
as Grand Duke
The Champion of Pontresina
1934
as I.P. Moore, Bankier

Das rote Plakat
1920

Die Tochter Napoleons
1922
as Bertin

My Wife, the Adventuress
1931

The Old Fritz II
1928
as Großkanzler Fürst
Dolls of Death
1920
as Lorenzo
When Women Keep Silent
1937
as Conti

Stärker als die Liebe
1938
Panic in the House of Ardon
1920

Liebet das Leben
1924

Her Sport
1919
as Rudolf Walters
Marcco, der Bezwinger des Todes
1925

Der Polizeifunk meldet
1939

Die Dreizehn aus Stahl
1921

Under Sealed Orders
1938
as Resa Khan

Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu
2023
as Harding
Der interessante Fall
1935
as Uncle

Um eines Weibes Ehre
1924
Der verführte Heilige
1919

Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König
1936
as Baron Warkotsch
Das Werkzeug des Cosimo
1919
as Werner Burghoff
ScreenPlaza presents: Nosferatu
as Harding
Am seidenen Faden
1938
as Dr. Klipper
Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein?
1927
as Mr. Shiffer
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
1919
About Georg H. Schnell
Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany. Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell. With 84 credits spanning from 1919 to 2025, Georg H. Schnell has appeared in 84 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Georg H. Schnell Movies
- Nosferatu (1922) — as Harding
- Stradivari (1935)
- Die Schuld (1919) — as Jürgen Halström
- The Punch Bowl (1944) — as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde
- Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)
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