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Conrad Veidt

Conrad VeidtAKA Hans Walter Conrad Weidt

Born: 22-Jan-1893
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: 3-Apr-1943
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Maj. Strasser in Casablanca


[1] Alexander Doty, Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon (2000).

Wife: Gussy Holl (m. 1918, div. 1922)
Wife: Felicitas Radke (m. 1923, div. 1933, one daughter)
Daughter: Viola Vera Veidt (b. 10-Aug-1925)
Wife: Ilona Praeger (m. 1933)

    Converted to Judaism
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Above Suspicion (6-Aug-1943)
    Casablanca (26-Nov-1942)
    All Through the Night (10-Jan-1942)
    Whistling in the Dark (8-Aug-1941)
    A Woman's Face (15-May-1941)
    The Thief of Bagdad (5-Dec-1940)
    Escape (31-Oct-1940)
    Contraband (11-May-1940)
    The Spy in Black (12-Aug-1939)
    Dark Journey (30-Jan-1937)
    The Man Who Laughs (27-Apr-1928)
    Waxworks (13-Nov-1924)
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (26-Feb-1920)



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