Acting

Albert Conti

Born January 28, 1887 · Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]

Died January 18, 1967 · aged 79

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor. Born in the village Gorizia (now part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural scien…

Known For

Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Show People

Show People · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat · 1934

MovieHorrorThriller

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

MovieRomanceDrama

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Honeymoon Hate

Honeymoon Hate · 1927

MovieComedyRomance

Gail Grant, the impetuous daughter of a Pittsburgh steel magnate, arrives at a hotel in Venice and demands the Imperial Suite; in London, George Banning-Green, a persistent admirer, believes that she has gone to Berlin. Searching for "imperial" furnishings, the hotel manager goes to the palace of Prince Dantarini, who is selling the contents of his villa as an aftermath of the war. Dantarini agrees to be her guide in Venice, and when he proposes in his garden, Gail accepts.

Madam Satan

Madam Satan · 1930

MovieRomanceMusic

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Shopworn

Shopworn · 1932

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Filmography

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Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Landowner (uncredited)

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)

Show People

Show People · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Producer

The Black Cat

The Black Cat · 1934

MovieHorrorThriller

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

The Lieutenant

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

MovieRomanceDrama

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Production Assistant

Honeymoon Hate

Honeymoon Hate · 1927

MovieComedyRomance

Gail Grant, the impetuous daughter of a Pittsburgh steel magnate, arrives at a hotel in Venice and demands the Imperial Suite; in London, George Banning-Green, a persistent admirer, believes that she has gone to Berlin. Searching for "imperial" furnishings, the hotel manager goes to the palace of Prince Dantarini, who is selling the contents of his villa as an aftermath of the war. Dantarini agrees to be her guide in Venice, and when he proposes in his garden, Gail accepts.

Madam Satan

Madam Satan · 1930

MovieRomanceMusic

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Empire Officer

Shopworn

Shopworn · 1932

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Andre

Careless Lady

Careless Lady · 1932

MovieComedyRomance

Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.

French Hotel Desk Clerk

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman · 1932

Red-Headed Woman

MovieComedyRomance

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)

The Crusades

The Crusades · 1935

MovieDramaHistory

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

Leopold, Duke of Austria

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow · 1926

The Merry Widow

MovieDramaRomance

Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. However, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids the marriage due to her being a commoner. Thinking she's been jilted by her prince, Sally marries lecherous old Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he suddenly dies, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited)

Suez

MovieDramaHistory

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

M. Fevrier

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools · 1932

Men Are Such Fools

An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.

Spinelli

The Night Club Lady

The Night Club Lady · 1932

The Night Club Lady

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

Vincent Rowland

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo · 1930

MovieComedyMusic

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

Prince Otto's Companion / M.C.

Our Blushing Brides

Our Blushing Brides · 1930

Our Blushing Brides

Gerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Gerry is determined to remain practical. As she mothers her wounded, heartbroken friends, she stalwartly but foolishly resists the advances of the good-hearted and affluent Tony Jardine.

Monsieur Pantoise

Everything Happens at Night

Everything Happens at Night · 1939

Everything Happens at Night

MovieComedyDrama

Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.

Maitre d'Hotel

Watch Your Wife

Watch Your Wife · 1926

Watch Your Wife

MovieComedyDrama

Writer James Langham and his wealthy wife, Claudia, quarrel and are divorced. Claudia moves into a posh hotel and renews her acquaintance with Alphonse Marsac, an old European friend with an eye on her fortune. Alone in the family mansion, James goes to an agency and rents a "wife" to be his daytime companion and housekeeper.

Alphonse Marsac

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past · 1932

Lady with a Past

MovieComedyDrama

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.

Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier

Dangerously Yours

Dangerously Yours · 1937

Dangerously Yours

MovieDramaCrime

A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.

Monet

Slipping Wives

Slipping Wives · 1927

Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.

Hon. Winchester Squirtz

State's Attorney

State's Attorney · 1932

State's Attorney

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.

Mario

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory · 1935

Page Miss Glory

MovieComedyMusic

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)