Acting

Hans Schumm

Born April 2, 1896 · Stuttgart, Germany

Died February 2, 1990 · aged 93

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hans Josef Schumm (né Johann Josef Eugen Schumm; 2 April 1896 Stuttgart – 2 February 1990 Los Angeles) was a German-born-turned-American actor, notably, a prolific and critically acclaimed Hollywood screen character actor who appeared in some 95 films – including a co-starring villainous role in a 12-episode serial. He also appeared in 15 TV productions and s…

Known For

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1942

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Act of Violence

Act of Violence · 1949

Act of Violence

MovieThrillerDrama

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

Spy Smasher

Spy Smasher · 1942

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.

Sahara

MovieAdventureWar

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic · 1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

All Through the Night

All Through the Night · 1942

All Through the Night

MovieComedyAction

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Berlin Correspondent

Berlin Correspondent · 1942

Berlin Correspondent

MovieThrillerDrama

Bill Roberts is an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Soldier (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1942

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Special Investigations Squad (uncredited)

Act of Violence

Act of Violence · 1949

Act of Violence

MovieThrillerDrama

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

German (voice) (uncredited)

Spy Smasher

Spy Smasher · 1942

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.

The Mask

Sahara

MovieAdventureWar

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Sgt. Krause (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic · 1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)

All Through the Night

All Through the Night · 1942

All Through the Night

MovieComedyAction

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Anton

Berlin Correspondent

Berlin Correspondent · 1942

Berlin Correspondent

MovieThrillerDrama

Bill Roberts is an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.

Gunther

One Night of Love

One Night of Love · 1934

One Night of Love

MovieMusicRomance

Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.

Policeman

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy · 1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Bismarck Officer with Crew List (uncredited)

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

SS Man (uncredited)

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon · 1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon

MovieComedyRomance

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

Warsaw Gestapo Agent (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion · 1943

Above Suspicion

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Dreikirchen Guard (Uncredited)

The Trapp Family

The Trapp Family · 1956

The Trapp Family

MovieMusicComedy

A true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1956, some years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music".

This Land Is Mine

This Land Is Mine · 1943

This Land Is Mine

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

German Sergeant Who Pushes Albert

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong · 1942

Pardon My Sarong

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Tabor's Henchman (uncredited)

Escape

MovieDramaThriller

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.

Gestapo Officer with Dark Eyebrows (uncredited)

Revolt of the Zombies

Revolt of the Zombies · 1936

Revolt of the Zombies

The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending the count's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, one of the members of the expedition has his own agenda.

German Soldier (uncredited)

Hitler's Madman

Hitler's Madman · 1943

Hitler's Madman

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat · 1939

MovieActionDrama

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

German Sailor Looking for Wireless (uncredited)

They Dare Not Love

They Dare Not Love · 1941

They Dare Not Love

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.

Brookner

Casbah

MovieMusicCrime

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.

Willem

So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night · 1941

So Ends Our Night

An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

Kobel

British Intelligence

British Intelligence · 1939

British Intelligence

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

German Senior Officer