Acting

Henry Victor

Born October 2, 1892 · London, England, UK

Died March 15, 1945 · aged 52

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films. Later in his career, he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British …

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.

The Mummy

The Mummy · 1932

MovieHorrorFantasy

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

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.

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm · 1940

The Mortal Storm

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

L'Argent

L'Argent · 1928

Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon · 1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

MovieMysteryThriller

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion · 1943

Above Suspicion

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

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners · 1940

MovieAdventureComedy

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.

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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.

Hercules

The Mummy

The Mummy · 1932

MovieHorrorFantasy

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

The Saxon Warrior (scenes deleted)

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.

Capt. Schultz

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm · 1940

The Mortal Storm

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train

L'Argent

L'Argent · 1928

Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

Jacques Hamelin

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon · 1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

MovieMysteryThriller

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion · 1943

Above Suspicion

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

German Office (Uncredited)

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners · 1940

MovieAdventureComedy

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.

Dutch Police Officer (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.

German Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Tommy Atkins

Tommy Atkins · 1928

MovieActionDrama

A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.

Victor

Braveheart

Braveheart · 1925

Chief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning corporation is violating the treaty through intimidation and force. The tribe is divided as to how to handle the threat. Standing Rock's son, Braveheart, is sent to college to study law so that he can protect their rights, but others in the tribe, led by the hot-tempered Ki-Yote, want to provoke a more violent confrontation.

Sam Harris

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 Hooked Nose (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow · 1943

Mission to Moscow

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Herr Schufeldt - Hamburg Official (uncredited)

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.

Wildebrandt

Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey · 1942

Desperate Journey

MovieWarAdventure

A British bomber crew, including Australian and American, is shot down over Germany during a bombing run. The five make their way across a perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the war secrets they have learned, battling Nazis along the way.

Heinrich Schwarzmueller

Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell · 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans

Jaubec

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal · 1945

A Royal Scandal

MovieComedyHistory

Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

Russian General (uncredited)

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies · 1941

King of the Zombies

MovieHorrorComedy

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.

Dr. Miklos Sangre

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue · 1927

The Beloved Rogue

MovieDramaAction

François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

Thibault d'Aussigny

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner · 1933

This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.

Baron von Luden

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent · 1939

Espionage Agent

MovieDramaThriller

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

Foreign Official

Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial · 1939

It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of World War I, to be occupied one day by the Russians, the next by the Austrians, and the inhabitants soon acquire a complacent view of the changing allegiances. To the town comes Ann Warschaska, intent on avenging the suicide of her sister, who has killed herself after being betrayed by an Austrian officer. She knows no more about his identity than the number of his room at the "Hotel Imperial".

Sultanov (uncredited)

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live · 1941

Dangerously They Live

MovieRomanceWar

A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.

U-Boat Captain Horst (uncredited)

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor · 1940

MovieCrimeRomance

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Furber (Uncredited)