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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-11-07

Day of Death

1954-11-11 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Also Known As

Райнхольд Шюнцель

Reinhold Schünzel

Biography

Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.

Known For

Acting

Notorious

1946

Notorious

as

Dr. Anderson

Catherine the Great

1920

Catherine the Great

as

Tsar Peter

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as

Gestapo Insp. Ritter

Eerie Tales

1919

Eerie Tales

as

Der Teufel / Various Other Roles

Berlin Express

1948

Berlin Express

as

Walther

The 3 Penny Opera

1931

The 3 Penny Opera

as

Tiger-Brown

The Vicious Circle

1948

The Vicious Circle

as

Baron Arady

Adam und Eva

1928

Adam und Eva

as

Adam Grünau

Madame DuBarry

1919

Madame DuBarry

as

Duke of Choiseul

Golden Earrings

1947

Golden Earrings

as

Otto Krosigk

Hostages

1943

Hostages

as

Kurt Daluege

The Man in Half Moon Street

1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

as

Dr. Kurt van Bruecken

All for Money

1923

All for Money

as

Schieber

Eine Liebesgeschichte

1954

Eine Liebesgeschichte

as

Schlumberger

First Comes Courage

1943

First Comes Courage

as

Col. Kurt von Elser

Rags and Silk

1925

Rags and Silk

as

Max

Different from the Others

1919

Different from the Others

as

Franz Bollek

Hallo Caesar!

1927

Hallo Caesar!

as

Caesar

Dragonwyck

1946

Dragonwyck

as

Count De Grenier (uncredited)

Her Grace Commands

1931

Her Grace Commands

as

Staatsminister Graf Herlitz

Countess Kitchenmaid

1918

Countess Kitchenmaid

as

schüchterner Verehrer

The Ballet Girl

1918

The Ballet Girl

as

Eduard Stutzig, Lebemann

Heaven on Earth

1927

Heaven on Earth

as

Traugott Bellmann

Figures of the Night

1920

Figures of the Night

as

The secretary

Der Hahn im Korb

1925

Der Hahn im Korb

as

Peter Abendrot

Around the World in 80 Days

1919

Around the World in 80 Days

as

Archibald Corsican

Sündenbabel

1925

Sündenbabel

as

Emil Stiebel

Herkules Maier

1928

Herkules Maier

as

Herkules Maier

Das Liebesnest

1922

Das Liebesnest

as

Lothar von Brandt

The Imaginary Baron

1927

The Imaginary Baron

as

Der Juxbaron

Bigamie

1922

Bigamie

as

Lady Hamilton

1921

Lady Hamilton

as

Ferdinand IV, König von Neapel

Don Juan in der Mädchenschule

1928

Don Juan in der Mädchenschule

as

Dr. Eckehart Bleibtreu

Kolonne X

1929

Kolonne X

as

Robert Sandt, Führer der Kolonne X

Blonde Poison

1919

Blonde Poison

as

Adolf Reiss

Diary of a Lost Woman

1918

Diary of a Lost Woman

as

Graf Kasimir Osdorff

Flight Around the World

1925

Flight Around the World

as

Louis Renard

Wahnsinn

1919

Wahnsinn

as

Jörges

The Count of Cagliostro

1920

The Count of Cagliostro

as

Alessandro Cagliostro

Auf Probe gestellt

1918

Auf Probe gestellt

as

Reichsgraf Adolar von Warowingen

Drei Nächte

1920

Drei Nächte

as

Anton Wicleff

Moriturus

1920

Moriturus

as

Freiherr von Mohrungen

Lilli

1919

Lilli

as

The Ball

1931

The Ball

as

The Last Payment

1919

The Last Payment

as

Jules Lambert

Heddas Rache

1919

Heddas Rache

as

Georg

Lillis Ehe

1919

Lillis Ehe

as

Dr. Goldmann

The Hitler Gang

1944

The Hitler Gang

as

Gen. Ludendorff

Der Fall Grehn

1916

Der Fall Grehn

as

Kriminalrat Rat Anheim

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing