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Gustav von Seyffertitz

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von Butler Clonebough zu Haimhausen. His family expected him to start a military career, but was shocked when he said that he wanted to be an actor. He was a member of the
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and also appeared in operas. He emigrated to the United States in 1896, after being asked by the Austrian-American theatre director
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where he worked as a stage actor and director during the 1900s and 1910s. He appeared as an actor in such lavish productions as
1527: 1502: 792: 397: 260: 944: 141:(4 August 1862 – 25 December 1943) was a German film actor and director. He settled in the United States. He was born in 226:- America's notion of the merciless, atrocity-happy German military officer". One of his most successful film roles was 521: 1522: 706: 1492: 1064: 505: 365: 618: 333: 936: 580: 381: 1283: 896: 1385: 1208: 730: 634: 465: 32: 1104: 658: 529: 232: 1458: 1240: 1024: 976: 1248: 1120: 768: 596: 473: 317: 201: 1112: 1048: 564: 421: 349: 1168: 1040: 1000: 800: 776: 481: 437: 280: 174: 150: 86: 1269: 1160: 1128: 1080: 1056: 960: 912: 888: 816: 445: 405: 294: 1152: 864: 722: 690: 650: 389: 325: 1487: 1482: 1224: 1008: 698: 674: 246: 68: 264:(1927). He continued his career into the sound film and portrayed supporting roles in the 208: 189:
in 1910. This play was turned into several films and was the idea for the television show
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In his films, the dignified-looking Seyffertitz often played the "very embodiment of the
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Seyffertitz was married five times and had numerous children.
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in the 1960s. He made his film debut in 1917, appearing with
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Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
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Among his later film roles was a parody on 1474: 1518:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) 254:'s uncle, the king of a small German state, in 1164:(1936) as Doctor Emile von Haller (uncredited) 654:(1925) as Court Servant at Dinner (uncredited) 47:Gustav Carl Viktor Bodo Maria von Seyffertitz 1076:(1933) as German Military Judge (uncredited) 31: 1386:"Gustav von Seyffertitz, Rotten Tomatoes" 702:(1926) as Neri the alchemist (uncredited) 1132:(1934) as Schoolmaster Page (uncredited) 207: 161:Gustav von Seyffertitz was born into an 1212:(1938) as King's Confessor (uncredited) 972:(1931) as Austrian Secret Service Chief 1475: 1052:(1932) as Dr. Franz Wolfe (uncredited) 1060:(1932) as German Doctor (uncredited) 793:The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 261:The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1417:www.classichorror.free-online.co.uk 1352: 1334:www.classichorror.free-online.co.uk 1044:(1932) as Von Donnen / Dr Max Bloom 852:(1928) as General Boris Alexandroff 825:The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 756:(1927, Short) as Chancellor Gherkin 240:. He also played the antagonist to 13: 1533:People from the Kingdom of Bavaria 1220:(1938) as Bill Lustig (uncredited) 353:(1918) as The Surgeon (uncredited) 169:von Seyffertitz and his wife Anna 14: 1544: 1439: 1140:(1935) as Ambassador (uncredited) 469:(1919) as Minor Role (uncredited) 1092:(1934) as Inspector Von Kessling 1513:20th-century German male actors 1204:(1938) as Gardener (uncredited) 1036:(1932) as Attorney Harry Berger 948:(1930) as General Schieffenzahn 900:(1929) as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist 517:(1920) as Grimaldo / John Grimm 377:(1918) as Senator Joseph Benton 1498:German male silent film actors 1405: 1378: 1322: 1276: 1252:(1939) as Chemist (uncredited) 1156:(1935) as Professor Karl Jones 1148:(1935) as Billali (uncredited) 385:(1918) as Surgeon (uncredited) 382:Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley 304: 1: 1528:People from Dachau (district) 1315: 1244:(1939) as Priest (uncredited) 1196:(1938) as Lawyer (uncredited) 1108:(1934) as Dr. Nathan Kurtzman 820:(1927) as Prof. Paul Coriolos 541:When Knighthood Was in Flower 509:(1920) as Major Roland Mostyn 409:(1918) as Doctor (uncredited) 401:(1918) as Professor Balthasar 1260:(1939) as President of Court 1100:(1934) as Baron (uncredited) 988:(1931) as Prince de Polikoff 945:The Case of Sergeant Grischa 156: 7: 1503:Film directors from Bavaria 1180:(1936) as Hendrick Van Mier 1116:(1934) as Dr. Max Von Immen 868:(1928) as "Hymn Book" Harry 461:(1918, Short) as The Kaiser 329:(1917) as Jacob Vandergraft 309: 165:family as the son of Guido 10: 1549: 1459:Internet Broadway Database 1028:(1932) as Pringle's Doctor 1020:(1932) as Austrian General 1012:(1932) as Charles Spengler 812:(1927) as Ruiz the usurper 646:(1925) as Vigilante leader 608:(1924) as Marques de Bazan 345:(1917) as Stephen Densmore 1124:(1934) as Carl von Lucker 916:(1929) as Phineas Merrill 686:(1926) as Datto of Mandat 576:(1923) as Father Paquette 417:(1918) as Melville Bladen 126: 114:Katharina Hoffmann (1886) 110: 102: 94: 75: 42: 30: 23: 1523:Male actors from Bavaria 1113:Murder on the Blackboard 1049:Rasputin and the Empress 788:(1927) as The Chancellor 764:(1927) as Peter Fielding 638:(1925) as Prime Minister 592:(1924) as Oliver de Daim 441:(1918) as Karl von Drutz 422:To Hell with the Kaiser! 398:His Majesty, Bunker Bean 337:(1917) as Mr. Carrisford 16:German actor (1862–1943) 1493:German male film actors 1169:Murder on a Bridle Path 1041:The Penguin Pool Murder 884:(1928) as Factory Owner 828:(1928) as Nathan Cherry 801:Rose of the Golden West 796:(1927) as King Karl VII 780:(1927) as Pierre Corlet 694:(1926) as Jerome Frantz 525:(1920) as Señor Joaquin 501:(1920) as John Reynolds 482:The Vengeance of Durand 438:Till I Come Back to You 369:(1918) as Horace Hammer 250:(1926) and appeared as 175:Meiningen Court Theatre 151:Los Angeles, California 87:Los Angeles, California 1464:Gustav von Seyffertitz 1455:Gustav von Seyffertitz 1446:Gustav von Seyffertitz 1236:(1939) as A burgher #1 1228:(1938) as Albert Grood 1172:(1936) as Doctor Bloom 1161:Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 932:(1929) as M. 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Haimhausen
Kingdom of Bavaria
German Confederation
Los Angeles, California
Haimhausen
Bavaria
Los Angeles, California
aristocratic
Freiherr
Gräfin
Meiningen Court Theatre
Heinrich Conried
Broadway
I Dream of Jeannie
Douglas Fairbanks
Down to Earth

Mystery Liner
Professor Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes
John Barrymore
Mary Pickford
Sparrows
Ramon Novarro
Ernst Lubitsch
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich
Dishonored

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