Joseph Schildkraut
- Birthday
- Mar 22, 1896
Bio: The son of esteemed actor Rudolph Schildkraut, he trained for the stage under Albert Basserman -- his father's rival. Accompanying his father on tour, he went to the U.S. in 1910 and remained till 1913; there he enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Back in Germany, Schildkraut joined his father in the Berlin stage company of Max Reinhardt and quickly… More Bio: The son of esteemed actor Rudolph Schildkraut, he trained for the stage under Albert Basserman -- his father's rival. Accompanying his father on tour, he went to the U.S. in 1910 and remained till 1913; there he enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Back in Germany, Schildkraut joined his father in the Berlin stage company of Max Reinhardt and quickly rose to stardom. He moved to the U.S. in 1920; within a year he was a major matinee idol on Broadway. Meanwhile, having appeared in a small number of German films, he began playing suave leading men in American silents; by the mid 1930s he had moved into character roles, often villainous. He remained a busy screen actor (between stage roles) until 1948, when he took a decade off from movies; he returned to the screen to reprise his stage role in the film version of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), following which he appeared in only two more movies. For his portrayal of Captain Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He authored an autobiography, My Father and I (1959). ~ Rovi
Filmography
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The Appointment (1969)
- Actor
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Nicodemus
- 37%
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King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
- Abraham Rothstein
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
- Otto Frank
- 75%
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Northwest Outpost (1947)
- Count Igor Savin
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Joseph Schildkraut Videos
The Shop Around The Corner
1 minutes 33 seconds
Greatest Story Ever Told, The
2 minutes 42 seconds
King Of The Roaring 20s
30 seconds
Idiot's Delight
30 seconds
The Life Of Emile Zola
1 minutes 34 seconds
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