Richard Révy

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Richard Anton Robert Felix Révy , also Richard Ryen , (born September 13, 1885 in Főherceglak , Austria-Hungary , † December 22, 1965 in Los Angeles , USA ) was a Hungarian-American actor and theater director .

Life

Révy had studied philosophy and philology in Vienna . Even before the outbreak of the First World War , he appeared on stage in German-speaking countries, for example in Munich , Karlsbad and Zurich . In the latter place, Révy also worked as a director and acting teacher. At this time he discovered and promoted the young mime Lotte Lenya and also appeared in front of the camera for the first time in 1917. After the war, Révy was also able to work as senior director at the Zurich City Theater . Then Otto Falckenberg engaged him as an actor and director of the Kammerspiele, which he directed .

Révy's best-known productions include Klabund's Der Kreidekreis , Gerhart Hauptmann's Der Biberpelz with Therese Giehse , George Bernard Shaw's Der Arzt am Scheideweg , Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt with Hans Schweikart , Hauptmann's Before Sunset with Friedrich Kayßler and Carl Sternheim's Die Hose with the young Heinz Rühmann . Most recently (1934) Révy moved there to the position of senior game manager.

At the same time, the actor also received a few supporting roles in early German sound films, including The Bartered Bride , The Tunnel and Peer Gynt . In 1934 he fled from the National Socialists to Switzerland . In October 1938 Richard Révy emigrated to the USA. There he found a living under the stage name Richard Ryen in the middle of the Second World War , mostly with tiny roles in numerous anti-Nazi propaganda films, in which the bald actor mostly played bull-necked Wehrmacht officers as in the cult film Casablanca - where he played the companion of Conrad Veidt's major .

After the war Ryen, an American citizen since November 1944, was hardly offered any roles. Most recently, as so often in his US career without naming his name, he was seen with a small role in A Foreign Affair (1948), Billy Wilder's comedy set in war-torn Berlin.

Filmography

Works

  • Richard Révy: Kitty. (Comedy in 3 acts). The ramp, Berlin around 1937, DNB 575806036 .

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SURNAME Révy, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Révy, Richard Anton Robert Felix (full name); Ryen, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-American actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Főherceglak , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1965
Place of death Los Angeles , USA