Rudolf Amendt
Rudolf Amendt , in the USA also Rudolph Anders , Robert Davis and Robert O. Davis (born December 17, 1895 in Waldkirch , German Empire ; † March 27, 1987 in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , United States ) was a German-American Actor .
Live and act
Amendt had worked as a theater actor at the time of the Weimar Republic and was brought to the German provinces (e.g. to Königsberg in Prussia ) and to Berlin (to the English-speaking theater). On August 27, 1928 Amendt traveled to the USA for the first time for a guest performance at the Deutsche Theater in Milwaukee ; he lived permanently in the United States from May 2, 1932. Amendt was naturalized one day before Christmas Eve 1938, but returned temporarily to Europe in 1949.
Amendt made his debut in front of a cinema camera in Germany with the outgoing silent film. Since 1933 he was seen under the pseudonyms Rudolph Anders, Robert Davis and Robert O. Davis with small roles in an abundance of Hollywood productions, but in the early years also continued as Rudolf and Rudolph Amendt. The native of Baden-Württemberg filled the classic subject of German US emigrants: he played foreigners of all kinds - butlers and nobles, officers and bartenders, policemen and doctors. Amendt was booked very frequently, especially in the years 1939 to 1945, when a large number of Nazis had to be occupied in propaganda films. Towards the end of the 1960s, Rudolf Amendt withdrew from acting after a number of guest roles in individual episodes of television series.
Filmography (only theatrical films)
- 1929: Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria
- 1932: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1933: Primavera en otoño
- 1933: When Strangers Marry
- 1934: La ciudad de cartón
- 1934: Secrets of Stamboul ( Stamboul Quest )
- 1934: The Fountain
- 1935: You don't kiss spies ( rendezvous )
- 1935: Storm in the South Seas ( Last of the Pagans )
- 1936: The Golden Arrow
- 1936: We're in the Legion Now
- 1937: Champagne Waltz ( Champagne Waltz )
- 1937: Acquaintance from Paris ( They Met in Paris )
- 1937: Highness flirts ( Thin Ice )
- 1938: That Mothers Might Live
- 1939: I Was a Nazi Spy ( Confessions of a Nazi Spy )
- 1939: secret agent ( Espionage Agent )
- 1939: Conspiracy
- 1939: The Mad Empress
- 1940: Four Sons
- 1940: Deadly Storm ( The Mortal Storm )
- 1940: The Great Dictator ( The Great Dictator )
- 1941: Underground
- 1941: Shining Victory
- 1941: Down in San Diego
- 1941: Mr. Dynamite
- 1942: To be or not to be ( To Be or Not to Be )
- 1942: Eagle Squadron
- 1942: Spy Smasher
- 1942: Berlin Correspondent
- 1942: Order of sabotage in Berlin ( Desperate Journey )
- 1942: Junior Army
- 1942: The Secret Weapon (Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon)
- 1943: Assignment in Brittany
- 1943: Tonight We Raid Calais
- 1943: The Wacht am Rhein ( Watch on the Rhine )
- 1943: The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
- 1944: The Hitler Gang
- 1945: Counter attack
- 1945: Nevada Skies
- 1945: Escape in the Desert
- 1946: Dangerous Millions
- 1950: Kill or be Killed
- 1951: Target Unknown
- 1952: Actors and Sin
- 1953: Phantom From Space
- 1953: Escape from Shanghai ( South Sea Woman )
- 1953: Magnificent Obsession ( Magnificent Obesession )
- 1954: The Talisman ( King Richard and the Crusaders )
- 1954: Jungle Gents
- 1954: A new star in the sky ( A Star is Born )
- 1957: She Demons
- 1958: The witch's kitchen at Dr. Rambow ( Frankenstein 1970 )
- 1959: It's only available in America ( A Private's Affair )
- 1960: General Pfeifendeckel ( On the Double )
- 1961: It started in Rome ( The Pigeon that Took Rome )
- 1963: The prize ( The Prize )
- 1964: 36 hours ( 36 hours )
Web links
- Rudolph Anders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual proof
- ↑ Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 54.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amendt, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anders, Rudolph; Davis, Robert; Davis, Robert O. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldkirch , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1987 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , United States |