Ullrich Haupt senior

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Ullrich Haupt senior (born August 8, 1887 in Falkenburg , German Empire , † August 5, 1931 in Santa Monica , California , USA ) was a German-American actor and theater director in the United States.

life and career

Ulrich Haupt began his acting career in Germany and at times owned his own theater in Berlin. In 1909 he made his first appearance in the United States, to which he ultimately relocated.

He made his film debut in 1915 in the silent US short film The Conflict . In the next two years he appeared in a number of silent films before turning back to the theater for the time being. In the 1920s he was regularly seen on Broadway in New York City . At the end of the 1920s he became known to a wide audience as a rogue actor in Hollywood, not least because of his "callous appearance" and his German accent he was predestined for such roles. He played, among other things, a vicious Russian officer in the film drama Weather Lights (1928) and a brutal cardsharps and husband of Ruth Chatterton in the melodrama Madame X (1929). Haupt played his best-known role today alongside Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper in the film drama Morocco .

At the height of his film career, Haupt died in a hunting accident in August 1931 at the age of only 43. He left behind his wife and two sons. His son was Ullrich Haupt Jr. , who moved to Germany after the death of his father and later also became an actor.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1915: The Conflict (short film)
  • 1916: Power (short film)
  • 1916: The War Bride of Plumville (short film)
  • 1916: The Fable of How Wisenstein Did Not Lose Out to Buttinsky (short film)
  • 1916: When Justice Won (short film)
  • 1916: An Old-Fashioned Girl (short film)
  • 1916: The Fable of the Kittenish Super-Anns and the World-Weary Snipes (short film)
  • 1916: The Truant Soul
  • 1917: The Little Shoes
  • 1917: Skinner's Dress Suit
  • 1917: Satan's Private Door
  • 1917: Meddling with Marriage (short film)
  • 1917: Skinner's Bubble
  • 1917: Local Color (short film)
  • 1917: Skinner's baby
  • 1917: The Fable of Prince Fortunatus, Who Moved Away from Easy Street, and Silas, the Saver, Who Moved In
  • 1917: The Kill-Joy
  • 1928: Weather lights (Tempest)
  • 1928: Captain Swagger
  • 1929: The Far Call
  • 1929: The Iron Mask (The Iron Mask)
  • 1929: Wonder of Women
  • 1929: The Greene Murder Case
  • 1929: Madame X
  • 1929: Talu
  • 1930: A Royal Romance
  • 1930: The Bad One
  • 1930: Banditenlied (The Rogue Song)
  • 1930: Three Faces East
  • 1930: You Barry, Woman of Passion
  • 1930: Morocco (Morocco)
  • 1930: Viennese Nights
  • 1931: The Man Who Came Back
  • 1931: The Great Trip (German version of The Great Trek )
  • 1931: The Unholy Garden

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ullrich Haupt senior in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
  2. ↑ Ullrich Haupt Sr at Allmovie
  3. ↑ Obituary for Ullrich Haupt ( memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , quoted in Find A Death @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.findadeath.com
personal data
SURNAME Haupt, Ullrich senior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American actor and theater director in the United States
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenburg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1931
Place of death Santa Monica , California , USA