Henry Victor
| Henry Victor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 October 1892 London, England, UK |
| Died |
15 March 1945 (aged 52) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | brain tumour |
| Resting place | Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1945 |
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the silent era.[1]
Raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in The Revolutionist (1914), originally titled The Kings Romance. He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) and the Graham Cutts-directed The White Shadow (1923). Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's film Freaks (1932). The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously.
Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, in which he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent such as the Ernst Lubitsch film, To Be or Not to Be (1942).[2]
Death
Henry Victor died in 1945, aged 52, from a brain tumour. He is buried in Chatsworth, California at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916)
- John Heriot's Wife (1920)
- As God Made Her (1920)
- Sheer Bluff (1921)
- Bentley's Conscience (1922)
- A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
- The White Shadow (1923)[4][5]
- The Prodigal Son (1923)
- The Royal Oak (1923)
- Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
- The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
- Braveheart (1925)
- The Fourth Commandment (1926)
- The Beloved Rogue (1927)
- The Guns of Loos (1928)
- L'Argent (1928)
- Tommy Atkins (1928)
- After the Verdict (1929)
- Seas Beneath (1931)
- Freaks (1932)
- The Mummy (1932)
- Luxury Liner (1933)
- Tiger Bay (1934)
- Murder at Monte Carlo (1934)
- Handle with Care (1935)
- Fame (1936)
- Fine Feathers (1937)
- The Great Barrier (1937)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
- King of the Zombies (1941)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
References
- ↑ Hal Erickson. "Henry Victor - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ Henry Victor at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Henry Victor (1892 - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial".
- ↑ Rare Alfred Hitchcock film footage uncovered, bbc.co.uk, 3 August 2011; retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ The White Shadow details, imdb.com; accessed 6 August 2015.
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