Erich von Stroheim
Austrian actor and director (1885-1957) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 71
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.
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UnnaturalFilm, Jacob ten Brinken1948
La Danse de mortFilm, Edgar1945
The Great FlamarionFilm, The Great Flamarion1943
Five Graves to CairoFilm, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel1940
I Was an AdventuressFilm, Andre Desormeaux1938
Boys' SchoolFilm, Walter, le professeur d'anglais1936
The Devil-DollFilm, Writer1933
Hello, Sister!Film, Director, Writer1930
Three Faces EastFilm, Valdar / Schiller / Blecher1928
The Wedding MarchFilm, Director, Writer1924
GreedFilm, Director, Writer1919
Blind HusbandsFilm, Director, Writer1916
His Picture in the PapersFilm, One of the Weazels (uncredited)1885Born22 September 1885Known for
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Sunset Boulevard 1950
Grand Illusion 1937
Boys' School 1938
Greed 1924
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
People around Erich
D. W. Griffith Produced The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Dale Fuller Erich directed Greed and Foolish Wives
George Fawcett Erich directed The Merry Widow (1925)
John Emerson Directed His Picture in the Papers (1916)
Cesare Gravina Erich directed Greed and Foolish Wives
Maude George Erich directed Foolish Wives (1922)
Douglas Fairbanks Erich directed His Picture in the Papers (1916)
ZaSu Pitts Erich directed Greed and The Wedding March
George Nichols Erich directed The Wedding March (1926)
Albert Conti Erich directed The Merry Widow (1925)_-_Wilhelm_Von_Brincken.jpg?width=250)
William von Brincken Erich directed Queen Kelly and Fugitive Road
Irving Thalberg Produced Greed and Foolish Wives
Carl Laemmle Produced Foolish Wives and Blind Husbands
Pierre Chenal Directed Alibi and The Lafarge Case
Edmond T. Gréville Directed Under Secret Orders and Menaces
Mae Busch Erich directed Foolish Wives (1922)
George Siegmann Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Tully Marshall Erich directed The Merry Widow and Queen Kelly
Josephine Crowell Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Gibson Gowland Erich directed Greed and Blind Husbands
Sylvia Ashton Erich directed Greed and Queen Kelly
Sam De Grasse Erich directed Blind Husbands (1919)
Sidney Bracey Erich produced The Wedding March (1926)
Billy Wilder Directed Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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Filmography 40
130 credits on file
Television 2
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Erich Von Stroheim caricature by John Held Jr.
Stroheim, c. 1920
Stroheim as Sergius Karamzin in Foolish Wives, 1922
On the set of The Merry Widow (1925), L to R: Mae Murray, von Stroheim, John Gilbert
Stroheim also performed on stage. Here he portrays Jonathan Brewster in the 1941-1943 Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace. He assumed that role from Boris Karloff, who was in the play's original cast.Awards
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His 1924 film Greed, originally over nine hours long, was edited against his wishes to about two-and-a-half hours; despite initial negative reception, the theatrical release is considered one of the greatest films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950).
