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Rudolph Schildkraut

Rudolph Schildkraut

Actor

Born April 27, 1862

Died July 15, 1930

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Rudolph Schildkraut (April 27, 1862 - July 15, 1930) was an Austrian film and theatre actor.

Schildkraut was born in Istanbul, in the Ottoman Empire, to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopro, his first solid role came in 1885 in Krems.

In 1893 he moved to Vienna to an engagement at the newly opened Raimund Theater. In 1898 he moved to the Carl Theatre. Among other things, he played the character Wurm in Love and Intrigue. In 1900 he came to the German Theatre in Hamburg, 1905 to the German German Theatre in Berlin.

There he became one of the most important actor in the theatre company players of Max Reinhardt. His Shylock, which he played in 1905 and 1913 in Reinhardt's productions of The Merchant of Venice was praised by Fritz Kortner as a "monument to the art of acting." Other major roles were the title role in King Lear (1908), Mephisto in Faust I (1909), Muley Hassan in Friedrich Schiller's Fiesco (1909), the grave-digger in Hamlet (1909) and Peter Bast in Knut Hamsun's From the devil fetched (1914). Schildkraut performed for the first time in the United States in 1910/11.

Schildkraut was known as a film actor in the German Empire in the early silent era. He starred in several film dramas. His last European-made film was a biography of the German Zionism founder Theodor Herzl, in which he played Herb Schildt "The struggling Israel." In 1920 he moved permanently to America and made his debut the same year in New York City in the play Silent Forces. From 1922 he also played in the English language. In 1925 he founded his own Jewish theatre in The Bronx.

In his last five years he appeared in several Hollywood productions. His most notable film, which raised his profile in America, was The King of Kings by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 in which he played the High Priest Caiaphas.

He was married to Erna (Weinstein), with whom he had a son, Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), who was also known as an actor.

Schildkraut died at the age of 67 years of a heart attack, in Los Angeles. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA. His son also died at the same age, also of a heart attack.

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Movie Memories #2 Poster

Movie Memories #2 Documentary1934Self

Christina Poster

Christina Feature Film1929Niklaas

A Ship Comes In Poster

A Ship Comes In Feature Film1928Peter Pleznik

A Harp in Hock Poster

A Harp in Hock Feature Film1927Isaac Abrams

The Country Doctor Poster

The Country Doctor Feature Film1927Dr. Amos Rinker

The King of Kings Poster

The King of Kings Feature Film1927Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel

The Main Event Poster

The Main Event Feature Film1927Regan Sr

Turkish Delight Poster

Turkish Delight Feature Film1927Abdul Hassan

Pals in Paradise Poster

Pals in Paradise Feature Film1926Abraham Lezinsky

Young April Poster

Young April Feature Film1926King Stefan

His People Poster

His People Feature Film1925David Cominsky

Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes Poster

Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes Feature Film1921Das ringende Israel

Gerechtigkeit Feature Film1920

Umsonst gekämpft Short Film1920

Der Hofmusiker Short Film1919

Der Pascha Short Film1919

Die Jugendsünde Short Film1919

Das tanzende Herz Feature Film1916

Das Wiegenlied Poster

Das Wiegenlied Feature Film1916

Der Glücksschneider Short Film1916Schneidermeister Schramek

Die Glücksschmiede Feature Film1916

Schweigepflicht Feature Film1916Arzt

Dämon und Mensch Poster

Dämon und Mensch Feature Film1915Alex Fink

Das achte Gebot Short Film1915Block, ein Spekulant

Der Narr des Schicksals Short Film1915Beamter

Lache Bajazzo Poster

Lache Bajazzo Feature Film1915Musiker Rudolf

Schlemihl Feature Film1915Schlemihl

Ivan Koschula Feature Film1914Ivan Koschula

Der Shylock von Krakau Feature Film1913Isaak Levi

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