Eric Barclay (born Erik Altberg, 1894–1938) was a Swedish

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. Barclay became a prominent actor in French

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

of the early 1920s, often working with director

Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying ...

.Powrie & Rebillard p.28 He also appeared in German and British films, and those of his native Sweden.

Selected filmography

*'' Enchantment'' (1920) *'' Judge Not'' (1920) *'' The Corner Man'' (1921) *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) *''

Das Spielzeug von Paris ''Das Spielzeug von Paris'' (English title ''Red Heels'') is an Austrian silent film released in 1925 and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was the first film to feature French actress Lili Damita in the leading role. Plot A young British bohemia ...

'' (1925) *''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads ...

'' (1926) *''

Three Cuckoo Clocks ''Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (German: ''Die drei Kuckucksuhren'') is a 1926 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Nina Vanna and Nils Asther. The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1926) *''

The Glass Boat ''The Glass Boat'' (French: ''Le bateau de verre'', German: ''Das brennende Schiff'') is a 1927 French-German silent film directed by Constantin J. David and Jacqueline Milliet and starring André Nox, Françoise Rosay and Eric Barclay.Goble p.4 ...

'' (1927) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1927) * ''

Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (german: "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald", links=no, italic=no, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868 in music, 1868, , Opus number, Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Stra ...

'' (1928) *''

The Man with the Limp ''The Man with the Limp'' (German:''Das Geheimnis von Genf'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Willy Reiber and Franz Seitz and starring Christa Tordy, Alfred Abel and Carmen Cartellieri.Bock & Bergfelder p.2 The film's art direction was ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Gambling Den of Montmartre ''The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (German: ''Die Hölle von Montmartre'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Willy Reiber and Franz Seitz and starring Eric Barclay, Suzy Vernon and Maurice de Féraudy.Bock & Bergfelder The film's sets we ...

'' (1928) *''

Who Invented Divorce? ''Who Invented Divorce?'' (German: ''Wer das Scheiden hat erfunden'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Alfred Abel, Hans Albers and Caleb Glenn.Bock & Bergfelder p.168 The film's sets were designed by Otto E ...

'' (1928) *''

The Little Match Girl "The Little Match Girl" ( da, Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the sulphur-sticks", i.e. matches) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dre ...

'' (1928) *'' Charlotte Löwensköld'' (1930) *'' Kungliga Johansson'' (1934)

References

Bibliography

*Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

External links

* *Cinea - YEAR 1921 - 1923 - MEDIA HISTORY DIGITAL LIBRARY
Info at Internet Archive
1894 births 1938 deaths Swedish male film actors Swedish male silent film actors 20th-century Swedish male actors Swedish expatriates in France {{Sweden-actor-stub