Henry Stuart (1 February 1885 – 26 January 1948) was a
Swiss film actor
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known for his work in
Germany
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. Stuart was born in
Cairo
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as son of a Swiss doctor, but educated in Britain. He attended the
Academy of Fine Arts
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in
Munich
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, intending to become a
painter. After moving into the
German film industry following the
First World War
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, Stuart played a number of prominent supporting roles in productions such as ''
Joyless Street'' (1925).
[Isenberg p.142] Stuart's film career largely ended with the arrival of
sound
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, and he worked increasingly on the stage. His final film appearance was a small role in the Nazi
agfacolor
An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from café in Oslo, Norway.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from Paris, France.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Hungary.
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epic ''
Münchhausen'' (1943).
Filmography
* ''
A Glass of Water'' (1923)
* ''
Joyless Street'' (1925)
* ''
The Wig'' (1925)
* ''
The Adventures of Sybil Brent
''The Adventures of Sybil Brent'' (german: Das Abenteuer der Sibylle Brant) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Memo Benassi and Rudolf Biebrach.Grange p. 204 It was shot at the EFA Studios in Ber ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Wrath of the Seas
''Wrath of the Seas'' or ''When Fleet Meets Fleet'' (German: ''Die versunkene Flotte'') is a silent war film released in 1926. Directed by Graham Hewett and Manfred Noa and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Agnes Esterhazy and Nils Asther.Bock & Bergf ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Man in the Fire '' (1926)
* ''
Two and a Lady
''Die Zwei und die Dame'' (German: ''Two and a Lady'') is a 1926 German silent comedy crime film directed by Alwin Neuß and starring Agnes Esterhazy, Bernhard Goetzke and Henry Stuart. It was based on a novel by Sven Elvestad. It premiered ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Street of Forgetting'' (1926)
* ''
Derby
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'' (1926)
* ''
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit'' (1927)
* ''
The Girl Without a Homeland'' (1927)
* ''
Flirtation
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'' (1927)
* ''
The Woman with the World Record'' (1927)
* ''
Excluded from the Public
''Excluded from the Public'' (German: ''Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Werner Krauss, Maly Delschaft and Vivian Gibson.St. Pierre p.207 It was shot at the Staak ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral'' (1927)
* ''
Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden '' (1927)
* ''
Sajenko the Soviet'' (1928)
* ''
Give Me Life'' (1928)
* ''
Der Ring der Bajadere'' (1928)
* ''
Favorite of Schonbrunn'' (1929)
* ''
Scandal in Baden-Baden
''Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (German: ''Skandal in Baden-Baden'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Brigitte Helm, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Henry Stuart.Bock & Bergfelder p.33
The film's sets were designed by t ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Right to Love'' (1930)
* ''
Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat'' (1943)
* ''
Münchhausen'' (1943)
References
Bibliography
* Isenberg, Noah William: ''Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era''. Columbia University Press, 2009.
* Treuner, Hermann: ''Filmkünstler: Wir über uns selbst''. Sibyllen-Verlag, 1928
online.
External links
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1885 births
1948 deaths
Swiss male stage actors
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male silent film actors
Swiss expatriates in Egypt
Swiss expatriates in the United Kingdom
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
20th-century Swiss male actors
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