--- name: "Conrad Nagel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/conrad-nagel" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 March 1897" died: "24 February 1970" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-19T21:40:14.221669+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Conrad Nagel Actor. Born 15 March 1897 in Keokuk, Iowa, USA. Died 24 February 1970. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 March 1897, Keokuk, Iowa, USA - **Died:** 24 February 1970 - **Also known as:** John Conrad Nagel - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Nagel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126956, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619261/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141600 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Conrad Nagel, also credited as John Conrad Nagel, was an American actor who worked in film, stage, radio and television. Born in Keokuk, Iowa, he appeared in silent films as a leading man and matinée idol before continuing into sound pictures and later television roles. He served as Master of Ceremonies in *The Hollywood Revue of 1929*. Among his other film credits are *The Divorcee* (1930) and *All That Heaven Allows* (1955); he also appeared in episodes of *Perry Mason* (1957) and *Gunsmoke* (1955), and featured in archive footage in *That's Entertainment!* (1974). Nagel was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and served as its president from 1932 to 1933. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1940. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, as Self - Master of Ceremonies — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) ## Complete filmography (136) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *London After Midnight* (2002), as Arthur Hibbs (archive footage) - *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Mr. Mallory - *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, as Admiral Terence Havener - *Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing* (1962), Actor - *Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed* (1961), as General George Crook - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Mr. Schutz - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Governor Matthew Evans - *The Fatal Impulse* (1960), as Mayor Walker Wylie - *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Mayor Walker Wylie - *Mr. Lucky* (1959), series, as Julius Rutherford-Shank - *The Man Who Understood Women* (1959), as G.K. Brody - *A Stranger in My Arms* (1959), as Harley Beasley - *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Harry Varden - *Naked City* (1958), series, as Darrington - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Nathan Claver - *Hidden Fear* (1957), as Arthur Miller - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as William T. Stinson - *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, as Mr. President - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Major - *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Harvey - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mr. Diamond - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Norman Maine - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Richard Elton, Dr. Thorne, Professor Anson - *The Vicious Circle* (1948), as Karl Nemesch - *Stage Struck* (1948), as Police Lt. Williams - *Prospecting for Petroleum* (1946), as The Voice of Oil (voice) - *Adventures of Rusty* (1945), as Hugh Mitchell - *Forever Yours* (1945), as Dr. Randall - *Dangerous Journey* (1944), as Narrator - *I Want a Divorce* (1940), as David Holland Sr. - *One Million B.C.* (1940), as Narrator - *The Mad Empress* (1939), as Maximilian - *Love Takes Flight* (1937), Director - *Bank Alarm* (1937), as Alan O'Connor - *The Gold Racket* (1937), as Alan O'Connor - *Navy Spy* (1937), as Alan O'Connor - *Yellow Cargo* (1936), as Alan O'Connor - *Wedding Present* (1936), as Roger Dodacker - *The Girl from Mandalay* (1936), as John Foster - *Ball at Savoy* (1936), as John Egan, posing as Baron Dupont - *One New York Night* (1935), as Kent - *Death Flies East* (1935), as John Robinson Gordon - *One Hour Late* (1934), as Stephen Barclay - *Dangerous Corner* (1934), as Robert Chatfield - *The Marines Are Coming* (1934), as Capt. Edward 'Ned' Benton - *Ann Vickers* (1933), as Lindsey Atwell - *The Constant Woman* (1933), as Walt Underwood - *Fast Life* (1932), as Burton - *Kongo* (1932), as Kingsland - *Divorce In The Family* (1932), as Dr. Phil Shumaker - *The Man Called Back* (1932), as Dr. David Yorke - *Hell Divers* (1932), as Duke Johnson - *The Pagan Lady* (1931), as Ernest Todd - *The Reckless Hour* (1931), as Edward 'Eddie' Adams - *Son of India* (1931), as William Darsay - *Three Who Loved* (1931), as John Hanson - *The Bad Sister* (1931), as Dr. Dick Lindley - *East Lynne* (1931), as Robert Carlyle - *The Right of Way* (1930), as Charley 'Beauty' Steele - *Free Love* (1930), as Stephen Ferrier - *Today* (1930), as Fred Warner - *Du Barry, Woman of Passion* (1930), as Cosse de Brissac - *A Lady Surrenders* (1930), as Winthrop Beauvel - *The Voice of Hollywood* (1930), Actor - *Numbered Men* (1930), as Bertie 'Duke' Gray, #50607 - *One Romantic Night* (1930), as Dr. Nicholas Haller - *The Divorcee* (1930), as Paul - *Redemption* (1930), as Victor Karenin - *Second Wife* (1930), as Walter Fairchild - *The Ship from Shanghai* (1930), as Howard Vazey - *Dynamite* (1929), as Roger Towne - *The Sacred Flame* (1929), as Col. Maurice Taylor - *The Kiss* (1929), as Ardré - *The Thirteenth Chair* (1929), as Richard Crosby - *The Idle Rich* (1929), as William van Luyn - *Kid Gloves* (1929), as Kid Gloves - *The Redeeming Sin* (1929), as Dr. Raoul de Boise - *Red Wine* (1928), as Charles H. Cook - *The Michigan Kid* (1928), as Jimmy Cowan, the Michigan Kid - *The Terror* (1928), as Credits Narrator (voice) (uncredited) - *State Street Sadie* (1928), as Ralph Blake - *Caught in the Fog* (1928), as Bob Vickers - *The Mysterious Lady* (1928), as Capt. Karl von Raden - *Diamond Handcuffs* (1928), as John - *Glorious Betsy* (1928), as Jérôme Bonaparte - *Tenderloin* (1928), as Chuck White - *If I Were Single* (1927), as Ted Howard - *London After Midnight* (1927), as Arthur Hibbs - *The Girl from Chicago* (1927), as Handsome Joe - *Quality Street* (1927), as Dr. Valentine Brown - *Slightly Used* (1927), as Major John Smith - *Heaven on Earth* (1927), as Edmond Durand - *Tin Hats* (1926), as Jack Benson - *There You Are!* (1926), as George Fenwick - *The Waning Sex* (1926), as Philip Barry - *The Exquisite Sinner* (1926), as Dominique Prad - *Memory Lane* (1926), as Jimmy Holt - *Dance Madness* (1926), as Roger Halladay - *The Only Thing* (1925), as Harry Vane, Duke of Chevenix - *Lights of Old Broadway* (1925), as Dirk de Rhonde - *Sun-Up* (1925), as Rufe - *Pretty Ladies* (1925), as Maggie's Dream Lover - *Cheaper to Marry* (1925), as Dick Tyler - *Excuse Me* (1925), as Harry Mallory - *So This Is Marriage?* (1924), as Peter Marsh - *The Snob* (1924), as Herrick Appleton - *Married Flirts* (1924), as Perley Rex - *Sinners in Silk* (1924), as Brock Farley - *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1924), as Angel Clare - *The Rejected Woman* (1924), as John Leslie - *Three Weeks* (1924), as Paul Verdayne - *Name the Man* (1924), as Victor Stowell - *The Rendezvous* (1923), as Walter Stanford - *Lawful Larceny* (1923), as Andrew Dorsey - *Bella Donna* (1923), as Nigel Armine - *Grumpy* (1923), as Ernest Heron - *Singed Wings* (1922), as Peter Gordon - *The Impossible Mrs. Bellew* (1922), as John Helstan - *Nice People* (1922), as Scotty White - *The Ordeal* (1922), as Dr. Robert Acton - *Hate* (1922), as Dick Talbot - *Saturday Night* (1922), as Richard Prentiss - *Fool's Paradise* (1921), as Arthur Phelps - *Sacred and Profane Love* (1921), as Emilie Diaz, a pianist - *The Lost Romance* (1921), as Allen Erskine, M.D - *What Every Woman Knows* (1921), as John Shand - *Midsummer Madness* (1921), as Julian Osborne - *Forbidden Fruit* (1921), as Actor In Play 'Forbidden Fruit' (uncredited) - *Unseen Forces* (1920), as Clyde Brunton - *The Fighting Chance* (1920), as Stephen Siward - *Redhead* (1919), as Matthew Thurlow - *The Lion and the Mouse* (1919), as Jefferson Ryder - *Little Women* (1918), as Laurie Laurence ## Gallery - ![Conrad Nagel](https://film.one/media/person/1224103/gallery-48649ebc7df0.jpg) Conrad Nagel — film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Conrad_Nagel_in_Bank_Alarm.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Conrad Nagel](https://film.one/media/person/1224103/gallery-6801daa082b7.jpg) Conrad Nagel — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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