Biography
Conrad Veidt, also credited as Hans Walter Conrad Veidt, was a German actor. Born in Berlin on 22 January 1893, he began his stage career in the city under Max Reinhardt and made his film debut in 1917. He appeared in numerous German silent films, among them The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) as Cesare and The Man Who Laughs (1928) as Gwynplaine.
After leaving Germany in 1933 with his Jewish wife, Veidt worked in Britain, taking British citizenship in 1938, and later moved to the United States. His later roles included Jaffar in The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and Major Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca (1942). He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on 3 April 1943.
