---
name: "Constantine Romanoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/constantine-romanoff"
fi1m_id: "constantine-romanoff"
imdb_id: "nm0738976"
tmdb_id: 148402
wikidata_id: "Q117307982"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1881"
died: "8 February 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:27:07.022029+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."
---

# Constantine Romanoff

## Identity

Constantine Romanoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/constantine-romanoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** constantine-romanoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0738976
- **TMDB ID:** 148402
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117307982
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117307982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148402

Actor. Born 21 August 1881 in Dielingen, Germany. Died 8 February 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1881, Dielingen, Germany
- **Died:** 8 February 1969
- **Active:** 1927–1940
- **Also known as:** C. Romanoff, Jack Meyer, Fred William Meyer, Friedrich William Heinrich August Meyer
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 acting, 3 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 81 (1), 1930s 82 (3), 1940s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117307982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148402

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Kid Brother*](https://film.one/film/the-kid-brother.md) (81)

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## Biography

Constantine Romanoff, born Friedrich William Heinrich August Meyer on 21 August 1881 in Dielingen, Germany, was an actor and former professional wrestler. He emigrated to the United States and began appearing in films in the mid-1920s, usually in uncredited roles as heavies or supporting characters.

He played Sandoni in the 1927 Harold Lloyd comedy *The Kid Brother*. Other credits include uncredited parts in *Freaks* (1932), *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), *Scarface* (1932), *Ninotchka* (1939), *The Long Voyage Home* (1940) and *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946). He continued wrestling between film jobs and appeared in serials such as *Flash Gordon* (1936). Romanoff died in Los Angeles on 8 February 1969.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, dejascene.com, wikitree.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Big Frank — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)
- *The Kid Brother* (1927), Fi1m 81, as Sandoni — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid-brother.md)

### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Ninotchka* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Man in Restaurant (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)
- *Freaks* (1932), Fi1m 79, as Man bringing Friedas Horse (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/freaks.md)
- *Scarface* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Henchman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spaceship to the Unknown* (1966), as Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), as Bar Patron (uncredited) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md)
- *Dillinger* (1945), as Convict in Mess Hall (uncredited)
- *The Vampire's Ghost* (1945), as Sailor
- *Hangover Square* (1945), Actor
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as Accused Member of O.G.P.U. (uncredited)
- *The Moon Is Down* (1943), as Villager (uncredited)
- *The Black Swan* (1942), as Pirate (uncredited)
- *Moontide* (1942), as Barfly (uncredited)
- *Four Jacks and a Jill* (1942), as Noodle's Henchman (uncredited)
- *Confirm or Deny* (1941), as Romanoff - Masseur
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), as Big Frank — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)
- *The Green Archer* (1940), as West
- *Captain Caution* (1940), as Sailor
- *Deadwood Dick* (1940), as Butch
- *Florian* (1940), as Russian
- *Saps at Sea* (1940), as Horn Factory Workman
- *Terry and the Pirates* (1940), as Henchman Krench
- *The Shadow* (1940), as Harvey
- *Balalaika* (1939), as (uncredited)
- *Another Thin Man* (1939), as Tall Father in Derby (uncredited)
- *Ninotchka* (1939), as Man in Restaurant (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)
- *Kid Nightingale* (1939), as Bald Wrestler (uncredited)
- *$1,000 a Touchdown* (1939), as Duke (uncredited)
- *Daughter of the Tong* (1939), as Henchman
- *I Stole a Million* (1939), as Wrestler (uncredited)
- *Let Freedom Ring* (1939), as Russian (uncredited)
- *Meet the Girls* (1938), as Tiny
- *Garden of the Moon* (1938), as Man Cutting In at Dance (uncredited)
- *Juvenile Court* (1938), as Spectator at Accident (uncredited)
- *Professor Beware* (1938), as Bearded Man
- *The Canary Comes Across* (1938), as Convict (uncredited)
- *Daughter of Shanghai* (1937), as Russian Alien (uncredited)
- *The Soldier and the Lady* (1937), as Executioner (Uncredited)
- *Man Of The People* (1937), as Hobo (uncredited)
- *After the Thin Man* (1936), as Wrestler at Party (uncredited)
- *Flash Gordon* (1936), as Monkey Man (uncredited)
- *Road Gang* (1936), as Tangle-Eye - Convict at Farm (uncredited)
- *Give Us This Night* (1936), as Fisherman
- *Sutter's Gold* (1936), as Bald Tallest Seaman - Slave Ship
- *If You Could Only Cook* (1935), as Lefty - Rossini's Driver (uncredited)
- *Broadway Hostess* (1935), as Man in Gym (uncredited)
- *Don't Bet on Blondes* (1935), as Gangster (Uncredited)
- *The Nitwits* (1935), as Singing Prisoner
- *People Will Talk* (1935), as Prettyboy Plotsky
- *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935), as Man Blowing Smoke (uncredited)
- *Stolen Harmony* (1935), as Piccolo Player (uncredited)
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Pirate (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *The Affairs of Cellini* (1934), as Executioner (uncredited)
- *Sixteen Fathoms Deep* (1934), as Kargas - Tall Crewman
- *The Son of Kong* (1933), as Bill, a Sailor
- *Perils of Pauline* (1933), as Tyrone
- *Mary Stevens, M.D.* (1933), as Dynamite Schultz (uncredited)
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), as Cossack (uncredited)
- *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), as Beast (uncredited)
- *Too Busy to Work* (1932), as Axel
- *Movie Crazy* (1932), as Duval (Uncredited)
- *Chandu the Magician* (1932), as One of Roxor's Henchmen (uncredited)
- *The Promoter* (1932), as Strangler
- *Scarface* (1932), as Henchman (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)
- *The Beast of the City* (1932), as Identifying Witness (uncredited)
- *Freaks* (1932), as Man bringing Friedas Horse (uncredited) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/freaks.md)
- *Devil on Deck* (1932), as Swede
- *Ambassador Bill* (1931), as Sniper on Balcony
- *Scratch-As-Catch-Can* (1931), Actor
- *The Yellow Ticket* (1931), as Reveller / Prison Guard
- *Ships of Hate* (1931), as Hans
- *Condemned!* (1929), as Brute Convict
- *Eternal Love* (1929), as Villager
- *Wolf Song* (1929), as Rube Thatcher
- *Fazil* (1928), as Executioner
- *Sharp Shooters* (1928), as Swedish Captain (uncredited)
- *The Tender Hour* (1927), as Gorki
- *The Kid Brother* (1927), as Sandoni — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid-brother.md)
- *The Temptress* (1926), as Duras Henchman (uncredited)
- *For Heaven's Sake* (1926), as Mug (uncredited)
- *Lady of the Night* (1925), as Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

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