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name: "Hans Heinrich von Twardowski"
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born: "4 May 1898"
died: "19 November 1958"
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# Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Actor. Born 4 May 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. Died 19 November 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 May 1898, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
- **Died:** 19 November 1958

## Biography

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski was a German actor born on 5 May 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). He died on 19 November 1958 in New York City.

He made his screen debut as Alan in *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari* (1920). Other early German credits include *Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire* (1920) as Florian and *Phantom* (1922). In Hollywood he appeared in supporting roles, often uncredited, as German officers or Nazis in films including *Casablanca* (1943), *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943) as Reinhard Heydrich, *The Scarlet Empress* (1934) and *Passage to Marseille* (1944). He also worked in theatre in the United States and published a collection of poetic parodies, *Der rasende Pegasus*, in 1918.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari* (1920), Fi1m 87, as Alan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari.md)

## Also known for

- *Casablanca* (1943), German Officer with Yvonne (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *The Scarlet Empress* (1934)
- *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943), Reinhard Heydrich
- *Passage to Marseille* (1944), French Airfield Radio Man (uncredited)
- *Once Upon a Honeymoon* (1942), German Officer (uncredited)
- *Phantom* (1922), Hugo Lubota
- *Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire* (1920), Florian
- *Edge of Darkness* (1943), German Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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