Reinhold Schünzel
Acting
Born 1888-11-07
Hamburg, Germany
Biography
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.
Known For
Popular credits
Notorious
Dr. Anderson
Hangmen Also Die!
Gestapo Insp. Ritter
Dragonwyck
Count De Grenier (uncredited)
The 3 Penny Opera
Tiger-Brown
Berlin Express
Walther
Different from the Others
Franz Bollek
Madame DuBarry
Duke of Choiseul
Eerie Tales
Der Teufel / Various Other Roles
Golden Earrings
Otto Krosigk
First Comes Courage
Col. Kurt von Elser
The Hitler Gang
Gen. Ludendorff
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
The Man in Half Moon Street
Dr. Kurt van Bruecken
Lady Hamilton
Ferdinand IV, König von Neapel
Flight Around the World
Louis Renard
The Vicious Circle
Baron Arady
Hostages
Kurt Daluege
1914: The Last Days Before the War
Nikolaus II.
Meines Vaters Pferde, 1. Teil: Lena und Nicoline
Konsul Rittinghaus
Um Krone und Peitsche