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Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-10-02 (132 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Henry Victor

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films. Later in his career, he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent. He died at 52 of a brain tumor. He is buried in Chatsworth, California's at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Known For

Acting

1945

Betrayal from the East as Brunzman (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal as Russian General (uncredited)

1943

Above Suspicion as German Office (Uncredited)
Mission to Moscow as Herr Schufeldt - Hamburg Official (uncredited)

1942

To Be or Not to Be as Capt. Schultz
Once Upon a Honeymoon as German Storm Trooper (uncredited)
Underground Agent as Johann Schrode
Desperate Journey as Heinrich Schwarzmueller
Blue, White, and Perfect as Rudolf Hagerman
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)

1941

King of the Zombies as Dr. Miklos Sangre
Dangerously They Live as U-Boat Captain Horst (uncredited)
Underground as Gestapo Agent

1940

The Mad Doctor as Furber (Uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider as Cmdr. Bulow
Spring Parade as Dutch Officer
Charter Pilot as Faber
Seven Sinners as Dutch Police Officer (uncredited)
The Mortal Storm as Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train
Escape as Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
Zanzibar as Mate Simpson

1939

Nick Carter, Master Detective as Hammil - tall spy boss
Hotel Imperial as Sultanov (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat as German U-Boat Officer
Espionage Agent as Foreign Official
Pack Up Your Troubles as Col. Schlager

1937

Our Fighting Navy as Lt. d'Enriquo
The Great Barrier as Bulldog Kelly
Fine Feathers as Gibbons

1936

The Conquest of the Air as Otto Lilienthal
Fame as Actor

1935

The Way of Youth as M. Sylvestre

1934

Tiger Bay as Olaf
I Spy as KPO

1933

Luxury Liner as Baron von Luden

1932

The Mummy as The Saxon Warrior (scenes deleted)
Freaks as Hercules

1931

Suicide Fleet as Captain Von Schlettow
Seas Beneath as Baron Ernst von Steuben (U-boat commander)

1930

One Heavenly Night as Almady, the Officer
Song of Soho as Henry

1929

After the Verdict as Mr. Sabine
The Hate Ship as Count Boris Ivanoff

1928

L'Argent as Jacques Hamelin
The Guns of Loos as John Grimlaw
Tommy Atkins as Victor

1927

Topsy and Eva as Augustine St. Claire
The Beloved Rogue as Thibault d'Aussigny
The Luck of the Navy as Lt. Clive Stanton

1926

Crossed Signals as Jack McDermott

1925

The White Monkey as Wilfrid Desert
Braveheart as Sam Harris

1924

The White Shadow as Louis Chadwick
Slaves of Destiny as Ralph Warriner
The Sins Ye Do as Ronald Hillier
Henry, King of Navarre as Duc de Guise
His Grace Gives Notice as George Berwick

1923

The Royal Oak as Charles I / Charles II

1922

A Bill of Divorcement as Grey Meredith
Diana of the Crossways as Hon. Percy Dacier
A Romance of Old Baghdad as Horne Jerningham

1921

1920

John Heriot's Wife as John Henriot
As God Made Her as Seward Pendyne
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice as Dr. Lucien Calvert

1916

She as Leo Vincey

1914