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Reinhold Schünzel
Acting
Born: November 7, 1888
Sankt Pauli, 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
Notorious
as Dr. Anderson
Dragonwyck
as Count De Grenier (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Gestapo Insp. Ritter
First Comes Courage
as Col. Kurt von Elser
Madame DuBarry
as Duke of Choiseul
The Vicious Circle
as Baron Arady
Berlin Express
as Walther
Different from the Others
as Franz Bollek
The 3 Penny Opera
as Tiger-Brown
Lady Hamilton
as Ferdinand IV, König von Neapel
