Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Man Who Laughs (1928), and, after being forced to migrate to Britain by the rise of Nazism in Germany, his English-speaking roles in The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and, in Hollywood, Casablanca (1942), in which he appeared as Major Strasser. After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the best-paid stars of Ufa, he left Germany in 1933 with his new Jewish wife after the Nazis came to power. They settled in Britain, where he participated in a number of films before emigrating to the United States around 1941.
Hans Walter Konrad Weidt
Born - 22 January 1893
Berlin, Germany
Died - 3 April 1943 (aged 50) Hollywood, California, USA
Cause of death - Heart Attack
Occupation - Actor
Years active - 1917–1943
Spouse(s)
Gussy Holl (m. 1918; div. 1922)
Felicitas Radke (m. 1923; div. 1932)
Ilona Prager (m. 1933)
Children 1