Albert Conti
Albert Conti is known for Freaks (1932), The Black Cat (1934), Morocco (1930).
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor.
Born in the village Gorizia (now part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science, and married Patricia Cross. When World War I began, he became an officer. His father was Albert, Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare and his mother was Marie Bernhardine Anna (Countess Caboga) a member of an old Ragusan/Dubrovnik noble family. After his discharge from the Austrian army at the close of World War I, he came to America like many other now-impoverished postwar Europeans from both sides of the conflict.
Conti emigrated to the United States via the Port of Philadelphia in 1919. After settling in the new country, Conti was obliged to take a series of manual labor jobs, his patrician background notwithstanding. While working in the California oil fields, he answered an open call placed by director Erich von Stroheim, who was in search of an Austrian military officer to act as technical advisor for his upcoming film Merry-Go-Round (1923).
A better actor than most of his fellow Habsburg Empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927). He appeared in the 1928 silent film Dry Martini as a roué artist. Though he made his last film in 1942, Albert Conti remained in the industry as an employee of the MGM wardrobe department, where he worked until his retirement in 1962.
Questions about Albert Conti
How many Albert Conti films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 53 films with Albert Conti, from 1923 to 1939.
What is the best rated Albert Conti film?
The best rated Albert Conti film in the catalogue is Freaks (1932), rated 7.8.
What was the first Albert Conti film?
The first Albert Conti film in the catalogue is The Eagle, from 1925.
Who has Albert Conti worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Albert Conti shares the most credits with Gary Cooper (2 films), Henry Armetta (2 films) and Irving Thalberg (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
84 films — 53 in the catalogue
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5.3 Everything Happens at Night
1939 · Maitre d'Hotel
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6.5 City in Darkness
1939 · Travel Agency Manager
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5.5 Suez
1938 · M. Fevrier
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7.4 Gateway
1938 · Count
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7.2 Always Goodbye
1938 · Modiste Benoit
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6.3 I'll Take Romance
1937 · Lepino
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5.8 Dangerously Yours
1937 · Monet
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7.3 Café Metropole
1937 · Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
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7.0 One in a Million
1937 · Hotel Manager
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4.5 Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
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10.0 Fatal Lady
1936 · Headwaiter (uncredited)
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7.0 Here's to Romance
1935 · LeFevre
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6.7 Page Miss Glory
1935 · Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)
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6.5 Diamond Jim
1935 · Jeweler
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6.4 The Crusades
1935 · Leopold, Duke of Austria
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6.7 Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Louie - Head Waiter
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6.5 Symphony of Living
1935 · Mancini
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6.0 The Night Is Young
1935 · Mueller (uncredited)
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8.0 Mills of the Gods
1934 · Count Filippo Di Fraschiani
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10.0 Love Time
1934 · Nicholas
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10.0 Elmer and Elsie
1934 · Barlotti
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6.7 The Black Cat
1934 · The Lieutenant
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6.6 Fashions of 1934
1934 · Savarin (uncredited)
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9.0 Beloved
1934 · Baron Franz von Hausmann
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5.7 Gigolettes of Paris
1933
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5.4 Torch Singer
1933 · Carlotti
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8.0 Shanghai Madness
1933 · Rigaud
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4.2 Adorable
1933 · The Captain (uncredited)
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6.0 Topaze
1933 · Henri de Fairville
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4.2 The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
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7.0 Men Are Such Fools
1932 · Spinelli
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8.0
The Giddy Age
1932 · Mabel's 1st Accomplice
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7.1 The Night Club Lady
1932 · Vincent Rowland
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6.6 Red-Headed Woman
1932 · Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
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6.4 As You Desire Me
1932 · Captain
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6.9 State's Attorney
1932 · Mario
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9.0 The Doomed Battalion
1932 · Captain Kessler
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5.8 Careless Lady
1932 · French Hotel Desk Clerk
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6.7 Shopworn
1932 · Andre
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6.2 Lady with a Past
1932 · Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier
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5.6 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Frenchman on Liner
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7.8 Freaks
1932 · Landowner (uncredited)
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10.0 Heartbreak
1931 · Liaison Officer
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5.9 This Modern Age
1931 · André de Graignon
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5.4 The Common Law
1931 · Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
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5.3 Just a Gigolo
1931 · French Husband
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5.2 Strangers May Kiss
1931 · De Bazan
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9.0
The Boudoir Diplomat
1931 · Emile
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6.0 Sea Legs
1930 · Captain
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6.3 Oh, for a Man!
1930 · Peck
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6.4 Morocco
1930 · Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)
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5.9 Madam Satan
1930 · Empire Officer
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6.5 Monte Carlo
1930 · Prince Otto's Companion / M.C.
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5.6 Our Blushing Brides
1930 · Monsieur Pantoise
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6.2 One Romantic Night
1930 · Count Lutzen
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5.4 Such Men Are Dangerous
1930 · Paul Strohm
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Fashion News
1930
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5.9 Jazz Heaven
1929 · Walter Klucke
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8.0 The Exalted Flapper
1929 · King Alexander of Capra
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8.0 Why Is a Plumber?
1929
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8.0 Saturday's Children
1929 · Mengle
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5.2 Lady of the Pavements
1929 · Baron Finot
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8.0 Captain Lash
1929 · Alex Condax
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7.1 Show People
1928 · Producer
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7.1 The Wedding March
1928 · Imperial Guard
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10.0
Viva Paris
1928 · Abou Ben Abed
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8.0 Stocks and Blondes
1928 · Powers
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7.0 The Magnificent Flirt
1928 · Count D'Estrange
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9.0
Alex The Great
1928 · Ed
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10.0 The Legion of the Condemned
1928 · Von Hohendorff
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8.0 South Sea Love
1927 · Max Weber
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8.0 Honeymoon Hate
1927
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5.7 The Devil Dancer
1927 · Arnold Guthrie
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10.0 The Chinese Parrot
1927 · Martin Thorne
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10.0 Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 · Billie
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3.7 Camille
1927 · Henri
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6.9 Mockery
1927 · Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
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5.2 Slipping Wives
1927 · Hon. Winchester Squirtz
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10.0 The Blonde Saint
1926 · Andreas
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6.7 The Merry Widow
1926 · Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited)
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4.0 Old Loves and New
1926 · Dr. Chalmers
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7.0 Watch Your Wife
1926 · Alphonse Marsac
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6.3 The Eagle
1925 · Kuschka
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6.3 Merry-Go-Round
1923 · Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn
People data: TMDb.
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