Actor
Erich von Stroheim
Born 22 September 1885 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] — died 12 May 1957
Vienna-born Erich von Stroheim was a director and actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1910s. As a director, he was known for lavish, obsessively realistic silent films that often ran over budget and were cut by studios. Later he became a memorable screen presence, nicknamed "The Man You Love to Hate."
Key films
Foolish Wives (1922)
Lavish, scandalous directorial work that made his name and became notorious for its huge budget.
Greed (1924)
His uncompromising realist masterpiece as director, famously cut heavily by the studio and now regarded as a classic.
The Wedding March (1928)
Opulent late-silent drama about love and class in imperial Vienna, which he directed and starred in.
Grand Illusion (1937)
As Captain von Rauffenstein, he gave a celebrated performance in Jean Renoir's classic.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
As the butler Max, he gave a late-career performance that earned an Oscar nomination.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here, though he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 88
- 1915Old Heidelberg · as LutzActor
- 1915Ghosts · as School ClerkActor
- 1915The Country Boy · as Diner in RestaurantActor
- 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · as Second Pharisee (uncredited)Actor
- 1916His Picture in the Papers · as One of the Weazels (uncredited)Actor
- 1916The Social Secretary · as The BuzzardActor
- 1916The Flying Torpedo · as AccompliceActor
- 1917Sylvia of the Secret Service · as PeterActor
- 1917In Again, Out Again · as Officer (uncredited)Actor
- 1917For France · as Minor Role (uncredited)Actor
- 1917Panthea · as LieutenantActor
- 1918Hearts of the World · as A HunActor
- 1918The Unbeliever · as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von SchnieditzActor
- 1918The Heart of Humanity · as Eric von EberhardActor
- 1918The Hun Within · as Von BickelActor
- 1919Blind HusbandsDirector
- 1919Blind Husbands · as Lt. Erich von SteubenActor
- 1920The Devil's PasskeyDirector
- 1922Foolish WivesDirector
- 1922Foolish Wives · as Count Wladislaw Sergius KaramzinActor
- 1922Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 · as SelfActor
- 1923Souls for Sale · as Self - Celebrity DirectorActor
- 1923Merry-Go-RoundDirector
- 1924GreedDirector
- 1924Greed · as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)Actor
- 1925The Merry WidowDirector
- 19251925 Studio Tour · as SelfActor
- 1928The Wedding MarchDirector
- 1928The Wedding March · as Nicki / Prince NickolasActor
- 1929Queen KellyDirector
- 1929The Great Gabbo · as GabboActor
- 1929The Honeymoon · as Prince NickiActor
- 1929The HoneymoonDirector
- 1930Three Faces East · as Valdar / Schiller / BlecherActor
- 1931Friends and Lovers · as Victor SangritoActor
- 1932The Lost Squadron · as Arthur von FurstActor
- 1932As You Desire Me · as Carl SalterActor
- 1933Hello, Sister!Director
- 1934Crimson Romance · as Capt. WoltersActor
- 1934Fugitive Road · as Hpt. Oswald Von TraunseeActor
- 1935The Crime of Doctor Crespi · as Dr. Andre CrespiActor
- 1937Grand Illusion · as Captain von RauffensteinActor
- 1937Alibi · as Professor WincklerActor
- 1937Marthe Richard · as van LudlowActor
- 1937Under Secret Orders · as Col. W. Mathesius / SimonisActor
- 1938Boys' School · as Walter, le professeur d'anglaisActor
- 1938Gibraltar · as Eric MarsonActor
- 1938Rail Pirates · as Tchou KingActor
- 1938The Lafarge Case · as DenisActor
- 1938Ultimatum · as General SimovicActor
- 1938La Vie des artistes · as SelfActor
- 1939Personal Column · as Pears, l'ex-couturierActor
- 1939Behind the Facade · as Eric, German naturalized FrenchActor
- 1939The World Will Shake · as Emil Lasser / Monsieur FrankActor
- 1939Immediate CallActor
- 1940I Was an Adventuress · as Andre DesormeauxActor
- 1940Threats · as Le professeur HoffmanActor
- 1940Thunder Over Paris · as KorlickActor
- 1941So Ends Our Night · as BrennerActor
- 1942Gambling Hell · as Werner von KrallActor
- 1943Five Graves to Cairo · as Field Marshal Erwin RommelActor
- 1943The North Star · as Dr. von HardenActor
- 1944The Lady and the Monster · as Prof. Franz MuellerActor
- 1944Storm Over Lisbon · as DerescoActor
- 1945The Great Flamarion · as The Great FlamarionActor
- 1945Scotland Yard Investigator · as Carl HoffmeyerActor
- 1946The Mask of Diijon · as DiijonActor
- 1946Devil and the Angel · as Frank DavisActor
- 1946One Does Not Die That Way · as Eric von BergActor
- 1948La Danse de mort · as EdgarActor
- 1948Stroheim in Vienna · as SelfActor
- 1949Portrait of a Murderer · as EricActor
- 1949The Red Signal · as Mathias BertholdActor
- 1950Sunset Boulevard · as Max von MayerlingActor
- 1952Unnatural · as Jacob ten BrinkenActor
- 1953Other Side of Paradise · as William O'HaraActor
- 1953Midnight... Quai de Bercy · as Le professeur KiefferActor
- 1953Alarm in Morocco · as Conrad NagelActor
- 1955Napoleon · as Ludwig van BeethovenActor
- 1955Série noire · as Sacha ZavaroffActor
- 1955La Madone des sleepings · as Dr Siefgried TraurigActor
- 1957Armored Attack! · as Dr. Otto Von HardenActor
- 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1966Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1969Garbo, by Joan Crawford · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1979The Man You Loved to Hate · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Quand Jean devint Renoir · as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.