Actor
Georg H. Schnell
Born 11 April 1878 · Tschifu (now Yantai), China — died 31 March 1951
Georg H. Schnell (1878–1951) was a German character actor, born in Yantai, China, who appeared in more than a hundred films. He is best remembered as the shipowner Harding in F. W. Murnau's silent horror classic Nosferatu (1922), and he kept working steadily through the Weimar and Nazi-era German film industries.
Key films
Nosferatu (1922)On Cinespective
His best-known role: shipowner Harding in Murnau's landmark silent horror film.
The Old Fritz II (1928)
A late-silent-era German historical film showing his work in prestige productions of the 1920s.
Danton (1931)
An early sound-era historical drama that shows his continued work as a character actor.
The Rothschilds (1940)
A prominent, well-known German production from his later career.
Madame Bovary (1937)
A German adaptation of the Flaubert novel, representing his 1930s literary-adaptation work.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 84
- 1919Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten MenschenActor
- 1919Die rollende KugelActor
- 1919Her Sport · as Rudolf WaltersActor
- 1919The ArcActor
- 1919Die Schuld · as Jürgen HalströmActor
- 1919Der verführte HeiligeActor
- 1919Das Werkzeug des Cosimo · as Werner BurghoffActor
- 1920Die TarantelActor
- 1920Die Tragödie eines GroßenActor
- 1920Das rote PlakatActor
- 1920Dolls of Death · as LorenzoActor
- 1920Panic in the House of ArdonActor
- 1921Die Dreizehn aus StahlActor
- 1922Nosferatu · as HardingActor
- 1922Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin · as LafayetteActor
- 1922Fräulein JulieActor
- 1922Die Tochter Napoleons · as BertinActor
- 1924Liebet das LebenActor
- 1924Um eines Weibes EhreActor
- 1925Marcco, der Bezwinger des TodesActor
- 1926Die Mühle von Sanssouci · as General SeydlitzActor
- 1926Der Stolz der Kompagnie · as Der HauptmannActor
- 1926Der gute RufActor
- 1927The Eighteen Year OldActor
- 1927Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein? · as Mr. ShifferActor
- 1927Crooks in Tails · as Lennoys SekretärActor
- 1928The Old Fritz II · as Großkanzler FürstActor
- 1928Hurrah! I'm Alive! · as Joe JeffersonActor
- 1928Moderne Piraten · as Kapitän der SultanaActor
- 1930The Flame of Love · as Grand DukeActor
- 1930The Road to Dishonour · as PawelActor
- 1930Das Donkosakenlied · as Fürst GagarinActor
- 1930The Twelfth Hour · as Hartung (Archive footage)Actor
- 1931Danton · as Der Herzog von CoburgActor
- 1931In the Employ of the Secret Service · as NikolajewskiActor
- 1931My Wife, the AdventuressActor
- 1931Circus Life · as 1. KriminalkommissarActor
- 1931Kaiserliebchen · as Hauptmann ErlaaActor
- 1932Tannenberg · as General der Kavallerie ShilinskiActor
- 1932Kampf · as Kurt HarderActor
- 1933Her Majesty LoveActor
- 1934Police Report · as StaatsanwaltActor
- 1934Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika · as Colonel Black, englischer GeneralstabsoffizierActor
- 1934Wilhelm Tell · as Kaiserlicher StatthalterActor
- 1934The Island · as HollenActor
- 1934Vacationing from Oneself · as Dr. HartungActor
- 1934The Champion of Pontresina · as I.P. Moore, BankierActor
- 1935The Girl from the Marsh CroftActor
- 1935StradivariActor
- 1935Top Sergeant SchwenkeActor
- 1935The Valley of Love · as Herr von GeldernActor
- 1935Der interessante Fall · as UncleActor
- 1936Hot BloodActor
- 1936Moral · as GroßherzogActor
- 1936Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König · as Baron WarkotschActor
- 1936A Castle in Flanders · as Regiments-AdjutantActor
- 1937Der MustergatteActor
- 1937Madame Bovary · as Marquis de AndervillierActor
- 1937An Enemy of the People · as Ministerialdirektor Prof. KösterActor
- 1937Seven Slaps · as Dr. LorenzActor
- 1937When Women Keep Silent · as ContiActor
- 1937Alarm in Peking · as GesandterActor
- 1937The Coral Princess · as FliegerkommandantActor
- 1937Heimweh · as Ein amerikanischer StaatsanwaltActor
- 1937Die Kronzeugin · as GerichtsvorsitzenderActor
- 1938Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht · as ParkerActor
- 1938Die kleine und die große Liebe · as Der amerikanische FlugpassagierActor
- 1938The Impossible Mr. Pitt · as ChironActor
- 1938Under Sealed Orders · as Resa KhanActor
- 1938Am seidenen Faden · as Dr. KlipperActor
- 1938Die Nacht der Entscheidung · as Vorsitzender des Londoner SyndikatsActor
- 1938Liebelei und Liebe · as Direktor der Technischen HochschuleActor
- 1938Stärker als die LiebeActor
- 1939Die Frau ohne VergangenheitActor
- 1939Der Polizeifunk meldetActor
- 1939In letzter Minute · as KriminalbeamterActor
- 1939Das Gewehr über · as Großkaufmann ThomsonActor
- 1939Das Recht auf Liebe · as Oberst v. KettlerActor
- 1940The RothschildsActor
- 1940Ein Mann auf AbwegenActor
- 1944The Punch Bowl · as Mitglied der BowlenrundeActor
- 1944Nora · as BankpräsidentActor
- 2023Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu · as HardingActor
- 2025Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror · as Harding - ein ReederActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.