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Albert Conti
Actor, Additional Credits
Died January 18, 1967 (79 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis · as Frank Crosetti |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy · as Customer |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal · as Henri |
| 1941 | The Cowboy and the Blonde · as Executive |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night · as Maitre D'hotel |
| 1939 | City in Darkness · as Travel Agency Manager |
| 1938 | Suez · as M. Fevrier |
| 1938 | Gateway · as Count |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye · as Modiste Benoit |
| 1937 | I'll Take Romance · as Lepino |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Count Wallenstein |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours · as Monet |
| 1937 | Café Metropole · as Gendarme At Jail (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday · as Photographer |
| 1936 | One in a Million · as Hotel Manager |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls · as Count's Friend |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard · as Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager |
| 1936 | Fatal Lady · as Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames · as Armand - Headwaiter |
| 1935 | Hands Across the Table · as Maitre D' In Speakeasy |
| 1935 | The Crusades · as Leopold, Duke Of Austria |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory · as Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim · as Jeweler |
| 1935 | Goin' to Town · as Head Steward |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt · as Louie - Head Waiter |
| 1935 | Symphony of Living · as Mancini |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young · as Mueller (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Black Cat · as The Lieutenant |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady · as French Roulette Onlooker |
| 1934 | Riptide · as Man Helping The Fallen Tommie |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 · as Savarin (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Nana · as Hugo - Grand Duke's Aide |
| 1934 | Beloved · as Baron Franz Von Hausmann |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Torch Singer · as Carlotti |
| 1933 | Adorable · as The Captain |
| 1933 | The Barbarian · as Restaurant Manager |
| 1933 | Topaze · as Henri De Fairville |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche · as French Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Men Are Such Fools · as Spinelli |
| 1932 | The Giddy Age · as Mabel's 1st Accomplice |
| 1932 | The Night Club Lady · as Vincent Rowland |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman · as Frenchman In Paris (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Doomed Battalion · as Captain Kessler |
| 1932 | As You Desire Me · as Captain |
| 1932 | State's Attorney · as Mario |
| 1932 | Careless Lady · as French Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1932 | Shopworn · as Andre |
| 1932 | Lady with a Past · as Rene, The Viscomte De La Thernardier |
| 1932 | The Greeks Had a Word for Them · as Frenchman On Liner |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo · as A Man Of The World |
| 1932 | Freaks · as Landowner (uncredited) |
| 1931 | This Modern Age · as André De Graignon |
| 1931 | The Common Law · as Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Just a Gigolo · as French Husband |
| 1931 | Strangers May Kiss · as De Bazan |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster · as Carlo |
| 1930 | Morocco · as Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! · as Peck |
| 1930 | Madam Satan · as Empire Officer |
| 1930 | Monte Carlo · as Prince Otto's Companion / M.c. |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides · as Monsieur Pantoise |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night · as Count Lutzen |
| 1930 | Such Men Are Dangerous · as Paul Strohm |
| 1929 | Jazz Heaven · as Walter Klucke |
| 1929 | Lady of the Pavements · as Baron Finot |
| 1928 | Show People · as Producer |
| 1928 | The Wedding March · as Imperial Guard |
| 1928 | Tempest · as Commission Board Member |
| 1928 | Alex the Great · as Ed |
| 1928 | The Legion of the Condemned · as Von Hohendorff |
| 1927 | The Devil Dancer · as Arnold Guthrie |
| 1927 | The Chinese Parrot · as Martin Thorne |
| 1927 | Mockery · as Military Commandant At Novokursk (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Slipping Wives · as Hon. Winchester Squirtz |
| 1926 | Camille · as Henri |
| 1925 | The Merry Widow · as Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Eagle · as Kuschka |
| 1923 | Merry-Go-Round · as Rudi / Baron Von Leightsinn |