Reinhold Bernt

Reinhold Bernt (19 December 1902 – 26 October 1981) was a German film actor.
Bernt was born Reinhold Bienert in Berlin and died in West Berlin.
Career
Bernt's acting career began in Stuttgart with a theater debut. Soon after, he traveled to Berlin. There, he founded a troupe known as the "Group of Young Actors" with his brother, Gerhard Bernt. He performed across Berlin and entered the film industry in the 1930s. he was not only an actor, but also an assistant director and screenwriter. He appeared in some Nationalist Socialist propaganda films, such as Im Namen des Volkes (In the Name of the People). After World War II, he performed at the Schillertheater and in Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA). It became harder to obtain large roles, so he began to act increasingly as supporting characters. eventually, he moved on to voicing radio plays, performing a total of 320 roles. He died on October 26, 1981, in Berlin.
Selected filmography
The Blue Angel (1930) - Der Clown / The Clown
Salto Mortale (1931) - Jim
The Other Side (1931) - Feldwebel
The Daredevil (1931) - Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom
Kadetten (1931) - Hennig, Bursche bei Rittmeister von Malzahn
Secret Agent (1932) - Baschin
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) - Zeitungsverkäufer
Kavaliere vom Kurfürstendamm (1932) - Gorritz
Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932) - Schrott, sein Sekretär
Secret of the Blue Room (1932) - Chauffeur Max
Sacred Waters (1932) - Töni
The Rebel (1932) - Krahvogel
Hände aus dem Dunkel (1933) - Schnabel, ein entlassener Angestellter
The Roberts Case (1933)
The Rebel (1933) - George Bird
Hitlerjunge Quex (1933) - Ausrufer (barker) (uncredited)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1935) - Regisseur
Trouble Backstairs (1935) - August Krüger, Hausverwalter
Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden (1935) - Gottfried Berger, Theos Freund
The Beggar Student (1936) - Der Pedell
Escapade (1936) - Prowiak, ein Friseur
Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine (1936) - Franzl, Schneidergeselle
Under Blazing Heavens (1936) - 1. Offizier auf der Gorboduc
Truxa (1937) - Gepäckträger (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes (1937) - Wilson
Hahn im Korb (1937) - Hotelportier
The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938) - Matrose Clements
Comrades at Sea (1938) - Kommissar Sakin
Mordsache Holm (1938) - Kriminalassistent Henneberg
In the Name of the People (1939) - Bruno Mielke
Der grüne Kaiser (1939) - (uncredited)
The Governor (1939) - Mitglied der Radikalen Partei
Mistake of the Heart (1939) - Dr. Reithofer
Central Rio (1939) - Sergeant Carmo
Alarm at Station III (1939) - Kai, Schmuggler
Jud Süß (1940) - Folterknecht
Wunschkonzert (1940)
Blutsbrüderschaft (1941) - Arbeiter der Gösch
Das himmelblaue Abendkleid (1941)
Alarm (1941) - Wirt im Lokal
Unser kleiner Junge (1941) - Swoboda
Carl Peters (1941) - Jungle Patrolman Hansen
Leichte Muse (1941) - Kaufmann Böhlke
Menschen im Sturm (1941)
Sein Sohn (1942) - Heini - Komplize des 'eleganten' Diebs
... und über uns der Himmel (1947)
The Berliner (1948) - (uncredited)
Rotation (1949) - Kurt Blank
Bürgermeister Anna (1950) - Landrat
Semmelweis - Retter der Mütter (1950)
Die Jungen vom Kranichsee (1950) - Fabrikdirektor
Master of Life and Death (1955) - Bahnwärter
The Story of Anastasia (1956) - Oberwachtmeister Schröder (uncredited)
Spy for Germany (1956) - U-Boot-Steuermann
Madeleine und der Legionär (1958)
Arzt ohne Gewissen (1959) - Hauptwachtmeister
Two Among Millions (1961) - Schliemke
Destination Death (1964) - Willi Wirth
Bibliography
Kosta, Barbara. Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture. Berghahn Books, 2009.
St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010.
References
Bernt, Reinhold, in: Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 47
External links
1902 births
1981 deaths
German male film actors
Male actors from Berlin
20th-century German male actors