Henry Victor

Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in his native Britain, before emigrating to the United States in 1939 where he continued his career, working in Hollywood films
Biography
Victor was born in London, England, but was raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in The King's Romance (1914). He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) and the Graham Cutts-directed The White Shadow (1923). Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's film Freaks (1932). The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously. Victor emigrated to America in 1939.
Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, in which he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent such as the Ernst Lubitsch film, To Be or Not to Be (1942).
Death
Victor died in 1945, aged 52, from a brain tumor. He is buried in Chatsworth, California, at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
The King's Romance (1914) - Prince Andreas
She (1916) - Leo Vincey
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) - Dorian Gray
Ora Pro Nobis (1917) - Lord Osborne
The Secret Woman (1918) - Jesse Redvers
The Heart of a Rose (1919) - Dick Darrell
The Call of the Sea (1919)
A Lass o' the Looms (1919) - Jack Brown
¡Cuidado con los ladrones! (1919)
Calvary (1920) - David Penryn
As God Made Her (1920) - Seward Pendyne
John Heriot's Wife (1920) - John Heriot
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920) - Dr. Lucien Calvert
Sheer Bluff (1921) - Maurice Hardacre
The Old Wives' Tale (1921) - Gerald
Bentley's Conscience (1922) - Fletcer
A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) - Horne Jerningham
Diana of the Crossways (1922) - Hon. Percy Dacier
A Bill of Divorcement (1922) - Grey Meredith
The Crimson Circle (1922)
The Prodigal Son (1923) - Oscar Stephenson
The Scandal (1923) - Artenezzo
The Royal Oak (1923) - Charles I / Charles II
The Colleen Bawn (1924) - Hardress Cregan
Henry, King of Navarre (1924) - Duc de Guise
Slaves of Destiny (1924) - Ralph Warriner
The White Shadow (1924) - Louis Chadwick
His Grace Gives Notice (1924) - George Berwick
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924) - Ronald Cavendish
The Sins Ye Do (1924) - Ronald Hillier
A Romance of Mayfair (1925) - Jack Dinneford
The White Monkey (1925) - Wilfrid Desert
Braveheart (1925) - Sam Harris
Mulhall's Greatest Catch (1926) - Otto Nelson
Crossed Signals (1926) - Jack McDermott
The Beloved Rogue (1927) - Thibault d'Aussigny
The Fourth Commandment (1927) - Gordon Graham
Topsy and Eva (1927) - St. Claire
The Luck of the Navy (1927) - Lt. Clive Stanton
The Guns of Loos (1928) - John Grimlaw
Tommy Atkins (1928) - Victor
L'Argent (1928) - Jacques Hamelin
After the Verdict (1929) - Mr. Sabine - der fremde Mann
Down Channel (1929) - Smiler
Diane (1929) - Oberst Guy de Lasalle
The Hate Ship (1929) - Count Boris Ivanoff
Song of Soho (1930) - Henry
Are You There? (1930) - International crook
One Heavenly Night (1931) - Almady, the Officer
Seas Beneath (1931) - Baron Ernst von Steuben (U-boat commander)
Suicide Fleet (1931) - Captain Von Schlettow
Freaks (1932) - Hercules
World and the Flesh (1932) - Revolutionary (uncredited)
The Mummy (1932) - The Saxon Warrior (scenes deleted)
Luxury Liner (1933) - Baron von Luden
The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) - Floyd
Tiger Bay (1934) - Olaf
I Spy (1934) - KPO
The Way of Youth (1934) - M. Sylvestre
Murder at Monte Carlo (1935) - Major
Handle with Care (1935) - Count Paul
Can You Hear Me, Mother? (1935) - Father
The Secret Voice (1936) - Brandt
Fame (1936) - Actor
Conquest of the Air (1936) - Otto Lilienthal
The Great Barrier (1937) - Bulldog Kelly
Our Fighting Navy (1937) - Lt. d'Enriquo
Holiday's End (1937) - Major Zwanenberg
Fine Feathers (1937) - Gibbons
Hotel Imperial (1939) - Sultanov (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) - Wildebrandt
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) - Jaubec (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat (1939) - German U-boat Officer
Espionage Agent (1939) - Foreign Official (uncredited)
We're in the Army Now (1939) - Col. Schlager
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) - J. Lester Hammil
Zanzibar (1940) - Mate Simpson
Enemy Agent (1940) - Karl (uncredited)
The Mortal Storm (1940) - Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940) - Cmdr. Bulow
Spring Parade (1940) - Dutch Officer (uncredited)
Seven Sinners (1940) - Dutch Police Officer (uncredited)
Escape (1940) - Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
Charter Pilot (1940) - Faber
The Mad Doctor (1941) - Furber (uncredited)
King of the Zombies (1941) - Dr. Miklos Sangre
Underground (1941) - Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live (1941) - U-boat Captain Horst (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect (1942) - Rudolf Hagerman
All Through the Night (1942) - Meeting Receptionist (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be (1942) - Captain Schultz
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) - Col. Bosch (uncredited)
Desperate Journey (1942) - Heinrich Schwarzmueller
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) - German Storm Trooper (uncredited)
Underground Agent (1942) - Johann Schrode
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) - Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)
They Got Me Covered (1943) - Staeger (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943) - Heilrich
Mission to Moscow (1943) - Herr Schufeldt - Hamburg Official (uncredited)
Nazty Nuisance (1943) - Kapitan von Popoff
Above Suspicion (1943) - German Officer (uncredited)
The Cross of Lorraine (1943) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Betrayal from the East (1945) - Brunzman (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal (1945) - Russian General (uncredited) (final film role)
References
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1892 births
1945 deaths
English people of German descent
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Deaths from cancer in California
Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
Male actors from London
20th-century English male actors
British expatriate male actors in the United States