death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive imdb_id article_title name occupation
hollywood , california , usa 15 march 1945 london , england , uk 2 october 1892 1914 -- 1945 0896109 henry victor
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henry victor

henry victor -lrb- 2 october 1892 -- 15 march 1945 -rrb- was an english-born character actor .
brought up in germany , victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman hercules in tod browning 's 1932 film `` freaks '' .
the role was originally considered for victor mclaglen , with whom browning had worked previously .
he was a leading figure in early british silent films such as `` the white shadow '' .
he made his film debut in 1914 as prince andreas in `` the revolutionist '' , originally titled `` the kings romance '' .
he appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as `` the picture of dorian gray '' .
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 and was best known for the ernst lubitsch film , `` to be or not to be '' .
