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Albert Conti
Actor

Albert Conti

28 Jan 1887Born
18 Jan 1967Died
79Age at death
84Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 84 credits.

  1. 1939Everything Happens at NightFilm: Maitre d'Hotel
  2. 1939City in DarknessFilm: Travel Agency Manager
  3. 1938SuezFilm: M. Fevrier
  4. 1938GatewayFilm: Count
  5. 1938Always GoodbyeFilm: Modiste Benoit
  6. 1937I'll Take RomanceFilm: Lepino
  7. 1937Dangerously YoursFilm: Monet
  8. 1937Café MetropoleFilm: Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
  9. 1937One in a MillionFilm: Hotel Manager
  10. 1936Hollywood BoulevardFilm: Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
  11. 1936Fatal LadyFilm: Headwaiter (uncredited)
  12. 1935Here's to RomanceFilm: LeFevre
  13. 1935Page Miss GloryFilm: Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)
  14. 1935Diamond JimFilm: Jeweler
  15. 1935The CrusadesFilm: Leopold, Duke of Austria
  16. 1935Shadow of DoubtFilm: Louie - Head Waiter
  17. 1935Symphony of LivingFilm: Mancini
  18. 1935The Night Is YoungFilm: Mueller (uncredited)
  19. 1934Mills of the GodsFilm: Count Filippo Di Fraschiani
  20. 1934Love TimeFilm: Nicholas
  21. 1934Elmer and ElsieFilm: Barlotti
  22. 1934The Black CatFilm: The Lieutenant
  23. 1934Fashions of 1934Film: Savarin (uncredited)
  24. 1934BelovedFilm: Baron Franz von Hausmann
  25. 1933Gigolettes of ParisFilm
  26. 1933Torch SingerFilm: Carlotti
  27. 1933Shanghai MadnessFilm: Rigaud
  28. 1933AdorableFilm: The Captain (uncredited)
  29. 1933TopazeFilm: Henri de Fairville
  30. 1933The Secret of Madame BlancheFilm: French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
  31. 1932Men Are Such FoolsFilm: Spinelli
  32. 1932The Giddy AgeFilm: Mabel's 1st Accomplice
  33. 1932The Night Club LadyFilm: Vincent Rowland
  34. 1932Red-Headed WomanFilm: Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
  35. 1932As You Desire MeFilm: Captain
  36. 1932State's AttorneyFilm: Mario
  37. 1932The Doomed BattalionFilm: Captain Kessler
  38. 1932Careless LadyFilm: French Hotel Desk Clerk
  39. 1932ShopwornFilm: Andre
  40. 1932Lady with a PastFilm: Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier
  41. 1932The Greeks Had a Word for ThemFilm: Frenchman on Liner
  42. 1932FreaksFilm: Landowner (uncredited)
  43. 1931HeartbreakFilm: Liaison Officer
  44. 1931This Modern AgeFilm: André de Graignon
  45. 1931The Common LawFilm: Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
  46. 1931Just a GigoloFilm: French Husband
  47. 1931Strangers May KissFilm: De Bazan
  48. 1931The Boudoir DiplomatFilm: Emile
  49. 1930Sea LegsFilm: Captain
  50. 1930Oh, for a Man!Film: Peck
  51. 1930MoroccoFilm: Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)
  52. 1930Madam SatanFilm: Empire Officer
  53. 1930Monte CarloFilm: Prince Otto's Companion / M.C.
  54. 1930Our Blushing BridesFilm: Monsieur Pantoise
  55. 1930One Romantic NightFilm: Count Lutzen
  56. 1930Such Men Are DangerousFilm: Paul Strohm
  57. 1930Fashion NewsFilm
  58. 1929Jazz HeavenFilm: Walter Klucke
  59. 1929The Exalted FlapperFilm: King Alexander of Capra
  60. 1929Why Is a Plumber?Film
  61. 1929Saturday's ChildrenFilm: Mengle
  62. 1929Lady of the PavementsFilm: Baron Finot
  63. 1929Captain LashFilm: Alex Condax
  64. 1928Show PeopleFilm: Producer
  65. 1928The Wedding MarchFilm: Imperial Guard
  66. 1928Plastered in ParisFilm: Abou Ben Abed
  67. 1928Stocks and BlondesFilm: Powers
  68. 1928The Magnificent FlirtFilm: Count D'Estrange
  69. 1928Alex The GreatFilm: Ed
  70. 1928The Legion of the CondemnedFilm: Von Hohendorff
  71. 1927South Sea LoveFilm: Max Weber
  72. 1927Honeymoon HateFilm
  73. 1927The Devil DancerFilm: Arnold Guthrie
  74. 1927The Chinese ParrotFilm: Martin Thorne
  75. 1927Love Me and the World Is MineFilm: Billie
  76. 1927CamilleFilm: Henri
  77. 1927MockeryFilm: Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
  78. 1927Slipping WivesFilm: Hon. Winchester Squirtz
  79. 1926The Blonde SaintFilm: Andreas
  80. 1926Old Loves and NewFilm: Dr. Chalmers

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