Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a multifaceted Austrian-American actor, director, and writer known for his contributions to cinema during the silent film era. He was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail as a director and for portraying intense, often morally ambiguous characters on screen. Stroheim gained fame for directing and starring in films like "Greed"...

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

as Max von Mayerling

Grand Illusion

as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Greed

Director

Cast Credits

Armored Attack!

as Dr. Otto Von Harden

La Madone des sleepings

as Dr Siefgried Traurig

Napoleon

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Série noire

as Sacha Zavaroff

Alarm in Morocco

as Conrad Nagel

Other Side of Paradise

as William O'Hara

Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Le professeur Kieffer

Unnatural

as Jacob ten Brinken

Sunset Boulevard

as Max von Mayerling

The Red Signal

as Mathias Berthold

Devil and the Angel

as Frank Davis

The Great Flamarion

as The Great Flamarion

The Lady and the Monster

as Prof. Franz Mueller

The North Star

as Dr. von Harden

Five Graves to Cairo

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Gambling Hell

as Werner von Krall

I Was an Adventuress

as Andre Desormeaux

Threats

as Le professeur Hoffman

Personal Column

as Pears, l'ex-couturier

The World Will Shake

as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank

Behind the Facade

as Eric, German naturalized French

Crew Credits

Papatya

Original Story

Gibraltar

Scenario Writer

The Devil-Doll

Screenplay

Queen Kelly

Director

Greed

Director

Blind Man's Luck

Technical Supervisor

In Again, Out Again

Art Direction

Panthea

Assistant Director

Less Than the Dust

Assistant Director

The Social Secretary

Assistant Director

Macbeth

Assistant Director

His Picture in the Papers

Assistant Director

Old Heidelberg

Assistant Director

Ghosts

Technical Advisor

The Birth of a Nation

Assistant Director