1887-01-28 Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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.
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Everything Happens at Night | Maitre d'Hotel | 1939-12-22 |
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City in Darkness | Travel Agency Manager | 1939-11-15 |
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Gateway | Count | 1938-08-05 |
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Suez | M. Fevrier | 1938-10-28 |
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Always Goodbye | Modiste Benoit | 1938-06-24 |
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I'll Take Romance | Lepino | 1937-11-17 |
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Café Metropole | Gendarme at Jail (uncredited) | 1937-04-28 |
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Dangerously Yours | Monet | 1937-09-21 |
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One in a Million | Hotel Manager | 1937-01-01 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager | 1936-08-20 |
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Fatal Lady | Headwaiter (uncredited) | 1936-05-15 |
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Page Miss Glory | Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
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Shadow of Doubt | Louie - Head Waiter | 1935-02-15 |
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Symphony of Living | Mancini | 1935-01-19 |
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Diamond Jim | Jeweler | 1935-09-01 |
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Here's to Romance | LeFevre | 1935-10-04 |
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The Crusades | Leopold, Duke of Austria | 1935-08-21 |
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The Night Is Young | Mueller (uncredited) | 1935-01-11 |
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Beloved | Baron Franz von Hausmann | 1934-01-22 |
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The Black Cat | The Lieutenant | 1934-05-07 |
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Fashions of 1934 | Savarin (uncredited) | 1934-02-14 |
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Love Time | Nicholas | 1934-11-03 |
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Mills of the Gods | Count Filippo Di Fraschiani | 1934-12-15 |
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Gigolettes of Paris | 1933-10-05 | |
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Torch Singer | Carlotti | 1933-09-08 |
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Topaze | Henri de Fairville | 1933-02-24 |
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Shanghai Madness | Rigaud | 1933-08-03 |
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The Secret of Madame Blanche | French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited) | 1933-02-03 |
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The Night Club Lady | Vincent Rowland | 1932-08-27 |
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Red-Headed Woman | Frenchman in Paris (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
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Shopworn | Andre | 1932-03-25 |
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Freaks | Landowner (uncredited) | 1932-01-01 |
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The Doomed Battalion | Captain Kessler | 1932-04-30 |
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The Giddy Age | Mabel's 1st Accomplice | 1932-09-25 |
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Lady with a Past | Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier | 1932-02-19 |
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Men Are Such Fools | Spinelli | 1932-11-18 |
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As You Desire Me | Captain | 1932-05-28 |
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Careless Lady | French Hotel Desk Clerk | 1932-04-02 |
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State's Attorney | Mario | 1932-05-20 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Frenchman on Liner | 1932-02-03 |
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The Common Law | Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited) | 1931-07-17 |
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This Modern Age | André de Graignon | 1931-08-29 |
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Liebe auf Befehl | Emile | 1931-02-17 |
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Just a Gigolo | French Husband | 1931-06-06 |
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Heartbreak | Liaison Officer | 1931-11-08 |
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Strangers May Kiss | De Bazan | 1931-04-04 |
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Our Blushing Brides | Monsieur Pantoise | 1930-07-19 |
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Madam Satan | Empire Officer | 1930-09-20 |
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Oh, for a Man! | Peck | 1930-11-28 |
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Such Men Are Dangerous | Paul Strohm | 1930-03-09 |
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Monte Carlo | Prince Otto's Companion / M.C. | 1930-08-27 |
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Sea Legs | Captain | 1930-12-01 |
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Morocco | Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited) | 1930-11-14 |
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One Romantic Night | Count Lutzen | 1930-04-30 |
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Jazz Heaven | Walter Klucke | 1929-11-03 |
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Saturday's Children | Mengle | 1929-03-10 |
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Why Is a Plumber? | 1929-03-30 | |
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Die Lady von der Straße | Baron Finot | 1929-01-22 |
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The Exalted Flapper | King Alexander of Capra | 1929-06-09 |
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Captain Lash | Alex Condax | 1929-01-06 |
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The Magnificent Flirt | Count D'Estrange | 1928-06-02 |
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The Legion of the Condemned | Von Hohendorff | 1928-03-10 |
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Show People | Producer | 1928-11-20 |
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The Wedding March | Imperial Guard | 1928-10-06 |
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The Chinese Parrot | Martin Thorne | 1927-10-23 |
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The Devil Dancer | Arnold Guthrie | 1927-11-03 |
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South Sea Love | Max Weber | 1927-12-10 |
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Mockery | Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited) | 1927-08-13 |
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Love Me and the World Is Mine | Billie | 1927-09-26 |
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Camille | Henri | 1927-09-04 |
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Slipping Wives | Hon. Winchester Squirtz | 1927-04-03 |
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The Merry Widow | Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited) | 1926-09-27 |
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Old Loves and New | Dr. Chalmers | 1926-04-11 |
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The Blonde Saint | Andreas | 1926-11-20 |
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The Eagle | Kuschka | 1925-11-08 |
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Merry-Go-Round | Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn | 1923-07-01 |
