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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City in Darkness | Travel Agency Manager | 1939-11-15 |
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Everything Happens at Night | Maitre d'Hotel | 1939-12-22 |
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Always Goodbye | Modiste Benoit | 1938-06-24 |
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Suez | M. Fevrier | 1938-10-28 |
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Gateway | Count | 1938-08-05 |
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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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I'll Take Romance | Lepino | 1937-11-17 |
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Fatal Lady | Headwaiter (uncredited) | 1936-05-15 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager | 1936-08-20 |
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The Night Is Young | Mueller (uncredited) | 1935-01-11 |
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Symphony of Living | Mancini | 1935-01-19 |
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Here's to Romance | LeFevre | 1935-10-04 |
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Diamond Jim | Jeweler | 1935-09-01 |
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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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The Crusades | Leopold, Duke of Austria | 1935-08-21 |
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Love Time | Nicholas | 1934-11-03 |
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Fashions of 1934 | Savarin (uncredited) | 1934-02-14 |
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Beloved | Baron Franz von Hausmann | 1934-01-22 |
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Mills of the Gods | Count Filippo Di Fraschiani | 1934-12-15 |
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Elmer and Elsie | Barlotti | 1934-08-04 |
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The Black Cat | The Lieutenant | 1934-05-07 |
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Shanghai Madness | Rigaud | 1933-08-03 |
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Topaze | Henri de Fairville | 1933-02-24 |
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Torch Singer | Carlotti | 1933-09-08 |
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The Secret of Madame Blanche | French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited) | 1933-02-03 |
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Gigolettes of Paris | 1933-10-05 | |
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The Giddy Age | Mabel's 1st Accomplice | 1932-09-25 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Frenchman on Liner | 1932-02-03 |
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The Doomed Battalion | Captain Kessler | 1932-04-30 |
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Shopworn | Andre | 1932-03-25 |
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State's Attorney | Mario | 1932-05-20 |
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Lady with a Past | Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier | 1932-02-19 |
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The Night Club Lady | Vincent Rowland | 1932-08-27 |
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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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Men Are Such Fools | Spinelli | 1932-11-18 |
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Freaks | Landowner (uncredited) | 1932-01-01 |
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Red-Headed Woman | Frenchman in Paris (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
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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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The Common Law | Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited) | 1931-07-17 |
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Strangers May Kiss | De Bazan | 1931-04-04 |
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Heartbreak | Liaison Officer | 1931-11-08 |
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Our Blushing Brides | Monsieur Pantoise | 1930-07-19 |
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Such Men Are Dangerous | Paul Strohm | 1930-03-09 |
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Oh, for a Man! | Peck | 1930-11-28 |
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Madam Satan | Empire Officer | 1930-09-20 |
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Morocco | Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited) | 1930-11-14 |
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Fashion News | 1930-01-01 | |
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Sea Legs | Captain | 1930-12-01 |
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One Romantic Night | Count Lutzen | 1930-04-30 |
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Monte Carlo | Prince Otto's Companion / M.C. | 1930-08-27 |
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Why Is a Plumber? | 1929-03-30 | |
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The Exalted Flapper | King Alexander of Capra | 1929-06-09 |
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Die Lady von der Straße | Baron Finot | 1929-01-22 |
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Captain Lash | Alex Condax | 1929-01-06 |
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Saturday's Children | Mengle | 1929-03-10 |
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Jazz Heaven | Walter Klucke | 1929-11-03 |
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Stocks and Blondes | Powers | 1928-09-09 |
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Plastered in Paris | Abou Ben Abed | 1928-09-23 |
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Alex The Great | Ed | 1928-05-13 |
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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 Legion of the Condemned | Von Hohendorff | 1928-03-10 |
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The Magnificent Flirt | Count D'Estrange | 1928-06-02 |
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Slipping Wives | Hon. Winchester Squirtz | 1927-04-03 |
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The Chinese Parrot | Martin Thorne | 1927-10-23 |
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Honeymoon Hate | 1927-12-03 | |
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Mockery | Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited) | 1927-08-13 |
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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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Love Me and the World Is Mine | Billie | 1927-09-26 |
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Camille | Henri | 1927-09-04 |
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The Blonde Saint | Andreas | 1926-11-20 |
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Old Loves and New | Dr. Chalmers | 1926-04-11 |
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The Merry Widow | Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited) | 1926-09-27 |
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Watch Your Wife | Alphonse Marsac | 1926-04-04 |
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The Eagle | Kuschka | 1925-11-08 |
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Merry-Go-Round | Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn | 1923-07-01 |
