Born March 24, 1904· Barkotzen, Province of Pomerania, German Empire (now Barkocin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
† Died January 15, 1994
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Emerging from a German-Russian family in Pomerania, he trained for six years at the Max Reinhardt Dramatic School, excelling in Shakespearean roles and Berlin revues before appearing in his first silent film, Der Fahnenträger von Sedan, in 1927. After early German productions such as Alraune and The Singing City, he fled the Nazi regime, settled in the United States and entered Hollywood with a su…
