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Georg H. Schnell

Georg H. Schnell

Acting1878Tschifu (now Yantai), China

Biography

Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany.

Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.

Acting History

1944
Nora
as Bankpräsident
The Punch Bowl
as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde
1938
Liebelei und Liebe
as Direktor der Technischen Hochschule
Am seidenen Faden
as Dr. Klipper
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
as Vorsitzender des Londoner Syndikats
Die kleine und die große Liebe
as Der amerikanische Flugpassagier
1937
Die Kronzeugin
as Gerichtsvorsitzender
Heimweh
as Ein amerikanischer Staatsanwalt
Ein Volksfeind
as Ministerialdirektor Prof. Köster
Seven Slaps
as Dr. Lorenz
Madame Bovary
as Marquis de Andervillier
Die Korallenprinzessin
as Fliegerkommandant
Alarm in Peking
as Gesandter
1936
Moral
as Großherzog
Das Schloß in Flandern
as Regiments-Adjutant
1934
Die Insel
as Hollen
Wilhelm Tell
as Kaiserlicher Statthalter
Ferien vom Ich
as Dr. Hartung
Der Springer von Pontresina
as I.P. Moore, Bankier
Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika
as Colonel Black, englischer Generalstabsoffizier
1932
Tannenberg
as General der Kavallerie Shilinski
Kampf
as Kurt Harder
1931
Circus Life
as 1. Kriminalkommissar
Kaiserliebchen
as Hauptmann Erlaa
1930
The Flame of Love
as Grand Duke
Das Donkosakenlied
as Fürst Sagarin
1928
The Old Fritz II
as Großkanzler Fürst
Moderne Piraten
as Kapitän der Sultana
Hurrah! I'm Alive!
as Joe Jefferson

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/11/1878
Day of Death
3/31/1951
Place of Birth
Tschifu (now Yantai), China