Ekkehard Arendt

Ekkehard Arendt (10 June 1892 – 10 May 1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Arendt served in the Austrian Army during the First World War, before moving to Germany to work in the theatre and film industry. He played the role of Handel Vane in Alfred Hitchcock's 1931 film Mary^[1] and the dishonest bank director in The Virtuous Sinner (1931).^[2] Arendt later returned to live in Austria.

Ekkehard Arendt
Born	10 June 1892 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	10 May 1954 (1954-05-11) (aged 61) Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)	Film actor Stage actor
Years active	1927–1951 (film)

Selected filmography

• The Vice of Humanity (1927)
• The Catwalk (1927)
• The False Prince (1927)
• The Old Fritz (1928)
• Eva in Silk (1928)
• Phantoms of Happiness (1929)
• The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
• The Love of the Brothers Rott (1929)
• Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
• Der Herzog von Reichstadt (1931)
• Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
• The Virtuous Sinner (1931)
• Mary (1931)
• Children of Fortune (1931)
• Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
• Viennese Waltz (1932)
• Bon Voyage (1933)
• Punks Arrives from America (1935)
• My Life for Maria Isabella (1935)
• Regine (1935)
• His Daughter is Called Peter (1936)
• To New Shores (1937)
• Red Orchids (1938)
• The Rainer Case (1942)
• Vienna 1910 (1943)
• Call Over the Air (1951)

References

1. Sloan p.99
2. Prawer p.137

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Sloan, Jane E. Alfred Hitchcock: A Filmography and Bibliography. University of California Press, 1995.

External links

• Ekkehard Arendt at IMDb