Louis Brody

Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter.^[1]

Louis Brody
Born	Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa (1892-02-15)15 February 1892 Douala, Kamerun
Died	11 February 1951(1951-02-11) (aged 58) Berlin, East Germany
Nationality	German
Occupations	Actor musician wrestler
Years active	1915–1951

Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon.^[1] His career began in the 1920s after he moved to Germany and lasted uninterrupted throughout the Nazi regime till his death in 1951. Brody engaged also in political work in favour of Afro-Germans as part of the African Aid Organisation, established by and for Afro-Germans living in Germany. In 1938 he married a woman from Danzig. Brody remained active and successful as an artist during World War II.

Selected filmography

• Das Gesetz der Mine [de] (1915) as the Black African (film debut)
• The Mistress of the World (1919) as Mallkalle the medicine man/Simba the Chinese servant
• The Dagger of Malaya (1919) as Jack Johnson
• Genuine (1920) as the Malay
• Destiny (1921) as the Moor
• The Pearl of the Orient (1921) as the Rajah's servant
• The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921) as Mulay Hassan
• The Secret of Bombay (1921)
• The Poisoned Stream (1921)
• The Island of the Lost (1921) as the king of the island
• The Indian Tomb (1921) as the Maharadjah's black servant (uncredited)
• The Man Without a Name (1921) as Bill Burns
• The Secret of Santa Maria (1921)
• Der Kleine Muck (1921) as Achmet
• Lust for Life (1922) as Jimmy
• Das Spielzeug einer Tänzerin (1923) as Brutus
• The Pleasure Garden (1925) as the plantation manager (uncredited)
• The Boxer's Bride (1926) as Fighting Bob
• I Once Had a Comrade (1926) as the Moor
• The Armoured Vault (1926) as the chauffeur
• The Great Duchess (1926)
• Mata Hari (1927)
• Death Drive for the World Record (1929) as Salto King's servant
• The Last Testament (1929)
• Calais-Dover (1931) as the cook
• No More Love (1931) as the cook
• The White Demon (1932) as the theater porter
• Narcotics (1932) as the theater porter (uncredited)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) as the Pascha's servant
• The Flower of Hawaii (1933)
• Hard Luck Mary (1934) as the black man
• Pechmarie (1934) as the black man
• The Riders of German East Africa (1934) as Hamissi
• Punks Arrives from America (1935) as the barkeeper
• Pillars of Society (1935) as a cowboy
• La Habanera (1937) as a Puerto Rican passerby
• The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938) as Seaman Higgins
• Sergeant Berry (1938) as Berry's neighbor
• The Impossible Mister Pitt (1938) as Seaman Hannibal
• Kennwort Machin (1939) as the New York hotel porter
• Water for Canitoga (1939) as Johnny
• Brand im Ozean [de](1939)
• Goodbye, Franziska (1941) as the South American hotel porter (uncredited)
• Jud Süß (1940) as the Duke's black valet
• Carl Peters (1941) as the East African tribal chief
• Ohm Kruger (1941) as Lobenguela
• Blutsbrüderschaft (1941)
• Vom Schicksal verweht (1942) as the tribal chief
• Doctor Crippen (1942) as Pedro
• Giungla (film) [it] (1942) as Je-Crois-En-Dieu
• Münchhausen (1943) as Abd al-Hamid's servant (uncredited)
• Germanin – Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat [de] (1943) as King Wapunga
• Kolberg (1945) as a Black French soldier (uncredited)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946)
• Quax in Africa (1947) as the medicine man
• Nights on the Nile (1949) as the Egyptian
• The Black Forest Girl (1950) as a party guest (uncredited)
• The Last Year (1951)

References

1. "Afrika in Berlin". dhm.de.

External links

• Louis Brody at IMDb