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Captain Swagger (1928)
Character: Von Dictor
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
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Satan's Private Door (1917)
Character: Richard Vance
The house of Thomas Chatterton is divided against itself. His son Joseph is an inebriate; his daughter Anne is a social butterfly who neglects her baby and husband; the old man lives in solitude. Edith Conway comes to visit the Chattertons and finds herself distinctly out-of-place, of a different type. Thomas Chatterton finds in Edith a long-wished-for companion.
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Skinner's Dress Suit (1917)
Character: Perkins
Skinner is too timid to ask his boss for a salary increase, but also too timid to tell his wife he has not gotten it. He pretends to have received the raise and buys a new suit as proof. The stylish suit gives him confidence, soon he has been transformed into the dynamic and successful man he had pretended to be.
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Die große Fahrt (1931)
Character: Thorpe
A large caravan of settlers attempt to cross the Oregon Trail. German-language version of The Big Trail (1930) with an alternate cast and co-director. Bill Coleman (named Breck Coleman in the U.S. version) leads settlers in covered wagons Westward, across the prairie and mountains.
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Skinner's Baby (1917)
Character: Perkins (as U.K. Haupt)
William Skinner is very pleased with the news his wife Honey is expecting their first child. He eagerly prepares for the new arrival, as he is sure it will be the next William Skinner Jr. When the bundle of joy finally arrives, much to his surprise, it's a girl. However, Honey and William are just as happy as if she were a he.
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The Unholy Garden (1931)
Character: Col. von Axt
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
Character: Jean Du Barry
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.
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Morocco (1930)
Character: Adjudant Caesar
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
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Three Faces East (1930)
Character: German Colonel (uncredited)
During World War I, a female agent tries to unmask a German spy.
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The Iron Mask (1929)
Character: De Rochefort
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.
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A Royal Romance (1930)
Character: Count von Baden
A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be Countess von Baden, hiding in a secret chamber with her son, whom the court has awarded to her divorced husband.
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The Man Who Came Back (1931)
Character: Captain Gallon
A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable man of himself.
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Tempest (1928)
Character: The Captain
In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.
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Wonder of Women (1929)
Character: Kurt
The artistic temperament of a German concert pianist renders him chronically unfaithful to his devoted wife. This film is believed lost.
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Frozen Justice (1929)
Character: Captain Jones
The picture is based on the 1920 novel, Norden For Lov og Ret, by Ejnar Mikkelsen, set in Nome, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 and 1899. Presumed lost.
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Madame X (1929)
Character: Laroque
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
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The Rogue Song (1930)
Character: Prince Serge
In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.
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The Greene Murder Case (1929)
Character: Dr. Von Blon
Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.
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The Bad One (1930)
Character: Pierre Ferrande
In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.
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