Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen.
Life and career
Felix Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia) and was an experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He began as a supporting actor, for example as the Bailiff in the box-office hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, the Jewish Bressart had to leave Germany and continued his career in German-speaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After no fewer than 30 films in eight years, he immigrated to the United States.
One of Bressart's former European colleagues was Joe Pasternak, who had become a Hollywood producer. Bressart's first American film was Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), a vehicle for the Universal Pictures' star, Deanna Durbin. Pasternak chose Bressart to perform in a screen test opposite Pasternak's newest discovery, Gloria Jean. The German community in Hollywood helped to establish Bressart in America, as his earliest American movies were directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Koster, and Wilhelm Thiele, director of The Three from the Filling Station (originally Die Drei von der Tankstelle, 1930), a film which features Bressart in a small role.
Bressart, Felix Filmography
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2005, role: actor , character name: Buljanoff
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1958, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1949, role: actor , character name: Professor Morris Avrum
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1948, role: actor , character name: Pete
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1948, role: actor , character name: Professor Gerkikoff
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1946, role: actor , character name: Ludwig Kriegspiel
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1946, role: actor , character name: Pepe - New Orleans Cafe Owner
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1946, role: actor , character name: Frederick Hassman
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1946, role: actor , character name: Hugo Meyerheld
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1945, role: actor , character name: Prof. Ginza
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1945, role: actor , character name: Prof. Roland Budlow
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1944, role: actor , character name: Hofer
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1944, role: actor , character name: Johnny
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1944, role: actor , character name: Poldi Schlamm
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1944, role: actor , character name: Petrov
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1944, role: actor
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1943, role: actor , character name: Mr. A. Werner
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1943, role: actor , character name: Anti - Nazi Teacher
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1943, role: actor , character name: Anton Ottoway
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1942, role: actor , character name: Papa Jonsdottir
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1942, role: actor , character name: Arthur Talbot
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1942, role: actor , character name: Greenberg
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1942, role: actor , character name: Dr. Andre Tessier
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1941, role: actor , character name: Prof. Ladislaus Milic
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1941, role: actor , character name: Mischa
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1941, role: actor , character name: Dr. Max Breslar
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1941, role: actor , character name: Mr. M. Schoner
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1940, role: actor , character name: August Winkel
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1940, role: actor , character name: Max
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1940, role: actor , character name: Vanya
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1940, role: actor , character name: Michael Simon
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1940, role: actor , character name: Fritz Keller
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1940, role: actor , character name: The Great Boldini
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1940, role: actor , character name: Pirovitch
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1939, role: actor , character name: Buljanoff
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1939, role: actor , character name: Music Teacher
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1939, role: actor , character name: Henry Kleber
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1939, role: actor , character name: Maxl
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1936, role: actor , character name: Max Kaspar
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1935, role: actor , character name: Birowitsch, der Sekretär
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1935, role: actor , character name: Professor Volksmann
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1935, role: actor , character name: Philipp Sonndorfer
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1934, role: actor , character name: Kriegel, Geheimdetektiv
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1934, role: actor , character name: Her grandfather
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1933, role: actor , character name: Le baron Vandernyff
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1933, role: actor , character name: Direktor Ritter
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1933, role: actor , character name: Herr Schramek
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1932, role: actor , character name: Gottfried Jonathan Bankbeamter
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1932, role: actor , character name: Johannes Georg Holzapfel
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1931, role: actor , character name: Böcklein
