Albert Conti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 28, 1887
- Died
- January 18, 1967
- Birthplace
- Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor. Born in the village Gorizia (now part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science, and married Patricia Cross. When World War I began, he became an officer. His father was Albert, Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare and his mother was Marie Bernhardine Anna (Countess Caboga) a member of an old Ragusan/Dubrovnik noble family. After his discharge from the Austrian army at the close of World War I, he came to America like many other now-impoverished postwar Europeans from both sides of the conflict. Conti emigrated to the United States via the Port of Philadelphia in 1919. After settling in the new country, Conti was obliged to take a series of manual labor jobs, his patrician background notwithstanding. While working in the California oil fields, he answered an open call placed by director Erich von Stroheim, who was in search of an Austrian military officer to act as technical advisor for his upcoming film Merry-Go-Round (1923). A better actor than most of his fellow Habsburg Empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927). He appeared in the 1928 silent film Dry Martini as a roué artist. Though he made his last film in 1942, Albert Conti remained in the industry as an employee of the MGM wardrobe department, where he worked until his retirement in 1962.
Filmography
Everything Happens at Night 1939
as Maitre d'Hotel
City in Darkness 1939
as Travel Agency Manager
Suez 1938
as M. Fevrier
Gateway 1938
as Count
Always Goodbye 1938
as Modiste Benoit
I'll Take Romance 1937
as Lepino
Dangerously Yours 1937
as Monet
Café Metropole 1937
as Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
One in a Million 1937
as Hotel Manager
Hollywood Boulevard 1936
as Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Fatal Lady 1936
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Here's to Romance 1935
as LeFevre
Page Miss Glory 1935
as Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)
Diamond Jim 1935
as Jeweler
The Crusades 1935
as Leopold, Duke of Austria
Shadow of Doubt 1935
as Louie - Head Waiter
Symphony of Living 1935
as Mancini
The Night Is Young 1935
as Mueller (uncredited)
Mills of the Gods 1934
as Count Filippo Di Fraschiani
Love Time 1934
as Nicholas
Elmer and Elsie 1934
as Barlotti
The Black Cat 1934
as The Lieutenant
Fashions of 1934 1934
as Savarin (uncredited)
Beloved 1934
as Baron Franz von Hausmann
Gigolettes of Paris 1933
Actor
Torch Singer 1933
as Carlotti
Shanghai Madness 1933
as Rigaud
Adorable 1933
as The Captain (uncredited)
Topaze 1933
as Henri de Fairville
The Secret of Madame Blanche 1933
as French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Men Are Such Fools 1932
as Spinelli
- The Giddy Age
The Giddy Age 1932
as Mabel's 1st Accomplice
The Night Club Lady 1932
as Vincent Rowland
Red-Headed Woman 1932
as Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
As You Desire Me 1932
as Captain
State's Attorney 1932
as Mario
The Doomed Battalion 1932
as Captain Kessler
Careless Lady 1932
as French Hotel Desk Clerk
Shopworn 1932
as Andre
Lady with a Past 1932
as Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier
The Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932
as Frenchman on Liner
Freaks 1932
as Landowner (uncredited)
Heartbreak 1931
as Liaison Officer
This Modern Age 1931
as André de Graignon
The Common Law 1931
as Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
Just a Gigolo 1931
as French Husband
Strangers May Kiss 1931
as De Bazan
- The Boudoir Diplomat
The Boudoir Diplomat 1931
as Emile
Sea Legs 1930
as Captain
Oh, for a Man! 1930
as Peck
Morocco 1930
as Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)
Madam Satan 1930
as Empire Officer
Monte Carlo 1930
as Prince Otto's Companion / M.C.
Our Blushing Brides 1930
as Monsieur Pantoise
One Romantic Night 1930
as Count Lutzen
Such Men Are Dangerous 1930
as Paul Strohm
- Fashion News
Fashion News 1930
Actor
Jazz Heaven 1929
as Walter Klucke
The Exalted Flapper 1929
as King Alexander of Capra
Why Is a Plumber? 1929
Actor
Saturday's Children 1929
as Mengle
Lady of the Pavements 1929
as Baron Finot
Captain Lash 1929
as Alex Condax
Show People 1928
as Producer
The Wedding March 1928
as Imperial Guard
- Plastered in Paris
Plastered in Paris 1928
as Abou Ben Abed
Stocks and Blondes 1928
as Powers
The Magnificent Flirt 1928
as Count D'Estrange
- Alex The Great
Alex The Great 1928
as Ed
The Legion of the Condemned 1928
as Von Hohendorff
South Sea Love 1927
as Max Weber
Honeymoon Hate 1927
Actor
The Devil Dancer 1927
as Arnold Guthrie
The Chinese Parrot 1927
as Martin Thorne
Love Me and the World Is Mine 1927
as Billie
Camille 1927
as Henri
Mockery 1927
as Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
Slipping Wives 1927
as Hon. Winchester Squirtz
The Blonde Saint 1926
as Andreas
Old Loves and New 1926
as Dr. Chalmers
Watch Your Wife 1926
as Alphonse Marsac
The Eagle 1925
as Kuschka
The Merry Widow 1925
as Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
Production Assistant
Merry-Go-Round 1923
as Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn
Credits from TMDB.