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The actor Albert Conti was born as Albert De Conti Cadassamare in Trieste.
He first studied law and natural science before he served as an officer
during World War I.
After the war he went to the USA and first had several different jobs
for his living. When Erich von Stroheim was looking for an Austrian officer
as a consultant for his movie "Merry-Go-Round" (23) and got in touch with
him.
By this occasion in turned out that Albert Conti was also a talented
actor and he got his first engagement as an actor at the same time.
His next acting appearance was for Stroheim as well in "The Merry Widow"
(25), afterwards followed many other roles in movies like "Camille" (26),
"The Chinese Parrot" (27), "The Devil Dancer" (27), "South Sea Love" (27),
"Slipping Wives" (27) with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, "Tempest" (28),
"Plastered in Paris" (28), "Show People" (28) and "Why Is a Plumber?" (29).
In the 30's he impersonated numerous support roles, among them "One
Romantic Night" (30), "Monte Carlo" (30), "Morocco" (30), "This Modern
Age" (31), "Freaks" (32), "Red-Headed Woman" (32), "Topaze" (33), "Nana"
(34), "The Black Cat" (34), "The Crusades" (35), "Three Smart Girls" (36),
"Conquest" (37), "Suez" (38) and "Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" (39).
From the 40's he engagements in front of the camera diminished, to his
last cinematical works belong "My Gal Sal" (42), "The Human Comedy" (43)
and "The Pride of St. Louis" (52).
He remained true to the film business after his career as an actor and
he worked in the wardrobe department of MGM till 1962.
Other movies with Albert Conti:
The Eagle (25) Watch Your Wife (26) Old Loves and New
(26) The Blonde Saint (26) Love Me and the World Is Mine (27) Honeymoon
Hater (27) The Legion of the Condemned (28) Alex the Great (28) The Magnificent
Flirt (28) Stocks and Blondes (28) The Wedding March (28) Dry Martini (28)
Captain Lash (29) Lady of the Pavements (29) Making the Grade (29) Saturday's
Children (29) The Exalted Flapper (29) Jazz Heaven (29) He Loved the Ladies
(29) Melody Man (30) Such Men Are Dangerous (30) Our Blushing Brides (30)
Average Husband (30) Madam Satan (30) Oh, for a Man (30) Sea Legs (30)
The Gang Buster (31) Liebe auf Befehl (31) Strangers May Kiss (31) Always
Goodbye (31) Just a Gigolo (31) The Common Law (31) Heartbreak (31) Second
Fiddle (32) The Woman from Monte Carlo (32) The Greeks Had a Word for Them
(32) Lady with a Past (32) Shopworn (32) Careless Lady (32) Doomed Battalion
(32) State's Attorney (32) As You Desire Me (32) The Night Club Lady (32)
The Giddy Age (32) Men Are Such Fools (32) The Secret of Madame Blanche
(33) Love Is Dangerous (33) The Barbarian (33) Adorable (33) I Love That
Man (33) Shanghai Madness (33) Torch Singer (33) Gigolettes of Paris (33)
My Lips Betray (33) Beloved (34) Fashions of 1934 (34) Riptide (34) Gambling
Lady (34) Elmer and Elsie (34) Love Time (34) Mills of the Gods (34) The
Night Is Young (35) Symphony of Living (35) Shadow of Doubt (35) Goin'
to Town (35) Here's to Romance (35) Diamond Jim (35) Page Miss Glory (35)
Hands Across the Table (35) Collegiate (36) The Case Against Mrs. Ames
(36) Fatal Lady (36) Hollywood Boulevard (36) One in a Million (36) Stolen
Holiday (37) Her Husband Lies (37) Café Metropole (37) Dangerously
Yours (37) I'll Take Romance (37) Always Goodbye (38) Gateway (38) Everything
Happens at Night (39) The Cowboy and the Blonde (41) |
