Gustav von Seyffertitz
Biography
Gustav von Seyffertitz was a German actor and director who settled in the United States. Born into an aristocratic family that expected him to start a military career, he chose acting instead, joining the Meiningen Court Theatre and appearing in operas. In 1896 he moved to America after theater director Heinrich Conried asked him, and despite his thick German accent he built a career on Broadway as both performer and director in the 1900s and 1910s. His film debut came in 1917 with Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth. He portrayed German military men, and he was Professor Moriarty in the 1922 Sherlock Holmes with John Barrymore. In Sparrows (1926) he played Mary Pickford's opponent, and in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) he was Ramon Novarro's uncle, a small German state's king. He took supporting roles in Dishonored (1931) and Shanghai Express (1932), and he appeared in 118 films from 1917 to 1939.
81years old at death
- Born Haimhausen
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 21 years1918 to 1939
Genres
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A change of course
Seyffertitz belonged to the Meiningen Court Theatre and performed in operas too. In 1896 he moved to the United States after Heinrich Conried, an Austrian-American theater director, asked him to come.
First role
Gustav von Seyffertitz first appeared on screen in 1917. That year he acted alongside Douglas Fairbanks in the film Down to Earth.
Gustav von Seyffertitz movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Josef von Sternberg directed three of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Josef von SternbergDirector, 3 films, 1928 to 1932
All films by Josef von Sternberg
Also two films together10 more actors
- Olaf HyttenMystery Liner (1934) and The Moonstone (1934)
- Greta GarboQueen Christina (1933) and The Mysterious Lady (1928)
- Noble JohnsonShe (1935) and Safe in Hell (1931)
- Warner OlandShanghai Express (1932) and Dishonored (1931)
- Claude KingThe Moonstone (1934) and Shanghai Express (1932)
- Jean De BriacSwiss Miss (1938) and The Eagle (1925)
- Edgar NortonSon of Frankenstein (1939) and The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
- Edward ConnellyThe Mysterious Lady (1928) and The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
- Mary PickfordSparrows (1926) and Stella Maris (1918)
- Geraldine DvorakDishonored (1931) and The Mysterious Lady (1928)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Gustav von Seyffertitz's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.9 million
5 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 11 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 11Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.6M38.1% of the total
- 2$2.4M35.0% of the total
- 3$967K14.1% of the total
- 4$551K8.0% of the total
- 5$323K4.7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.