Hans Schumm
Biography
Hans Schumm was a German-born American actor. Born in Stuttgart in 1896, he was a German Army soldier in World War I, then traveled to New York as a merchant in 1924 and acted in German-language theater. His stage debut is placed around 1925, either in Meissen or in Stuttgart, where he performed in The Merchant of Venice. By 1931 he was in Los Angeles, and he made an uncredited film debut in The Song of Songs (1933). During World War II his parts were usually small, though he was billed as the villain The Mask in the 1942 serial Spy Smasher and had a role in Hangmen (1943). After the war he appeared on Broadway in A Red Rainbow, then worked in West Germany on films such as The Trapp Family (1956) and The Third Sex (1957), playing a pediatric psychologist. He ended his screen work in 1970, and he died in 1990.
93years old at death
- Born Stuttgart
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Hans Josef Schumm
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 20 years1936 to 1956
Every film, newest first
- 1956The Trapp FamilyIMDb rating 6.5
- 1943This Land Is MineIMDb rating 7.6
- 1942All Through the NightIMDb rating 7.1
- 1936Revolt of the ZombiesIMDb rating 3.5
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First role
Hans Schumm made his movie debut in 1933 with an uncredited bit part in The Song of Songs, which starred Marlene Dietrich.
Big break
Schumm took the villain part of "The Mask" in Spy Smasher, a well-liked 1942 serial of 12 episodes, and some film posters listed him as a main actor.
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Worked with
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