Hermann Vallentin
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed. From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser. The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Known For
Credits
- 1933 · Sprung in den Abgrund as Generaldirektor Schenk
- 1932 · The Tempest as
- 1931 · The Captain from Köpenick as Adolph Wormser
- 1931 · Help! Raid! as Kriminalrat Kipping
- 1930 · Him or Me as Kriminalkommissar
- 1930 · The Stolen Face as Wirt
- 1930 · Two Worlds as Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
- 1930 · Bookkeeper Kremke as Kremke
- 1930 · Only You as Richard Geldern
- 1930 · Cyankali as
- 1930 · The Case of Helena Willfuer as Sein Vater
- 1929 · Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter as
- 1929 · Atlantic as Dr. Holtz
- 1929 · Asphalt as
- 1928 · Lotte as Burgkastellan Süßkind
- 1928 · Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson as
- 1928 · Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel as Isaak
- 1928 · Luther as Professor Karlstadt
- 1928 · Ledige Mütter as
- 1928 · The Story of a Little Parisian as Gavard's Father
- 1927 · The Dangerous Age as Fischer Jensen
- 1927 · Das Erwachen des Weibes as Vater Ponath
- 1927 · Der Kampf des Donald Westhof as
- 1927 · Der Sohn der Hagar as Steinert
- 1927 · Die glühende Gasse as
- 1927 · Die 3 Niemandskinder as Kastellan
- 1926 · Madame Wants No Children as
- 1926 · The Flight in the Night as Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
- 1926 · Die drei Kuckucksuhren as Lakington
- 1926 · Qualen der Nacht as
- 1926 · The Fallen as Ein Raffke
- 1925 · Des Lebens Würfelspiel as Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
- 1925 · Im Namen des Kaisers as
- 1924 · The Last Laugh as Spitzbäuchiger Gast [Potbellied Guest]
- 1924 · Königsliebchen as
- 1924 · La vierge du portail as
- 1924 · The Finances of the Grand Duke as Herr Bekker
- 1924 · The House by the Sea as
- 1924 · Das Herz der Lilian Thorland as
- 1923 · The Ancient Law as Heinrich Laube
- 1923 · The Countess of Paris as Polizeikommissar
- 1923 · Die Liebe einer Königin as
- 1923 · Die Buddenbrooks as Smith
- 1923 · Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend as Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
- 1923 · Schlagende Wetter as Marie's father
- 1923 · Das Geheimnis des Renngrafen as
- 1923 · Wüstenrausch as
- 1922 · Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin as Mirabeau
- 1922 · She and the Three as Räuberhauptmann Krause
- 1922 · Hannele's Ascension as Mattern
- 1922 · Ihr schlechter Ruf as
- 1922 · Die Dame und der Landstreicher as
- 1922 · Die Königin von Whitechapel as Bertot
- 1921 · Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon as
- 1921 · Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod as
- 1921 · Das zweite Leben as
- 1921 · The Black Panther as Antonius, a poet
- 1921 · Destiny as (uncredited)
- 1921 · The Rats as
- 1921 · Der zeugende Tod as Tessling
- 1921 · The Haunted Castle as Landgerichtsrat a.D.
- 1921 · Planetenschieber as
- 1920 · Judith Trachtenberg as
- 1920 · Hearts Are Trumps as Sebaldus Dühringer
- 1920 · Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand as Cardillac
- 1920 · Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter as
- 1920 · The Abyss of Souls as
- 1920 · Die goldene Krone as Gustav Lindlieb
- 1920 · Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford as
- 1919 · Hölle der Jungfrauen as
- 1919 · Das Gift im Weibe as
- 1919 · Die Gespenster von Garden Hall as
- 1918 · Das Frühlingslied as
- 1918 · Die Nonne und der Harlekin as
- 1918 · Am anderen Ufer as Dymischow
- 1917 · Börse und Adel as Graf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
- 1917 · John Riew as
- 1916 · Das lebende Rätsel as
- 1915 · The Tunnel as
- 1915 · The Sun's Revenge as Mörder
- 1915 · Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer as