Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Ferdinand Schumann-Heink.
Born: August 9, 1893
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
Known For
Oil for the Lamps of China
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.
This Land Is Mine
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
Four Sons
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Action in the North Atlantic
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Kid Galahad
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Never Say Die
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
The Case of the Black Cat
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
Submarine Patrol
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
'G' Men
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Filmography
as German (uncredited)
as Gestapo Officer in Opera Box (Uncredited)
as Karl, German Soldier
as German Reporter (uncredited)
as German Telephone Operator (uncredited)
as Submarine Captain
as German Officer
as Train Conductor
as German Operator (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Associate Doctor
as German Officer
as Maitre d'Hotel
as Costume Designer (uncredited)
as Ambulance Helper (uncredited)
as Ringsider - Title Fight (uncredited)
as Purser
as Reporter Grant (uncredited)
as Ellis, Governor's Secretary
as Albuquerque Airline Attendant
as Mason's Driver (uncredited)
as Sound Mixer
as English Officer (Uncredited)
as Orderly
as Torrent's Chauffeur
as Franz Kristan
as Laboratory Assistant (Uncredited)
as Worried McCarger Employee
as Congressman (uncredited)
as Policeman Otto (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Fritz von Gerhardt
as Café Owner
as Gen. Wiedeman (uncredited)
as First Officer of Zeppelin
as Jeff
as Carl Hummel
as Julius Kuchendorf
as A Staff Sergeant
as Crown Prince Boris