Georg H. Schnell
Acting
Biography
Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany. Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.
Born: April 11, 1878
Place of Birth: Tschifu (now Yantai), China
Known For
Nosferatu
The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.
The Punch Bowl
Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled.
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.
Ein Mann auf Abwegen
Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
This special presentation of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) pairs the original silent film with Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001) as its score, courtesy of Silents Synced. Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music, partnering with independent cinemas to create memorable, new silent film experiences. "Nosferatu x Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film" is directed and remixed by Josh Frank.
Der Mustergatte
Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventurous night.
Seven Slaps
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.
Circus Life
Artonis is an acrobat employed in the circus owned by Elvira Starke. Apparently he confines his acrobatics to the bedroom, because he's carrying on two separate affairs on the trot: one with his boss Elvira, and one with the circus's beautiful equestrienne Kitty Rallay. Someone shoots Artonis dead.
Hot Blood
Baroness Marika von Korossy dresses up as a man, in order to compete in a horse race. Her victorious horse, Satan, will only allow her to ride him and throws everyone else off of him. That includes the dandy lieutenant Tibor von Denes, who immediately recognizes that Marika isn't a man. It isn't long before he makes friends with her and even gets her to dance with him. It's then that Marika takes off her hat and shows she's a woman, which causes jealous Ilonka von Peredy to go into a rage. When Marika is forced to sell her estate to raise money, Ilonka is able to get Marika's beloved Satan.
The Rothschilds
Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
Filmography
as Harding - ein Reeder
as Harding
as Bankpräsident
as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde
as Großkaufmann Thomson
as Oberst v. Kettler
as Vorsitzender des Londoner Syndikats
as Der amerikanische Flugpassagier
as Chiron
as Parker
as Ministerialdirektor Prof. Köster
as Dr. Lorenz
as Gesandter
as Marquis de Andervillier
as Gerichtsvorsitzender
as Regiments-Adjutant
as Herr von Geldern
as Dr. Hartung
as Hollen
as Staatsanwalt
as Kurt Harder
as General der Kavallerie Shilinski
as Nikolajewski
as 1. Kriminalkommissar
as Hartung
as Grand Duke
as Pawel
as Fürst Sagarin
as Joe Jefferson
as Großkanzler Fürst
as General Seydlitz
as Bertin
as Lafayette
as Harding
as Jürgen Halström
as Rudolf Walters