Gustav von Seyffertitz
Acting
Biography
Gustav von Seyffertitz, born in Bavaria, was a stage and film actor and director. He appeared in American films from 1917 to 1939.
Born: August 4, 1862
Place of Birth: Haimhausen, Germany
Known For
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
The Mysterious Lady
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.
The Silver Cord
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Sparrows
Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
The Docks of New York
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Queen Christina
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Paradise for Three
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
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?
Filmography
as Metternich
as President of Trial Court
as Priest (uncredited)
as Chemist
as Burgher
as Albert Grood
as King's Confessor (uncredited)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
as Gardener (uncredited)
as Dutch - Politician in Jack's Office
as Hendrick Van Mier
as Dr. Bloom, Police Dept.
as Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)
as Professor Jones
as Billali
as Ambassador (uncredited)
as Carl Von Lucker
as Dr. Von Immen
as Dr. Kurtzman
as Inspector Von Kessling
as The General
as Van Wyck
as German Doctor
as Dr. Franz Wolfe (uncredited)
as Von Donnen
as Attorney Harry Berger
as Austrian General
as Porter
as Eric Baum
as Larson
as Prince de Polikoff
as Austrian Secret Service Chief
as Dr. Venrees
as Geneneral Schieffenzahn
as Mr. Jones
as M. Pratouchy
as Krehl
as Phineas Merrill
as Pop Hanson
as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
as Herr Hofrat
as Factory Owner
as Hymn Book Harry
as Otto Krueger
as De Nou
as General Boris Alexandroff
as Kinkelin
as Jupiter
as King Karl VII
as Prof. Paul Coriolos
as The Usurper Ruiz
as Gómez
as The Chancellor
as Pierre Corlet
as Foxy
as Mordaunt
as Cohannigan
as Grand Duke
as Baron Ballin
as Mr. Grimes
as Simmons
as Morphew
as Neri - the Alchemist (uncredited)
as Jerome Frantz
as Datto of Mandat
as Andrew North
as James, the butler
as Court Servant at Dinner (uncredited)
as Prime Minister
as Mr. Vogel
as Marques de Bazan
as Oliver de Daim
as Wetheimer
as Father Paquette
as Clom
as Jud Benson
as Grammont
as Professor Moriarty
as Señor Joaquin Santos
as Grimaldo / John Grimm
as Major Roland Mostyn
as Amasu Munn
as German Spy
as Ekstrom
as Karl Von Drutz
as Endicott Lee
as Melville Bladen
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Professor Balthasar
as Mocking Face
as Surgeon (uncredited)
as Senator Joseph Benton
as Horace Hammer
as The Surgeon (uncredited)
as Stoddard
as Stephen Densmore
as Mr. Carrisford
as Jacob Vandergraft
as Dr. Jollyem