Harry Piel
Directing
Biography
Harry Piel, born Heinrich Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. In Berlin 1912 he created the Art Film Publishing House Company and made, as a director, screenwriter and producer, his first feature "Black Blood" (1912) with Curt Goetz in the lead role. Further films followed, based on adventure and action.
Born: July 12, 1892
Place of Birth: Benrath, Germany
Known For
Attention Harry! Open eyes!
Der Dschungel ruft
Rich American Dina Morris and her New York friends sail through the Indian Ocean on a yacht. When the ship suffers a machine damage near the coast, it is decided to go ashore.
Tiger's Claw
Jonny Wilken is an ageing lion trainer in a circus. He is in love with his younger colleague Jutta Sarris. On her wedding day, Jutta's favorite Bengal tiger attacks her out of jealousy and kills her. Jonny, full of pain and out of revenge, enters the cage to kill the animal with his bare hands. However, the tiger bows to him without any resistance.
His Best Friend
Remake of a 1929 German film by the same title about a man and a police dog.
Man Against Man
Der Verächter des Todes
Him or Me
Prince Valona has a bit of trouble with his girlfriend Eveline (Olivia Fried), so he's quite open for the attraction of a young lady he meets by chance (Valerie Boothby). He doesn't know, however, that this lady is a detective who follows the con-man Carlo Moreno, and as the prince and the criminal look alike, she mistakes the prince for the criminal. The real Moreno isn't far away, though, and he first deprives the prince of his train ticket and then also takes on his identity in order to steal a pearl necklace from Eveline.
What's Going on in Beely Circus?
Harry Piel plays Harry Peel who receives an urgent telephone call from a friend who has returned from South America recently. The call is being made from the circus "Beely" and our hero arrives there too late to prevent the murder of his friend. Now Harry must find his friend's killer and go on a strange mission involving a hidden document.
The impossible Mr. Pitt
Panik
Filmography
as Peter Volker
as Jonny Wilken
as Tom alias Lorenzo Pitt
as Harry Peters, Kriminal-Assistent
as Bobby Roeder
as Harry Palmer
as Jonny Buck
as Harry West
as Harry Peltzer
as Egon Prinz von Valona / Carlo Moreno
as Police deputy
as Harry Paulsen, ein Vielgesuchter
as Henry Devall / Harry Devall
as Harry Peel
as Harry
as Coello
as Benito
as Der Mann ohne Nerven
as Der Elektromensch