Aruth Wartan (or Haruth Vartan, Armenian: Õ€Õ¡Ö€Õ¸Ö‚Õ© ÕŽÕ¡Ö€Õ¤Õ¡Õ¶,
23 June 1880 â€" 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian
origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career,
generally in supporting roles.Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakhichevan in
of the Russian Empire, he was of Armenian heritage. He graduated from
high school in 1898 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and then briefly studied
medicine in Kharkov (now in Ukraine). Around the turn of the century
he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to St. Petersburg. During
the Revolution of 1905 he moved to Saxony in Germany and studied at
the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He also worked in
Chile and Bolivia before returning to Germany and working as a mining
engineer then moving into acting and performing on the stage and
screen (since 1916).During the early years he often appeared in
leading roles, but as time passed he increasing switched to character
roles. In the Nazi era he played small roles, particularly Russians,
in propaganda films such as Attack on Baku (1942). He died of stroke
in the last weeks of the Second World War.
23 June 1880 â€" 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian
origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career,
generally in supporting roles.Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakhichevan in
of the Russian Empire, he was of Armenian heritage. He graduated from
high school in 1898 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and then briefly studied
medicine in Kharkov (now in Ukraine). Around the turn of the century
he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to St. Petersburg. During
the Revolution of 1905 he moved to Saxony in Germany and studied at
the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He also worked in
Chile and Bolivia before returning to Germany and working as a mining
engineer then moving into acting and performing on the stage and
screen (since 1916).During the early years he often appeared in
leading roles, but as time passed he increasing switched to character
roles. In the Nazi era he played small roles, particularly Russians,
in propaganda films such as Attack on Baku (1942). He died of stroke
in the last weeks of the Second World War.
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