Rudolph Schildkraut (27 April 1862 â€" 15 July 1930) was an Austrian
film and theatre actor.Schildkraut was born in Constantinople in the
Ottoman Empire to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up
in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from
Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopron; his
first solid role came in 1885 in Krems.In 1893, he moved to Vienna to
an engagement at the newly opened Raimund Theater. In 1898, he moved
to the Carl Theatre. Among other things, he played the character Wurm
inLove and Intrigue. In 1900 he, came to the German Theatre in
Hamburg, 1905 to the German Theatre in Berlin. There he became one of
the most important actors in the theatre company of Max Reinhardt. His
Shylock, which he played in 1905 and 1913, in Reinhardt's productions
ofThe Merchant of Venice, was praised by Fritz Kortner as a "monument
to the art of acting." Other major roles were the title role in King
Lear (1908), Mephisto in Faust I (1909), Muley Hassan in Friedrich
Schiller's Fiesco (1909), the grave-digger inHamlet (1909), and Peter
Bast in Knut Hamsun'sFrom the Devil Fetched (1914). Schildkraut
performed for the first time in the United States in
1910â€"1911.Schildkraut was known as a film actor in the German Empire
in the early silent era. He starred in several film dramas. His last
European-made film was a biography of the German Zionism founder
Theodor Herzl, in which he played Herb Schildt "The Struggling
Israel." In 1920, he moved permanently to the United States and made
his debut the same year in New York City in the play Silent Forces.
From 1922, he also played in the English language. In 1925, he founded
his own Jewish theatre in the Bronx.
film and theatre actor.Schildkraut was born in Constantinople in the
Ottoman Empire to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up
in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from
Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopron; his
first solid role came in 1885 in Krems.In 1893, he moved to Vienna to
an engagement at the newly opened Raimund Theater. In 1898, he moved
to the Carl Theatre. Among other things, he played the character Wurm
inLove and Intrigue. In 1900 he, came to the German Theatre in
Hamburg, 1905 to the German Theatre in Berlin. There he became one of
the most important actors in the theatre company of Max Reinhardt. His
Shylock, which he played in 1905 and 1913, in Reinhardt's productions
ofThe Merchant of Venice, was praised by Fritz Kortner as a "monument
to the art of acting." Other major roles were the title role in King
Lear (1908), Mephisto in Faust I (1909), Muley Hassan in Friedrich
Schiller's Fiesco (1909), the grave-digger inHamlet (1909), and Peter
Bast in Knut Hamsun'sFrom the Devil Fetched (1914). Schildkraut
performed for the first time in the United States in
1910â€"1911.Schildkraut was known as a film actor in the German Empire
in the early silent era. He starred in several film dramas. His last
European-made film was a biography of the German Zionism founder
Theodor Herzl, in which he played Herb Schildt "The Struggling
Israel." In 1920, he moved permanently to the United States and made
his debut the same year in New York City in the play Silent Forces.
From 1922, he also played in the English language. In 1925, he founded
his own Jewish theatre in the Bronx.
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