Albert Conti
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor. Born in the village Gorizia (now part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science, and married Patricia Cross. When World War I began, he became an officer. His father was Albert, Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare and his mother was Marie Bernhardine Anna (Countess Caboga) a member of an old Ragusan/Dubrovnik noble family. After his discharge from the Austrian army at the close of World War I, he came to America like many other now-impoverished postwar Europeans from both sides of the conflict. Conti emigrated to the United States via the Port of Philadelphia in 1919. After settling in the new country, Conti was obliged to take a series of manual labor jobs, his patrician background notwithstanding. While working in the California oil fields, he answered an open call placed by director Erich von Stroheim, who was in search of an Austrian military officer to act as technical advisor for his upcoming film Merry-Go-Round (1923). A better actor than most of his fellow Habsburg Empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927). He appeared in the 1928 silent film Dry Martini as a roué artist. Though he made his last film in 1942, Albert Conti remained in the industry as an employee of the MGM wardrobe department, where he worked until his retirement in 1962.
Known For
The Lieutenant
The Black Cat
Von Hohendorff
The Legion of the Condemned
Rigaud
Shanghai Madness
Savarin (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
Alex Condax
Captain Lash
Frenchman on Liner
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Hon. Winchester Squirtz
Slipping Wives
Nicholas
Love Time
Mueller (uncredited)
The Night Is Young
Liaison Officer
Heartbreak
Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier
Lady with a Past
Prince Otto's Companion / M.C.
Monte Carlo
Why Is a Plumber?
Henri de Fairville
Topaze
French Husband
Just a Gigolo
Arnold Guthrie
The Devil Dancer
Gigolettes of Paris
Imperial Guard
The Wedding March
André de Graignon
This Modern Age
Louie - Head Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
Vincent Rowland
The Night Club Lady
Modiste Benoit
Always Goodbye
Captain
Sea Legs
Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
Café Metropole
Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
The Common Law
Mario
State's Attorney
Mancini
Symphony of Living
Spinelli
Men Are Such Fools
Captain
As You Desire Me
Emile
Liebe auf Befehl
Walter Klucke
Jazz Heaven
French Hotel Desk Clerk
Careless Lady
Mengle
Saturday's Children
Travel Agency Manager
City in Darkness
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Fatal Lady
Lepino
I'll Take Romance
Martin Thorne
The Chinese Parrot
Leopold, Duke of Austria
The Crusades
Maitre d'Hotel
Everything Happens at Night
Kuschka
The Eagle
Baron Finot
Die Lady von der Straße
Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Hollywood Boulevard
Monet
Dangerously Yours
Andre
Shopworn
Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)
Morocco
Count Lutzen
One Romantic Night
Producer
Show People
Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
Mockery
LeFevre
Here's to Romance
Count
Gateway
Jeweler
Diamond Jim
Henri
Camille
Empire Officer
Madam Satan
Peck
Oh, for a Man!
Rudi / Baron von Leightsinn
Merry-Go-Round
Danilo's Adjutant (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Mabel's 1st Accomplice
The Giddy Age
M. Fevrier
Suez
Count Filippo Di Fraschiani
Mills of the Gods
De Bazan
Strangers May Kiss
Monsieur Pantoise
Our Blushing Brides
Hotel Manager
One in a Million
Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
Count D'Estrange
The Magnificent Flirt
Carlotti
Torch Singer
Billie
Love Me and the World Is Mine
French Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Riding Habit Tailor (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Dr. Chalmers
Old Loves and New
Landowner (uncredited)
Freaks
Andreas
The Blonde Saint
Captain Kessler
The Doomed Battalion
Paul Strohm
Such Men Are Dangerous
Baron Franz von Hausmann
Beloved
Max Weber
South Sea Love
King Alexander of Capra
The Exalted Flapper
Abou Ben Abed
Plastered in Paris
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-01-28
Place of Birth
Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]
Also Known As
Albert De Conti Cadassamare