Felix Basch

Austrian actor

Felix Basch

Born	(1885-09-16)16 September 1885 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	17 May 1944(1944-05-17) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film actor, screenwriter, film director
Years active	1914–1944
Spouse	Gretl Basch

Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.

He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company U. F. A.^[1] Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Basch was forced out of films and went into exile, moving to the United States where he appeared in a large number of films acting in character roles. He was married to the actress and singer Grete Freund and was the father of Peter Basch. Richard Tauber was a second cousin of his .^[2] According to U.S. immigration entry records, he gained his American citizenship through his father.

Basch died May 18, 1944, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood, California, after several major operations.^[1]

Selected filmography

Actor

My Leopold (1914)
Die Ehe auf Kündigung (1914)
Der Schuß um Mitternacht (1914)
Ein Skandal in der Gesellschaft (1914)
Ein Kindesherz (1914)
Nelly (1914)
Nelly - 2. Teil (1914)
Selbstgerichtet oder Die Gelbe Fratze (1914)
Heimgekehrt (1914)
Das Paradies der Frauen (1914)
The Iron Cross (1914)
Laugh Bajazzo (1915)
Kehre zurück! Alles vergeben! (1915) - Detektiv Wichtig
The Tunnel (1915)
Der Herr Baron (1915)
Die letzte Partie (1915)
Der Onkel aus Amerika (1915)
Der falsche Schein (1915)
Talarso (1916)
Im schwarzen Rössl (1916)
Fantasie des Aristide Caré (1918)
The Rose of Stamboul (1919) - Achmed Bei / André Lery
Die silberne Fessel (1920) - Professor Roden / Prinz von Indien
Patience (1920) - Edward
Menschen von heute (1920) - Pseudograf
The Woman in Doctor's Garb (1920) - Dr. George Hill
Mascotte (1920)
Die Liebe der Sklavin (1920)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921) - Jan Robulja
Die Bettlerprinzessin (1921) - Hamilton
Eines großen Mannes Liebe (1921) - Herzog Ernst
The Curse of Silence (1922)
The Stream (1922)
Jugendsünden (1923)
Pacific Rendezvous (1942) - de Segroff
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942) - Helm - Lido Club Manager
Desperate Journey (1942) - Hermann Brahms
Destination Unknown (1942) - Karl Renner
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) - Herr Kelman (uncredited)
Hitler – Dead or Alive (1942) - Col. Hecht
Reunion in France (1942) - Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Chetniks (1943) - General von Bauer
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943) - Dr. Hjalmar Schacht - Banker (uncredited)
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) - German Colonel (uncredited)
Above Suspicion (1943) - Guide (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin (1943) - Hoppner (uncredited)
The Falcon in Danger (1943) - Morley
Bomber's Moon (1943) - Dr. Hartman - Oflag Medical Officer (uncredited)
Hostages (1943) - Dr. Wallerstein
The Cross of Lorraine (1943) - German Captain (uncredited)
Women in Bondage (1943) - Dr. Mensch
The Desert Song (1943) - Heinzelman (uncredited)
None Shall Escape (1944) - Nazi Official (uncredited)
Uncertain Glory (1944) - Gestapo Major (uncredited)
The Hitler Gang (1944) - Alfred Hugenberg (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) - Vazoff (uncredited)
Wilson (1944) - Minor Role (uncredited) (final film role)

Director

The Rose of Stamboul (1919)
Patience (1920)
Mascotte (1920)
Roswolsky's Mistress (1921)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
Miss Julie (1922)
The Stream (1922)
The Curse of Silence (1922)
Destiny (1925)
Love's Finale (1925)
Darling, Count the Cash (1926)
Her Husband's Wife (German: Der Mann seiner Frau)(1926);^[3]^[4]^[5] starring Nils Asther, Lucy Doraine, Erich Kaiser-Titz and Rudolf Klein-Rogge
The Girl on a Swing (1926)
The Son of Hannibal (1926)
A Serious Case (1927)
One Plus One Equals Three (1927)
Mascottchen (1929)
Zwei Krawatten [it] (1930)
Seine Freundin Annette (1931)

Bibliography

Murray, Bruce Arthur (1990). Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72465-5.
Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2007) [2005]. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-303-9.

References

^ ^a ^b "Felix Basch, Portrayer of Nazis, Dies in Filmland". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. United Press. 18 May 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Talmore, Rina (16 September 1885). "Felix Basch". Geni. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Providence: Berghahn Books. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7. Der Mann seiner Frau (Mestro-Film of Ufa), P:1925, W:Alfred Halm (based on an idea by Hans Ludtke), D:Felix Basch, A:Lucie Doraine
^ Lamprecht, Gerhard (1967). Deutsche Stummfilme (in German). Deutsche Kinemathek.
^ "Der Mann seiner Frau | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 31 March 2024.