Henry Stuart (actor)

Henry Stuart (1885–1942) was a British-Swiss film actor known for his work in Germany. Stuart was born in Cairo, but educated in Britain. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, intending to become a painter. After moving into the German film industry following the First World War, Stuart played a number of prominent supporting roles in productions such as Joyless Street (1925).^[1] Stuart's film career largely ended with the arrival of sound, and he worked increasingly on the stage. His final film appearance was a small role in the Nazi agfacolor epic Münchhausen (1943), released after his death.

Selected filmogragphy

• A Glass of Water (1923)
• Joyless Street (1925)
• The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
• Wrath of the Seas (1926)
• The Woman with the World Record (1927)
• Sajenko the Soviet (1928)
• Give Me Life (1928)
• Favorite of Schonbrunn (1929)
• Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929)
• The Right to Love (1930)
• Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943)
• Münchhausen (1943)

References

Bibliography

• Isenberg, Noah William. Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era. Columbia University Press, 2009.

External links

• Henry Stuart at the Internet Movie Database