Felix Basch
German actor, screenwriter, and film director

Felix Basch

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German actor, screenwriter, and film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
Austria
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ActorFilm directorScreenwriterStage actorFilm actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
16 September 1885(Vienna, Austria)
Death:
17 May 1944(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
Star sign:
Virgo
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Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an 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. Following the Nazi takover of power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Basch was forced into exile and moved to the United States where he appeared in a large number of films acting in character roles. He was married to Gretl Basch and was the father of Peter Basch.

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

Selected filmography

Actor

  • My Leopold (1914)
  • The Tunnel (1915)
  • Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
  • Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
  • Chetniks (1943)
  • The Falcon in Danger (1943) - Morley
  • The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
  • Appointment in Berlin (1943)
  • Women in Bondage (1943)
  • The Hitler Gang (1944)

Director

  • The Rose of Stamboul (1919)
  • Roswolsky's Mistress (1921)
  • Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
  • Miss Julie (1922)
  • The Stream (1922)
  • Destiny (1925)
  • Darling, Count the Cash (1926)
  • Her Husband's Wife (1926)
  • The Girl on a Swing (1926)
  • The Son of Hannibal (1926)
  • Mascottchen (1929)
  • Zwei Krawatten (1930)
  • Seine Freundin Annette (1931)