Alwin Neuß
{{short description|German actor and film director}}
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| name = Alwin Neuß
| image = Alwin Neuß by Binder.jpg
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| caption = Neuß, ca. 1928
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|06|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cologne, German Empire
| birth_name = Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|10|30|1879|06|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Berlin, Nazi Germany
| other_names = Alwin Neuss
| education =
| occupation = Actor, film director
| years_active= 1906–1930
| spouse = Anna Klara Warczok
| children =
| awards =
}}
Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß (17 June 1879 – 30 October 1935) was a German film director and actor, noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish silent film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by August Blom.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 68. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}. He played Jekyll and Hyde again in the 1914 German silent film Ein Seltsamer Fall (translation: A Strange Case), scripted by Richard Oswald.Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 62.
Selected filmography
- Sherlock Holmes (1908)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Danish silent film, 1910)Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.68. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.
- Hamlet (1911)
- The Flight (1912)
- Ein Seltsamer Fall (1914) a German film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 62.
- Detektiv Braun (1914)
- Der Hund von Baskerville/ Hound of the Baskervilles (1914) German film directed by Rudolph Meinert Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 66.
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1915) rival German film directed by Richard OswaldKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 73.
- Dynamite (1916)
- The Cowboy (1918)
- The Man From Havelock (1917)
- Clown Charly (1918)
- Bettler GmbH (1919)
- Revenge Is Mine (1919)
- The Diadem of the Czarina (1922)
- By Order of Pompadour (1924)
- Strong Winds (1924)
- Two and a Lady (1926)
- Street Acquaintances (1929)
- The Old Life (1930)
- Dance Into Happiness (1930)
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil (ed.). The BFI Companion to Crime. Continuum, 1997.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 211. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.
- Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0627274}}
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Category:Film directors from North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:German male film actors
Category:German male stage actors
Category:German male silent film actors
Category:Film people from Cologne
Category:20th-century German male actors
Category:Male actors from Cologne
Category:German silent film directors
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