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Albert Conti
Albert Conti
79 years (Jan 28, 1887 – Jan 18, 1967)
Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]
74 Movies

Albert Conti

Albert Conti is a working actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. The first screen credit dates from 1923. Casting directors have gone to him for horror more than for anything else. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. 'The Black Cat' is the title most people reach for first, with The Lieutenant at the center of it.
Albert Conti is a working actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. The first screen credit dates from 1923. Casting directors have gone to him for horror more than for anything else. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. 'The Black Cat' is the title most people reach for first, with The Lieutenant at the center of it.
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One in a Million
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Everything Happens at Night
Maitre d'Hotel
★ 5.3
1939
Film
City in Darkness
Travel Agency Manager
★ 6.5
1939
Film
Suez
M. Fevrier
★ 5.5
1938
Film
Gateway
Count
★ 7.4
1938
Film
Always Goodbye
Modiste Benoit
★ 7.2
1938
Film
I'll Take Romance
Lepino
★ 6.3
1937
Film
Dangerously Yours
Monet
★ 5.8
1937
Film
Café Metropole
Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)
★ 7.2
1937
Film
One in a Million
Hotel Manager
★ 7.0
1937
Film
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Albert Conti still alive?
Albert Conti passed away on January 18, 1967 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of Albert Conti?
Albert Conti is best known for roles in Freaks, The Black Cat, Morocco.
How many movies has Albert Conti been in?
Over a 44-year career (since 1923), Albert Conti has appeared in 74 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Albert Conti's first movie?
The career of Albert Conti began with Merry-Go-Round (1923).
What is Albert Conti's most recent movie or series?
Albert Conti's most recent release is Everything Happens at Night, which premiered on December 22, 1939.
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Albert Conti
Albert Conti
1887-01-28 · Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]

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.

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