Albert Conti

Albert Conti

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: January 28, 1887

Deathday: January 18, 1967

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Known For

The Black Cat
The Black Cat

1934-05-07

The Legion of the Condemned
The Legion of the Condemned

1928-03-10

Shanghai Madness
Shanghai Madness

1933-08-03

Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934

1934-02-14

Captain Lash
Captain Lash

1929-01-06

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932-02-03

Slipping Wives
Slipping Wives

1927-04-03

Love Time
Love Time

1934-11-03

The Night Is Young
The Night Is Young

1935-01-11

Heartbreak
Heartbreak

1931-11-08

Lady with a Past
Lady with a Past

1932-02-19

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo

1930-08-27

Why Is a Plumber?
Why Is a Plumber?

1929-03-30

Topaze
Topaze

1933-02-24

Just a Gigolo
Just a Gigolo

1931-06-06

The Devil Dancer
The Devil Dancer

1927-11-03

Gigolettes of Paris
Gigolettes of Paris

1933-10-05

The Wedding March
The Wedding March

1928-10-06

This Modern Age
This Modern Age

1931-08-29

Shadow of Doubt
Shadow of Doubt

1935-02-15

The Night Club Lady
The Night Club Lady

1932-08-27

Always Goodbye
Always Goodbye

1938-06-24

Sea Legs
Sea Legs

1930-12-01

Café Metropole
Café Metropole

1937-04-28

The Common Law
The Common Law

1931-07-17

State's Attorney
State's Attorney

1932-05-20

Symphony of Living
Symphony of Living

1935-01-19

Men Are Such Fools
Men Are Such Fools

1932-11-18

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me

1932-05-28

The Boudoir Diplomat
The Boudoir Diplomat

1931-02-17

Jazz Heaven
Jazz Heaven

1929-11-03

Careless Lady
Careless Lady

1932-04-02

Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children

1929-03-10

City in Darkness
City in Darkness

1939-11-15

Fatal Lady
Fatal Lady

1936-05-15

I'll Take Romance
I'll Take Romance

1937-11-17

The Chinese Parrot
The Chinese Parrot

1927-10-23

The Crusades
The Crusades

1935-08-21

Everything Happens at Night
Everything Happens at Night

1939-12-22

The Eagle
The Eagle

1925-11-08

Lady of the Pavements
Lady of the Pavements

1929-01-22

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard

1936-08-20

Dangerously Yours
Dangerously Yours

1937-09-21

Shopworn
Shopworn

1932-03-25

Morocco
Morocco

1930-11-14

One Romantic Night
One Romantic Night

1930-04-30

Show People
Show People

1928-11-20

Mockery
Mockery

1927-08-13

Here's to Romance
Here's to Romance

1935-10-04

Gateway
Gateway

1938-08-05

Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim

1935-09-01

Camille
Camille

1927-09-04

Madam Satan
Madam Satan

1930-09-20

Oh, for a Man!
Oh, for a Man!

1930-11-28

Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round

1923-07-01

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow

1926-09-27

The Giddy Age
The Giddy Age

1932-09-25

Suez
Suez

1938-10-28

Mills of the Gods
Mills of the Gods

1934-12-15

Strangers May Kiss
Strangers May Kiss

1931-04-04

Our Blushing Brides
Our Blushing Brides

1930-07-19

One in a Million
One in a Million

1937-01-01

Red-Headed Woman
Red-Headed Woman

1932-06-25

The Magnificent Flirt
The Magnificent Flirt

1928-06-02

Torch Singer
Torch Singer

1933-09-08

Love Me and the World Is Mine
Love Me and the World Is Mine

1927-09-26

The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933-02-03

Page Miss Glory
Page Miss Glory

1935-09-07

Old Loves and New
Old Loves and New

1926-04-11

Freaks
Freaks

1932-01-01

The Blonde Saint
The Blonde Saint

1926-11-20

The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion

1932-04-30

Such Men Are Dangerous
Such Men Are Dangerous

1930-03-09

Beloved
Beloved

1934-01-22

South Sea Love
South Sea Love

1927-12-10