Actor
Hugo Schuster
Born November 22, 1886 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Died July 10, 197612 films
Hugo Schuster (22 November 1886 – 10 July 1976) was a German-British actor
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Born in Aachen, Germany, Schuster began his career acting at Otto Brahm's Berlin Lessing Theater. In the 1920s, he acted in the leading German theatres. After 1945, he had roles in English theatre plays, films, television, and radio - such as the BBC German service. From 1956 to 1963 he lived in Germany, acting in German productions. However, he did not feel at peace in post-war Germany and returned to his home in Golders Green
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First watchThe Third Man19497.9as Waiter (uncredited)A supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
12 films as actor- 1966Second ChildhoodDr. Gerhardt Keppler
- 1966The Blue MaxHans. Elderly Servant
- 1955Secret VentureProfessor Henrik
- 1954Burnt EvidenceHartl
- 1954Paid to KillProfessor
- 1954Father BrownOptician
- 1953House of BlackmailDr. Welich
- 1952Secret PeopleGeneral Galbern
- 1950Prelude to FameDr. Freihaus
- 1949The Third ManWaiter (uncredited)
- 1948Portrait from LifeInterpreter
- 1944Hotel ReserveInspector