Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt

Maria Carmi and Carl de Vogt in Der Weg des Todes (1916)

Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded several discs. His greatest hit was "Der Fremdenlegionär". An extremely successful actor in his early career, he died in relative obscurity in 1970.

In 1919 and 1920, de Vogt starred in director Fritz Lang's two-part Spiders films opposite actresses Lil Dagover and Ressel Orla. In 1932, in the early sound era, he played the Prussian hero Major Schill in the big-budget historical film The Eleven Schill Officers.

De Vogt was married to the German film actress Cläre Lotto, and the couple had a son Karl Franz de Vogt (born 14 May 1917). He was a member of the NSDAP and the Sturmabteilung.

Selected filmography

• Der Herr der Liebe (1919)
• Die Spinnen (1919/20)
• Die Todeskarawane (1920)
• Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920)
• Die Teufelsanbeter (1920)
• The Lord of the Beasts (1921)
• Alone in the Jungle (1922)
• Nathan the Wise (1922)
• Helena (1924)
• Bismarck (1925)
• Bismarck 1862-1898 (1927)
• The Curse of Vererbung (1927)
• Number 17 (1928)
• The Veil Dancer (1929)
• Andreas Hofer (1929)
• Waterloo (1929)
• The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
• Trenck (1932)
• William Tell (1934)
• If We All Were Angels (1936)
• Die Ratten (1955)
• My Leopold (1955)

External links

• Carl de Vogt at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan page
• Biography
• Filmography and a large collection of photos
• Photographs of Carl de Vogt