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German actor (1885–1970)

Carl de Vogt
BornCarl Bernhard de Vogt
(1885-09-14)14 September 1885
Cologne, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died16 February 1970(1970-02-16) (aged 84)
West Berlin, West Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1916–1964

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

Maria Carmi and Carl de Vogt in The Path of Death (1917)

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