Bert Sprotte


About

Born
December 09, 1870

Biography

Bert Sprotte's acting talents were showcased on the big screen many times throughout the course of his Hollywood career. Sprotte began his acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "Selfish Yates" (1918), "Breed of Men" (1919) and "Bob Hampton of Placer" (1921). He also appeared in "O'Malley of the Mounted" (1921) with William S Hart and "Trailin'" (1921) with Tom Mix. He c...

Biography

Bert Sprotte's acting talents were showcased on the big screen many times throughout the course of his Hollywood career. Sprotte began his acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "Selfish Yates" (1918), "Breed of Men" (1919) and "Bob Hampton of Placer" (1921). He also appeared in "O'Malley of the Mounted" (1921) with William S Hart and "Trailin'" (1921) with Tom Mix. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties, appearing in the western "For Big Stakes" (1922) with Tom Mix, "The Fighting Streak" (1922) and "Wild Bill Hickok" (1923). He also appeared in "The Human Tornado" (1925) and "The Fighting Hombre" (1927). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" (1927), "The Stolen Bride" (1927) and "Pass the Gravy" (1928). He also appeared in the J Harold Murray adaptation "Married in Hollywood" (1929) and the Leslie Howard drama "Captured" (1933). Sprotte last acted in the historical love story "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1934) with Francis Lederer. Sprotte passed away in December 1949 at the age of 79.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Happy Landing (1938)
Crony
The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
Peasant
Lancer Spy (1937)
Conductor
It Could Happen to You (1937)
German
One in a Million (1937)
Driver of sleigh
Thin Ice (1937)
Farmer
The Road Back (1937)
Conductor
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Guest
The Black Room (1935)
Peasant
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
German note holder
One Night of Love (1934)
Driver of beer truck
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Man in 1780 seq
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Colonel Hoffer
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Butcher in montage
Song of the Eagle (1933)
Emil Kranzmeyer
Captured! (1933)
Sergeant major
A Passport to Hell (1932)
Hotel propreitor
Dämon des Meeres (1931)
A Royal Romance (1930)
Magistrate
Married in Hollywood (1929)
Herr von Herzen
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1928)
Achilles
Pass the Gravy (1928)
The Stolen Bride (1927)
The sergeant
Wild Geese (1927)
Marshal
Life of an Actress (1927)
John Dowen
The Fighting Hombre (1927)
Henry Martin
Confessions of a Queen (1925)
Revolutionary leader
The Human Tornado (1925)
Chet Marlow
Why Women Love (1925)
Olaf Hansen, her father
The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924)
Beachcomber
Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
Adolphe Schmidt
Singer Jim McKee (1924)
Dan Gleason
His Hour (1924)
Ivan
The Prisoner (1923)
Courant
Rosita (1923)
Big jailer
The Miracle Baby (1923)
Sam Brodford
Wild Bill Hickok (1923)
Bob wright
Trimmed in Scarlet (1923)
Duroc
Soul of the Beast (1923)
Silas Hamm
Snowdrift (1923)
Jean McLaire
Purple Dawn (1923)
Red Carson, sea captain
Hungry Hearts (1922)
Cossack
The Fighting Streak (1922)
Hal Dozier
A Question of Honor (1922)
Charles Burkthaler
Conquering the Woman (1922)
Tobias Stafford
For Big Stakes (1922)
Rowell Clark
Thelma (1922)
Olaf Guildmar
Blue Blazes (1922)
Black Lanning
Bob Hampton of Placer (1921)
Sheriff
Trailin' (1921)
John Woodbury [John Bard]
The Night Horsemen (1921)
Mac Strann
O'Malley of the Mounted (1921)
The sheriff
White Oak (1921)
Eliphalet Moss, a banker
Guile of Women (1921)
Skole
The Blazing Trail (1921)
"Hank" Millicuddy
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
Buffum
Out of the Dust (1920)
Dan Macklier
Below the Deadline (1920)
Buck Elliot
The Golden Trail (1920)
Jim Sykes
The Deceiver (1920)
Two Moons (1920)
Red Agnew, Sheriff
The Girl from Outside (1919)
The marshal
The Shepherd of the Hills (1919)
Wash Gibbs
Wagon Tracks (1919)
Brick Muldoon
The Brute Breaker (1919)
La Blanc
The World Aflame (1919)
Nicolai Poppoff
Breed of Men (1919)
Wesley B. Prentice, a land swindler
Selfish Yates (1918)
"Rocking Chair" Riley
Shark Monroe (1918)
"Onion" McNab

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