Ferdinand Gottschalk


Biography

Ferdinand Gottschalk was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Gottschalk began his acting career with roles in such films as the adaptation "Zaza" (1923) with Gloria Swanson, "Tonight or Never" (1931) and the dramatic adaptation "Grand Hotel" (1932) with Greta Garbo. He also appeared in the Fredric March drama "The Sign of the Cross" (1932), the Leslie Howard romantic fant...

Biography

Ferdinand Gottschalk was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Gottschalk began his acting career with roles in such films as the adaptation "Zaza" (1923) with Gloria Swanson, "Tonight or Never" (1931) and the dramatic adaptation "Grand Hotel" (1932) with Greta Garbo. He also appeared in the Fredric March drama "The Sign of the Cross" (1932), the Leslie Howard romantic fantasy "Berkeley Square" (1933) and "The Warrior's Husband" (1933). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in "Gambling Lady" (1934), "Upperworld" (1934) and "Sing Sing Nights" (1934). Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in "The Melody Lingers On" (1935), the Francis Lederer romance "The Gay Deception" (1935) and the Fredric March dramatic adaptation "Les Miserables" (1935). He also appeared in "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" (1935) with Ronald Colman and "The White Legion" (1936). Gottschalk more recently acted in "The Adventures of Marco Polo" (1938) with Gary Cooper. Gottschalk passed away in November 1944 at the age of 86.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Stolen Heaven (1938)
Lubert
Romance in the Dark (1938)
Pianist
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Persian ambassador
Café Metropole (1937)
Monsieur Leon Monnet
I'll Take Romance (1937)
Monsieur Ginard
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Chief councilor
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
La Rue
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
John Atherton
That Girl from Paris (1937)
Uncle
Along Came Love (1936)
Mr. Vincent
Angels in White (1936)
Professor Fontaine
Suzy (1936)
Proprietor
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Hotel clerk
The Golden Arrow (1936)
De Wolfe
The Golden Arrow (1936)
De Wolfe
Bunker Bean (1936)
Dr. Meyerhauser
The Man I Marry (1936)
Organist
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Office man
Break of Hearts (1935)
Enrico Pazzinni
L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935)
Perichot
Vagabond Lady (1935)
Mr. Higginbotham
Three Kids and a Queen (1935)
Doctor Fleisig
Clive of India (1935)
Old member
Here Comes the Band (1935)
DeValerie
Red Salute (1935)
Bystander
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
Thenardier
The Gay Deception (1935)
Mr. Squires
The Melody Lingers On (1935)
Da Vigna
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Perishot
Night Life of the Gods (1935)
Old Man [Ludwig] Turner
Long Lost Father (1934)
The lawyer [Mr. Stewart]
The Secret of the Chateau (1934)
Marotte
I Am a Thief (1934)
M. Cassiet
Bombay Mail (1934)
Sir Anthony Daniels
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Augustus Telfen
Madame Du Barry (1934)
Lebel
Upper World (1934)
Marcus
One Exciting Adventure (1934)
The jeweler
Sing Sing Nights (1934)
Professor Varney
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
King Maximilian
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
Baron
Cleopatra (1934)
Glabrio
I Believed in You (1934)
Musician
Riptide (1934)
Orchestra leader
I Sell Anything (1934)
Barouche
Nana (1934)
Finot
Gambling Lady (1934)
Cornelius
The Witching Hour (1934)
Dr. von Strohn
The Warrior's Husband (1933)
Sapiens Major, an ambitious father
The Keyhole (1933)
Grand Slam (1933)
Van Dorn
Ex-Lady (1933)
Mr. Smith
Midnight Club (1933)
George Rubens
Female (1933)
Pettigrew
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Sol Glass
Parole Girl (1933)
Taylor
Horseplay (1933)
Lord Oswald
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Clubman
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
Tour guide
Dancing Lady (1933)
Goodbye Again (1933)
Hotel manager
Girl Missing (1933)
Alvin Bradford
Berkeley Square (1933)
Mr. Throstle
Grand Hotel (1932)
Pimenov
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Glabrio
Tonight or Never (1931)
Rudig
Zaza (1923)
Duke de Brissac
My Wife (1918)
Biggy Gore
Please Help Emily (1917)
Herbert Threadgold

Cast (Short)

Carnival in Paris (1937)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Berkeley Square (1933) -- (Movie Clip) An American Jest Time traveling American Peter (Leslie Howard) is posing as his 18th century namesake, whose diary he has studied, meeting his puzzled London cousins Kate (Valerie Taylor), Tom (Colin Keith-Johnston), Lady Anne (Irene Browne) and Helen (Heather Angel), in Berkeley Square, 1933.
Female (1933) -- (Movie Clip) You Are A Goddess In the just-barely pre-Code Warner Bros./First National potboiler, Ruth Chatterton as auto CEO Allison plucks a prospective boy-toy (Philip Reed) from her staff, then reconsiders, in one of a handful of pictures shot at the famous Frank Lloyd Wright Ennis House in LA, in Female, 1933.
Madame Du Barry (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Let The Stag Chase Me Louis XV (Reginald Owen) scolds courtiers (Ferdinand Gottschalk as Lebel, Henry O'Neill the prime minister, Dorothy Tree, Virginia Sale, Camille Rovelle the daughters) then speculates about Richelieu (Osgood Perkins) and the title character (Dolores Del Rio), opening Madame Du Barry, 1934.
Madame Du Barry (1934) -- (Movie Clip) You Are Not A King At Versailles ca. 1769, King Louis XV (Reginald Owen) is bonkers over his new mistress, the title character (Dolores Del Rio), coached by her promoter Richelieu (Osgood Perkins), making an outrageous request, aide Lebel (Ferdinand Gottschalk) baffled, in Madame Du Barry, 1934.
Upper World -- (Movie Clip) I Can't Hear The Engine Railroad baron Alex Stream (Warren William) on board his yacht, rescues showgirl-swimmer Lily (Ginger Rogers) and winds up in her apartment, in Upper World, from a story by Ben Hecht.
Female (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Naturally Enthusiastic CEO Allison (Ruth Chatterton) is receiving a massage, college friend Harriet (Lois Wilson) and handsome young employee Cooper (Johnny Mack Brown), in Female, 1933, directed by Michael Curitz.

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