Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt was born on September 14, 1885 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Carl Bernhard de Vogt.

While not much is known of his early life, he learned the occupation of typographer (like his father) and then attended the Schauspielschule in Köln, studying singing and dancing along with acting. According to his own account, he was an actor and singer since 1908.

He participated in World War I from July 22, 1915 until December 9, 1915.

His earliest ascertainable movie is "Schwert und Herd" (1916). In the following years he became established as a screen star in adventurous roles, especially in the early works of Fritz Lang he attained lasting fame. To these movies belong "Halbblut" (1919), "Der Herr der Liebe" (1919) and "Die Spinnen", where he played a character which reminded one of the later Indiana Jones.

Carl de Vogt got married with the actress Claire Lotto and played with her in several movies . The couple had a son Karl Franz de Vogt who became a movie producer (born 14 May 1917 and died in 1999).

He was an actor, known for Helen of Troy (1924), The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea (1919) and Die Teufelsanbeter (1920). He was married to Claire Lotto.

Carl de Vogt joined the National Socialist Party (NsdAP) in April, 1933 (Member No. 2659854), one month after the Nazi's rise to power. He also joined the NSBO and SA (Brownshirts) in April, 1933. One NsdAP source mentions that on May 1, 1933, one month after he had joined, Carl "in uniform carried the flag" at the May parade.

When not acting, de Vogt dubbed at least one foreign film into German. From December 12, 1936 to January 5, 1937, he did voice work on Ramona, starring Loretta Young and Don Ameche.

By the time he died in 1970 at age 84, his early film successes were lost and he died unknown despite having made more than 130 movies.