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Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

Actor·1888–1954·Hamburg, Germany

7 horror credits

Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.

Actor7 films

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street

Dr. Kurt van Bruecken

1945
The Count of Cagliostro

The Count of Cagliostro

Alessandro Cagliostro

1920
Figures of the Night

Figures of the Night

The secretary

1920
Eerie Tales

Eerie Tales

Der Teufel / Various Other Roles

1919
Wahnsinn

Wahnsinn

Jörges

1919
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil

Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil

Engelbert Fox

1916
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil

Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil

Ralph Robin

1916

Director1 film

The Count of Cagliostro

The Count of Cagliostro

Director

1920