Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt 14 September 1885 16 February 1970 was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Langs 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 Langs twopart 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 bigbudget 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl de Vogt licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia