Hermann Vallentin
Born
May 24, 1872
Died
September 18, 1945 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed.
From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser.
The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Known For
Sprung in den Abgrund
Generaldirektor Schenk
1933
The Tempest
1932
The Captain from Köpenick
Adolph Wormser
1931
Help! Raid!
Kriminalrat Kipping
1931
Him or Me
Kriminalkommissar
1930
The Stolen Face
Wirt
1930
Two Worlds
Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
1930
Bookkeeper Kremke
Kremke
1930
Only You
Richard Geldern
1930
Cyanide
1930
The Case of Helena Willfuer
Sein Vater
1930
Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter
1929
Atlantic
Dr. Holtz
1929
Asphalt
1929
Lotte
Burgkastellan Süßkind
1928
Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson
1928
Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel
Isaak
1928
Luther
Professor Karlstadt
1928
Ledige Mütter
1928
The Story of a Little Parisian
Gavard's Father
1928
The Dangerous Age
Fischer Jensen
1927
Das Erwachen des Weibes
Vater Ponath
1927
Der Kampf des Donald Westhof
1927
Der Sohn der Hagar
Steinert
1927
Die glühende Gasse
1927
Die 3 Niemandskinder
Kastellan
1927
Madame Wants No Children
1926
The Flight in the Night
Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
1926
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
Lakington
1926
Qualen der Nacht
1926
The Fallen
Ein Raffke
1926
Des Lebens Würfelspiel
Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
1925
Im Namen des Kaisers
1925
The Last Laugh
Spitzbäuchiger Gast [Potbellied Guest]
1924
Königsliebchen
1924
La vierge du portail
1924
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Herr Bekker
1924
Das Herz der Lilian Thorland
1924
The House by the Sea
1924
The Ancient Law
Heinrich Laube
1923
The Countess of Paris
Polizeikommissar
1923
Die Liebe einer Königin
1923
Die Buddenbrooks
Smith
1923
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
1923
Schlagende Wetter
Marie's father
1923
Das Geheimnis des Renngrafen
1923
Wüstenrausch
1923
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
Mirabeau
1922
She and the Three
Räuberhauptmann Krause
1922
Hannele's Ascension
Mattern
1922
Ihr schlechter Ruf
1922
Die Dame und der Landstreicher
1922
Die Königin von Whitechapel
Bertot
1922
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921
Das zweite Leben
1921
The Black Panther
Antonius, a poet
1921
Destiny
(uncredited)
1921
The Rats
1921
Der zeugende Tod
Tessling
1921
The Haunted Castle
Landgerichtsrat a.D.
1921
Planetenschieber
1921
Judith Trachtenberg
1920
Hearts Are Trumps
Sebaldus Dühringer
1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Cardillac
1920
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
The Abyss of Souls
1920
Die goldene Krone
Gustav Lindlieb
1920
Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
1920
Hölle der Jungfrauen
1919
Das Gift im Weibe
1919
Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
1919
Das Frühlingslied
1918
Die Nonne und der Harlekin
1918
Am anderen Ufer
Dymischow
1918
Börse und Adel
Graf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
1917
John Riew
1917
Das lebende Rätsel
1916
Die Last
Gutspächter
1916
The Tunnel
Mr. Lloyd
1915
The Sun's Revenge
Mörder
1915
Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
1915