Adolf E. Licho


Adolf Edgar Licho was a Russian-German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was born of Jewish parentage in Kremenchug which was then part of the Russian Empire, but emigrated to Germany to work in the theatre and then later in silent films. Following the Nazi Party's takeover in 1933 he went into exile, first in Austria and France and later in the United States. In Hollywood he played minor roles until his death in 1944.

Selected filmography

Schuldig The Seeds of Life – Treugold, LiteratDoktor Palmore. Der schleichende Tod – Doktor PalmoreThe Yellow Ticket – Professor StanlausThe Foreign Prince – Der VarietedirektorDer Todesschacht The Red Poster – Emil Storch Leben und Lüge – MargulinThe White Peacock – VariétéwirtWhitechapel – Brillantenhändler van ZuiderMadame Récamier – RobertDie sieben Todsünden From Morn to Midnight – Fatter HerrDer Erbe der van Diemen – GroßkapitalistOff the Rails Fahrendes Volk Roswolsky's Mistress – TheaterdirektorDas rote Plakat, 2. Teil – Die eiserne Acht – Emil StorchWandering Souls – Herr LebedoffAnna Maria The Fateful Day The Golden Net Women's Sacrifice – Alter BohemeKinder der Zeit The Count of Charolais – WuchererLucrezia Borgia – LodowicoThe Game with Women Kaddish Comedians – CharkterspielerThe Humble Man and the Chanteuse The City of Temptation The Adventures of Sybil Brent – Pötter, Direktor des TheatrsThe Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins – President Cuffler, Daisys VaterHis Late Excellency The Love of Jeanne Ney – Raymond NeyLutherCharlotte Somewhat Crazy Scandal in Baden-Baden – AgentMy Daughter's Tutor – RabbinerAlraune – Attorney-at-law Manasse1914 – SuchomlinowGrock – 1. NichtkäuferMen Behind Bars – Annies VaterThe Eaglet The Duke of Reichstadt Victoria and Her Hussar – BirinskiPeace of Mind – Lotte Fiedlers VaterThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse – Dr. HauserThe Big Bluff – ParadieserEnde schlecht, alles gut – BusinessmanBretter, die die Welt bedeuten – Traeger, TheateragentAffairs of Maupassant – ExcellenzIl diario di una donna amata Catherine the Last – ExzellenzShipwrecked Max – KöhlerChéri-Bibi – BorisThe Shanghai Drama – Le faussaire GibraltarThree Waltzes – Le producteurMan Hunt – Little Fat Man It Started with Eve – Sigoni To Be or Not to Be – Prompter Between Us Girls – Ambassador Once Upon a Honeymoon – French Waiter Reunion in FranceHawker Mission to MoscowBookseller Above Suspicion – Museum Guide Hitler's MadmanDoctor Phantom Lady – Max – Proprietor The White Cliffs of Dover – Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station Days of Glory – Anton The Mask of Dimitrios – Bulgarian Cafe Proprietor The Seventh Cross – S.A. Guard