Emil Rameau
Emil Rameau was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949.
Life and career
After his graduation from Realschule Rameau became an actor. His first role was Marcellus in Julius Caesar in Bromberg. In 1906 he went to the Schiller Theater in Berlin, where he worked with Leopold Jessner. From 1923 until 1931 he was the deputy artistic director at the Schiller theatre. He directed some plays at the Volksbühne. Rameau worked also with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater. He made his film debut in 1915 and appeared regularly in German silent films, mostly in character roles.
After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Rameau escaped through Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, and Great Britain to the United States. During the Second World War, he made small appearances in over 20 Hollywood movies. In the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight, Rameau played Maestro Guardi, Ingrid Bergman's Italian singing teacher, which was perhaps his most recognised role in Hollywood. He made his last film appearance in Hollywood in 1949 and returned to Germany, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1951, he was appointed deputy artistic director of the Schiller theatre.
Selected filmography
Der Fall Klerk - Jan KlerkArthur Imhoff - Ernst KerberDer Sekretär der Königin Abseits vom Glück - Joachim, Graf von OlmerodeDas goldene Friedelchen - Caspar, Diener bei Ferdinand StreckerThe Wandering Light - Major von GlassnerThe Uncanny House - Herr EibnerDer chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil - Chinesischer PriesterFreitag, der 13. - Das unheimliche Haus, 2. Teil - EibnerFriedrich Werders Sendung The [Man in the Mirror (1917 film)|The Man in the Mirror] Das Leid der Liebe Life Is a Dream - VaterDas Kind des Anderen Stein unter Steinen - Steinmetz ZarnckeDer standhafte Benjamin Für die Ehre des Vaters - Arbeiter WendelinDer lebende Leichnam - Iwan MakarowitschDie Singende Hand - MinisterpräsidentIm Zeichen der Schuld - Kapitän VernonThe Devil Strandgut oder Die Rache des Meeres Das Alte Bild Die rote Herzogin - Guido Ferrari - MalerZwischen Tod und Leben - ValentinWehrlose Opfer Hedda's Rache - Ludwig Gerlach, KaufmannThe Panther Bride - Dr. DuffoirDie Dame im Auto - Torleif Hansen - MaklerThe Mask The Spies - Dr. MahonJettatore - Fürst JellinowDie Tochter des Bajazzo Lillis Ehe - Baumeister SteinLilli - Baumeister SteinThe Devil and the Madonna - Meister TradlerSins of the Parents Der Tempel der Liebe Der Kampf um die Ehe - 2. Teil: Feindliche Gatten Der Kampf um die Ehe - 1. Teil: Wenn in der Ehe die Liebe stirbt - Lisas FatherOut of the Depths - Geheimpolizei-ChefHypnosis - Peter HainDer rote Henker - Marquis von BrichauteauPrinzesschen - HofarztIndian Revenge - 2. InderThe Love of a Thief The White Peacock - AlterFöhn - Gutsbesitzer von RodiusPrincess Woronzoff Themis Madame Récamier - DufrandDie Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel Entblätterte Blüten Colombine The Maharaja's Favourite Wife - Vater des MaharadschaDie große und die kleine Welt Der tote Gast Sturmflut des Lebens - ArztDas gestohlene Millionenrezept Roswolsky's Mistress - KapellmeisterDie sterbende Stadt - Prof. Gottlieb WiesingerThe Railway King Your Brother's Wife Der Fluch des Schweigens His Excellency from Madagascar The Curse of Silence - FriscardMonna Vanna - Frederigo FondaloLola Montez, the King's Dancer The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen - Jörg, Olafs DienerDer allmächtige Dollar William Tell - Der KanzlerVineta. Die versunkene Stadt The Hungarian Princess The Sensational Trial - UntersuchungsrichterStruggle for the Soil - Moses HirschLove's Finale - Professor Troste...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt The Mill at Sanssouci - General WinterfeldtThe Wiskottens - Der Färber BarthelmesFrauen, die den Weg verloren - Legationsrat von WallburgCarnival Magic - Der GroßvaterStolzenfels am Rhein - MuratYacht of the Seven Sins - BürovorsteherDas deutsche Lied - Heinrich von der VogelweideMöblierte Zimmer - Chef des WarenhausesOnly on the Rhine - Der BürgermeisterThe Adventurer of Tunis - Prokurist bei BertellManolescu, der Fürst der Diebe The Shanghai Gesture - Roulette Player Mission to Moscow - Ignacy Paderewski Gaslight - Maestro GuardiGreenwich Village - KavoskyThe Conspirators - Professor Wingby Her Highness and the Bellboy - Mr. Korb Scotland Yard Investigator - Prof. RenaultTwo Sisters from Boston - Nervous Conductor Two Smart People - Riverboat Waiter So Dark the Night - Pere CortotThe Return of [Monte Cristo (1946 film)|The Return of Monte Cristo] - Florist The Ghost Goes Wild - Prof. Jacques DubonnetTime [Out of Mind (1947 film)|Time Out of Mind] - Alfred SternWhere There's Life - Dr. JosefsbergThe [Main Street Kid] - MaxArch of Triumph - Mr. Schultz Cry of the City - Dr. Niklas The Great Sinner - Fearful Old Man Sword in the Desert - Old Man - Dov's FatherThe Red Danube - Proprietor The Lady Takes a Sailor - Dr. Mittenwald