Felix Basch
| Felix Basch | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1885-09-16)16 September 1885 |
| Died | 17 May 1944(1944-05-17) (aged 58)
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film actor, screenwriter, film director |
| Years active | 1914–1944 |
| Spouse(s) | Gretl Basch |
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was a German-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.
He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company U. F. A.
Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Basch was forced of films and went into exile, moving to the United States where he appeared in a large number of films acting in character roles.
He was married to Gretl Basch and was the father of Peter Basch.
Richard Tauber was a second cousin of him .
Basch died May 18, 1944, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood, California, after several major operations.
Selected filmography
Actor
Director
- The Rose of Stamboul (1919)
- Patience (1920)
- Mascotte (1920)
- Roswolsky's Mistress (1921)
- Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
- Miss Julie (1922)
- The Stream (1922)
- The Curse of Silence (1922)
- Destiny (1925)
- Love's Finale (1925)
- Darling, Count the Cash (1926)
- Her Husband's Wife (1926)
- The Girl on a Swing (1926)
- The Son of Hannibal (1926)
- A Serious Case (1927)
- One Plus One Equals Three (1927)
- Mascottchen (1929)
- Zwei Krawatten [] (1930)
- Seine Freundin Annette (1931)
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