Louis Brody
Louis Brody (15 February 1892 – 11 February 1952) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician, and wrestler.[1]
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| Born | Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa 15 February 1892 |
| Died | 11 February 1952 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915-1951 |
Brody was born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon.[1] His career began in the 1910s after he moved to Germany and lasted uninterrupted throughout the Nazi regime till his death in 1952. Brody engaged also in political work in favour of Afro-Germans as part of the African Aid Organisation, established by and for Afro-Germans living in Germany. In 1938 he married a woman from Danzig. Brody remained active and successful as an artist during World War 2.
Selected filmography
- Das Gesetz der Mine (1915) as the Black African (film debut)
- The Mistress of the World (1919) as Mallkalle the medicine man/Simba the Chinese servant
- The Dagger of Malaya (1919) as Jack Johnson
- Genuine (1920) as the Malay
- Destiny (1921) as the Moor
- The Pearl of the Orient (1921) as the Rajah's servant
- The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921) as Mulay Hassan
- The Secret of Bombay (1921)
- The Poisoned Stream (1921)
- The Island of the Lost (1921)
- The Indian Tomb (1921) as the Maharadjah's black servant (uncredited)
- The Man Without a Name (1921) as Bill Burns
- The Secret of Santa Maria (1921)
- Der Kleine Muck (1921) as Achmet
- Lust for Life (1922) as Jimmy
- Das Spielzeug einer Tänzerin (1923) as Brutus
- The Pleasure Garden (1925) as the plantation manager (uncredited)
- The Boxer's Bride (1926) as Fighting Bob
- I Once Had a Comrade (1926) as the Moor
- The Armoured Vault (1926) as the chauffeur
- The Great Duchess (1926)
- Mata Hari (1927)
- Death Drive for the World Record (1929) as Salto King's servant
- The Last Testament (1929)
- Calais-Dover (1931)
- No More Love (1931) as the cook
- The White Demon (1932) as the theater janitor
- Narcotics (1932) as the theater janitor (uncredited)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
- The Flower of Hawaii (1933)
- Hard Luck Mary (1934) as the black man
- Punks Arrives from America (1934) as the barkeeper
- Pechmarie (1934) as the black man
- The Riders of German East Africa (1934) as Hamissi
- Pillars of Society (1935) as a cowboy
- La Habanera (1937) as a Puerto Rican passerby
- The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938) as Seaman Higgins
- Sergeant Berry (1938) as Berrys's roommate
- Der unmögliche Herr Pitt (1938) as Seaman Hannibal
- Kennwort Machin (1938) as the New York hotel porter
- Water for Canitoga (1939) as Johnny
- Brand im Ozean(1939)
- Jud Süß (1940) as the Duke's domestic
- Goodbye, Franziska (1941) as the hotel porter (uncredited)
- Carl Peters (1941) as the East African tribal chief
- Ohm Kruger (1941) as Lobenguela
- Blutsbrüderschaft (1941)
- Vom Schicksal verweht (1942)
- Doctor Crippen (1942) as Pedro
- Giungla (film) (1942) as Je-Crois-En-Dieu
- Münchhausen (1943) as Abd al-Hamid's servant (uncredited)
- Germanin – Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943) as King Wapunga
- Kolberg (1945) as a Black French soldier (uncredited)
- Quax in Africa (1947) as the medicine man
- Nights on the Nile (1949) as the Egyptian
- The Black Forest Girl (1950) as a party guest (uncredited)
- The Last Year (1951)
References
- "Afrika in Berlin". dhm.de.
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