Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart was a GermanAmerican actor of stage and screen.

Felix Bressart was born in East Prussia, Germany and was an experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He began as a supporting actor, for example as the Bailiff in the boxoffice hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle , but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, the Jewish Bressart had to leave Germany and continued his career in Germanspeaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After no fewer thanfilms in eight years, he immigrated to the United States.

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