Hermann Vallentin
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed.
From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser.
The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Acted in
Sprung in den Abgrund
1933
as Generaldirektor Schenk
The Tempest
1932
The Captain from Köpenick
1931
as Adolph Wormser
Help! Raid!
1931
as Kriminalrat Kipping
Him or Me
1930
as Kriminalkommissar
The Stolen Face
1930
as Wirt
Two Worlds
1930
as Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
Bookkeeper Kremke
1930
as Kremke
Only You
1930
as Richard Geldern
Cyanide
1930
The Case of Helena Willfuer
1930
as Sein Vater
Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter
1929
Atlantic
1929
as Dr. Holtz
Asphalt
1929
Lotte
1928
as Burgkastellan Süßkind
Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson
1928
Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel
1928
as Isaak
Luther
1928
as Professor Karlstadt
Ledige Mütter
1928
The Story of a Little Parisian
1928
as Gavard's Father
The Dangerous Age
1927
as Fischer Jensen
Das Erwachen des Weibes
1927
as Vater Ponath
Der Kampf des Donald Westhof
1927
Der Sohn der Hagar
1927
as Steinert
Die glühende Gasse
1927
Die 3 Niemandskinder
1927
as Kastellan
Madame Wants No Children
1926
The Flight in the Night
1926
as Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
1926
as Lakington
Qualen der Nacht
1926
The Fallen
1926
as Ein Raffke
Des Lebens Würfelspiel
1925
as Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
Im Namen des Kaisers
1925
The Last Laugh
1924
as Spitzbäuchiger Gast [Potbellied Guest]
Königsliebchen
1924
La vierge du portail
1924
The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
as Herr Bekker
Das Herz der Lilian Thorland
1924
The House by the Sea
1924
The Ancient Law
1923
as Heinrich Laube
The Countess of Paris
1923
as Polizeikommissar
Die Liebe einer Königin
1923
Die Buddenbrooks
1923
as Smith
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
1923
as Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
Schlagende Wetter
1923
as Marie's father
Das Geheimnis des Renngrafen
1923
Wüstenrausch
1923
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
1922
as Mirabeau
She and the Three
1922
as Räuberhauptmann Krause
Hannele's Ascension
1922
as Mattern
Ihr schlechter Ruf
1922
Die Dame und der Landstreicher
1922
Die Königin von Whitechapel
1922
as Bertot
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
1921
Das zweite Leben
1921
The Black Panther
1921
as Antonius, a poet
Destiny
1921
as (uncredited)
The Rats
1921
Der zeugende Tod
1921
as Tessling
The Haunted Castle
1921
as Landgerichtsrat a.D.
Planetenschieber
1921
Judith Trachtenberg
1920
Hearts Are Trumps
1920
as Sebaldus Dühringer
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920
as Cardillac
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
The Abyss of Souls
1920
Die goldene Krone
1920
as Gustav Lindlieb
Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
1920
Hölle der Jungfrauen
1919
Das Gift im Weibe
1919
Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
1919
Das Frühlingslied
1918
Die Nonne und der Harlekin
1918
Am anderen Ufer
1918
as Dymischow
Börse und Adel
1917
as Graf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
John Riew
1917
Das lebende Rätsel
1916
The Tunnel
1915
The Sun's Revenge
1915
as Mörder
Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
1915