Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 1951) was a British-born German actor. He was born in

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to a British father and a German mother. He was sent to Germany for his education and settled there. He often played British characters in German films, including in Nazi propaganda ones. He died in

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Selected filmography

* '' Circus of Life'' (1921) * '' The Inheritance'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * ''

The Ancient Law ''The Ancient Law'' () is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher and Hermann Vallentin. The son of an Orthodox Rabbi faces hostility from his father when he decides to become an actor. ...

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Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

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The Comedian's Child ''The Comedian's Child'' (German:''Das Komödiantenkind'') is a 1923 German silent film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Harry Hardt, Robert Leffler and Grete Reinwald.Grange p.138 Cast * Harry Hardt * Robert Leffler * Grete Reinwald * Fric ...

'' (1923) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' Heart of Stone'' (1924) * ''

Dudu, a Human Destiny ''Dudu, a Human Destiny'' () is a 1924 German silent film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Alfred Abel, Robert Garrison, and Maly Delschaft. It is part of the tradition of circus films. The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

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Darling of the King ''Darling of the King'' () is a 1924 German silent film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Ruth Weyher, Elisabeth Pinajeff and Bruno Kastner.Bock & Bergfelder p. 514 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm and Gustav ...

'' (1924) * '' Bismarck'' (1925) * ''

Express Train of Love ''Express Train of Love'' (German:''Blitzzug der Liebe'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch and Lillian Hall-Davis. It premiered on 6 May 1925 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Ber ...

'' (1925) * '' Ship in Distress'' (1925) * '' Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * ''

Frisian Blood ''Frisian Blood'' (German: ''Friesenblut'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Jenny Jugo, Gustav Fröhlich and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.Bock & Bergfelder p.139 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi ...

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Superfluous People ''Superfluous People'' (German:''Überflüssige Menschen'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay and Heinrich George.Murray It was made by Prometheus-Film which was affilia ...

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The Woman's Crusade ''The Woman's Crusade'' (German: ''Kreuzzug des Weibes'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Martin Berger and starring Conrad Veidt, Maly Delschaft, and Harry Liedtke. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. ...

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Professor Imhof ''Professor Imhof'' or ''When the Heart Speaks to the Young'' (German: ''Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Albert Bassermann, Lee Parry and Paul Henckels.Grange p.238 The ...

'' (1926) * ''

Love's Joys and Woes ''Love's Joys and Woes'' () is a 1926 German silent comedy film and directed by Kurt Gerron and Heinz Schall and starring Charlotte Susa, Margarete Kupfer and Hilde Maroff.Bock & Bergfelder p. 155 The film's art direction was by Karl Machus. ...

'' (1926) * '' Maytime'' (1926) * '' The Young Man from the Ragtrade'' (1926) * ''

Chance the Idol ''Chance the Idol'' (German: ''Die Spielerin'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jack Trevor, Agnes Esterhazy and Harry Liedtke. It was based on a play by Henry Arthur Jones. Cutts was working in Germany at t ...

'' (1927) * ''

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Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine? ''Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine?'' () is a 1927 German silent romance film directed by James Bauer and starring Philipp Manning, Oskar Marion, and Dorothea Wieck. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film's sets wer ...

'' (1927) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1927) * '' The Man with the Counterfeit Money'' (1927) * ''

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Eva and the Grasshopper ''Eva and the Grasshopper'' (German: ''Jugendrausch'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Georg Asagaroff and Wladyslaw Starewicz and starring Camilla Horn, Gustav Fröhlich, and Warwick Ward.Krautz p. 361 It was shot at the Tempelh ...

'' (1927) * '' The Impostor'' (1927) * ''

The Tragedy of a Lost Soul ''The Tragedy of a Lost Soul'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Helga Molander and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Grange p. 250 It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Lady and the Chauffeur ''The Lady and the Chauffeur'' (German: ''Die Dame und ihr Chauffeur'') is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Jack Trevor, Fritz Alberti and Elisabeth Pinajeff.Bock & Bergfelder p.17 It was shot at the Grunewa ...

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Spy of Madame Pompadour ''Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (German: ''Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch.Klossner p.360 It portrays the life of the eighteenth ...

'' (1928) * '' Master and Mistress'' (1928) * ''

His Strongest Weapon ''His Strongest Weapon'' () is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Vera Schmiterlöw and Philipp Manning. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) ...

'' (1928) * '' Man Against Man'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Volga Volga'' (1928) * ''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic agitation consistent with a fight-or-flight reaction. ...

'' (1928) * '' I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (1929) * '' The Love of the Brothers Rott'' (1929) * '' Midnight Taxi'' (1929) * ''

Painted Youth ''Painted Youth'' () is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Toni van Eyck, Wolfgang Zilzer, and Olga Limburg. It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Karl Machus Karl Mac ...

'' (1929) * '' Atlantik'' (1929) *''

Land Without Women ''Land Without Women'' () is a 1929 German drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Conrad Veidt, Elga Brink and Clifford McLaglen. It was based on the novel ''Die Braut Nr. 68'' by Peter Bolt. The film is set amongst a community of ...

'' (1929) * '' His Best Friend'' (1929) * '' Napoleon at St. Helena'' (1929) * ''

The Last Company ''The Last Company'' () is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which portrayed patriotic scenes f ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * '' Police Spy 77'' (1930) * '' Woman in the Jungle'' (1931) * '' Moritz Makes his Fortune'' (1931) * '' The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) * ''

A Storm Over Zakopane ''A Storm Over Zakopane'' ( or ) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Domenico Gambino and Adolf Trotz and starring Gambino, Alfons Fryland, and Lilian Ellis. The film was made as a co-production with Poland, with a separate Polish language v ...

'' (1931) * ''

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The White Demon ''The White Demon'' (German: ''Der weiße Dämon'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Peter Lorre.Kreimeier pp. 198–199 The film is also known by the alternative title of ''Dope' ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Dancer of Sanssouci ''The Dancer of Sanssouci'' () is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Otto Gebühr, Lil Dagover, and Rosa Valetti. Set at the court of Frederick the Great, the film is part of a group of Prussian films ...

'' (1932) * '' Marshal Forwards'' (1932) * ''

The Escape to Nice ''The Escape to Nice'' () is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by James Bauer and starring Fritz Fischer, Georg Alexander and Else Elster. The film is based on the novel ''Orje Lehmann wird Detektiv'' by Dolly Bruck (Hans Mahner-Mons). It ...

'' (1932) * ''

Ship Without a Harbour ''Ship Without a Harbour'' () is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Trude Berliner and Charly Berger.Grange p.400 The film was made at the Staaken Studios and at the Berlin Wintergarten. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' The Legacy of Pretoria'' (1934) * ''

Miss Liselott ''Miss Liselott'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Magda Schneider, Albert Lieven, and Maria Sazarina. The former silent director Franz Hofer worked as assistant director on the film.Bock & Bergfelder, p. ...

'' (1934) * '' The World Without a Mask'' (1934) * ''

A Night on the Danube ''A Night on the Danube'' () is 1935 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Olga Engl, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and Gustav Waldau.Klaus p.145 It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin and on location in Budapest and Vienna. The film' ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Schimeck Family ''The Schimek Family'' (German: ''Familie Schimek – Wiener Herzen'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Alfred Halm and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Livio Pavanelli, Olga Chekhova, and Lydia Potechina. It was shot at the EFA St ...

'' (1935) * ''

City of Anatol ''City of Anatol'' () is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel '' City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small ...

'' (1936) * ''

Stjenka Rasin ''Stjenka Rasin'' is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Heinrich George. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.202 The film's sets were design ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Call of the Jungle ''The Call of the Jungle'' (German: ''Der Dschungel ruft'') is a 1936 German adventure film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Paul Henckels, Ursula Grabley and Gerda Maurus.Reimer & Reimer p.227 It was shot at the Johannistha ...

'' (1936) * ''

A Woman of No Importance ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society. It ...

'' (1936) * '' Gewitterflug zu Claudia'' (1937) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * ''

Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering ''Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering'' (German: ''Frauenliebe - Frauenleid'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Magda Schneider, Iván Petrovich and Oskar Sima.Hake p.125 Cast References Bibliography * Hake ...

'' (1937) * '' Storms in May'' (1938) * ''

Men, Animals and Sensations ''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film. It was shot at the Terra Studios ...

'' (1938) * ''

Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( ; ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he i ...

'' (1939) * ''

Carl Peters Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of today’s Tanzania) and one of the founders of ...

'' (1941) * ''

The Endless Road ''The Endless Road'' () is a 1943 German biographical film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Eva Immermann and Hedwig Wangel. It portrays the life of Friedrich List, a German who emigrated to the United States in the nin ...

'' (1943)

Bibliography

* Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1869 births 1951 deaths German male film actors English male film actors Actors from the London Borough of Lewisham 20th-century English male actors 20th-century German male actors British emigrants English people of German descent Immigrants to the German Empire People from Lewisham {{Germany-film-actor-1860s-stub