Portrait of Erich von Stroheim

Acting

Erich von Stroheim

Career

Active from 1915 to 1966, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
38
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Erich von Stroheim Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 8
  • Early Cinema 5
  • Forbidden Love 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Complex Relationships 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Silent Film 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)

as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)

1960s

1 title
Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick
Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick (1966)

as (archive footage)

1950s

10 titles · average score 72
Armored Attack!
Armored Attack! (1957)

as Dr. Otto Von Harden

Papatya
Papatya (1956)

Original Story

La Madone des sleepings
La Madone des sleepings (1955)

as Dr Siefgried Traurig

Série noire
Série noire (1955)

as Sacha Zavaroff

Napoleon
Napoleon (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Midnight... Quai de Bercy
Midnight... Quai de Bercy (1953)

as Le professeur Kieffer

Alarm in Morocco
Alarm in Morocco (1953)

as Conrad Nagel

Other Side of Paradise
Other Side of Paradise (1953)

as William O'Hara

Unnatural
Unnatural (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jacob ten Brinken

Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
GoodWatch score 91

as Max von Mayerling

1940s

17 titles · average score 60
Portrait of a Murderer
Portrait of a Murderer (1949)

as Eric

La Danse de mort
La Danse de mort (1948)

as Edgar

The Mask of Diijon
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
GoodWatch score 49

as Diijon

Devil and the Angel
Devil and the Angel (1946)

as Frank Davis

The Great Flamarion
The Great Flamarion (1945)
GoodWatch score 57

as The Great Flamarion

Scotland Yard Investigator
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)

as Carl Hoffmeyer

The Lady and the Monster
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
GoodWatch score 42

as Prof. Franz Mueller

Storm Over Lisbon
Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Deresco

Five Graves to Cairo
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
GoodWatch score 87

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

So Ends Our Night
So Ends Our Night (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Brenner

I Was an Adventuress
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Andre Desormeaux

Thunder Over Paris
Thunder Over Paris (1940)

as Korlick

1930s

22 titles · average score 67
The World Will Shake
The World Will Shake (1939)

as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank

Boys' School
Boys' School (1938)
GoodWatch score 73

as Walter, le professeur d'anglais

Gibraltar
Gibraltar (1938)

as Eric Marson

Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion (1937)
GoodWatch score 90

as Captain von Rauffenstein

Alibi
Alibi (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

as Professor Winckler

Between Two Women
Between Two Women (1937)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

The Devil-Doll
The Devil-Doll (1936)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

The Crime of Doctor Crespi
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
GoodWatch score 53

as Dr. Andre Crespi

Crimson Romance
Crimson Romance (1934)

as Capt. Wolters

Hello, Sister!
Hello, Sister! (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Scenario Writer

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

as Carl Salter

Three Faces East
Three Faces East (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as Valdar / Schiller / Blecher

1920s

9 titles · average score 76
Queen Kelly
Queen Kelly (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Original Story

The Great Gabbo
The Great Gabbo (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gabbo

The Honeymoon
The Honeymoon (1929)

as Prince Nicki

The Wedding March
The Wedding March (1928)
GoodWatch score 72

as Nicki / Prince Nickolas

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1925)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer, Director

Greed
Greed (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)

Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
GoodWatch score 63

Costume Design, Director

Foolish Wives
Foolish Wives (1922)
GoodWatch score 78

as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin

The Devil's Passkey
The Devil's Passkey (1920)

Director, Art Direction

1910s

20 titles · average score 69
Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands (1919)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lt. Erich von Steuben

The Unbeliever
The Unbeliever (1918)

as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz

The Heart of Humanity
The Heart of Humanity (1918)

as Eric von Eberhard

Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World (1918)
GoodWatch score 73

as A Hun

Panthea
Panthea (1917)

as Lieutenant

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
GoodWatch score 85

as Second Pharisee (uncredited)

The Social Secretary
The Social Secretary (1916)
GoodWatch score 57

as The Buzzard

His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers (1916)
GoodWatch score 52

as One of the Weazels (uncredited)

Less Than the Dust
Less Than the Dust (1916)

Assistant Director

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
GoodWatch score 70

Assistant Director

Old Heidelberg
Old Heidelberg (1915)

as Lutz

Ghosts
Ghosts (1915)

as School Clerk