Acting
Erich von Stroheim
- Titles
- 86movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1915 to 1966, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 38top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Sunset Boulevard91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.0average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.6, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.1, average 3.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Historical Setting 5
- Forbidden Love 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Melodrama 4
- Early Cinema 4
- Complex Relationships 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Silent Film 3
- Romance 3
- Social Commentary 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Denise VernacActorThe Mask of Diijon, La Danse de mort, One Does Not Die That Way, Alraune, Other Side of Paradise, +2 more- FFrank E. HullEditorGreed, Hello, Sister!, The Merry Widow, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
Maude GeorgeActorFoolish Wives, The Wedding March, The Devil's Passkey, The Honeymoon
Dale FullerActorGreed, Foolish Wives, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
Zasu PittsActorGreed, Hello, Sister!, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
George FawcettActorThe Merry Widow, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon, Panthea
William H. DanielsCinematographerGreed, So Ends Our Night, As You Desire Me, Foolish Wives- EErnst NeubachWriterPersonal Column, One Does Not Die That Way, The Red Signal, Gibraltar
- BBen F. ReynoldsCinematographerGreed, Blind Husbands, Foolish Wives, The Devil's Passkey
Theodore J. PahleCinematographerAlibi, Gibraltar, Ultimatum, The Lafarge Case
Henri GuisolActorThunder Over Paris, The World Will Shake, Gambling Hell
Margo LionActorDevil and the Angel, La Danse de mort, The Lafarge Case
Movies and TV shows
171930s
2 titles · average score 73
62
Hello, Sister! (1933)
Scenario Writer, Director
85
Queen Kelly (1932)
Director, Original Story
1920s
7 titles · average score 69
62
The Great Gabbo (1929)
as Gabbo
The Honeymoon (1929)
as Prince Nicki
59
The Wedding March (1928)
as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
70
The Merry Widow (1926)
Director, Writer
76
Greed (1924)
as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
78
Foolish Wives (1922)
as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
The Devil's Passkey (1920)
Art Direction, Writer
1910s
8 titles · average score 63
83
Blind Husbands (1919)
as Lt. Erich von Steuben
Panthea (1917)
as Lieutenant
57
The Social Secretary (1916)
as The Buzzard
52
His Picture in the Papers (1916)
as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
Less Than the Dust (1916)
Assistant Director
59
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Assistant Director
Old Heidelberg (1915)
as Lutz