Hermann Vallentin
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting83
Sprung in den Abgrund
1933
Generaldirektor Schenk
movieThe Captain from Köpenick
1931
Adolph Wormser
Help! Raid!
1931
Kriminalrat Kipping
movieHim or Me
1930
Kriminalkommissar
movieTwo Worlds
1930
Uhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
movieOnly You
1930
Richard Geldern
movieThe Case of Helena Willfuer
1930
Sein Vater
movieAtlantic
1929
Dr. Holtz
movieLotte
1928
Burgkastellan Süßkind
movieLuther
1928
Professor Karlstadt
movieThe Story of a Little Parisian
1928
Gavard's Father
movieThe Dangerous Age
1927
Fischer Jensen
movieDas Erwachen des Weibes
1927
Vater Ponath
movieDie 3 Niemandskinder
1927
Kastellan
movieThe Flight in the Night
1926
Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
Adventure Mad
1926
Lakington
movieThe Fallen
1926
Ein Raffke
movieDes Lebens Würfelspiel
1925
Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
movieThe Last Laugh
1924
Potbellied Guest
movieThe Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
Herr Bekker
movieThe Ancient Law
1923
Heinrich Laube
movieThe Countess of Paris
1923
Polizeikommissar
movieFriedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
1923
Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
movieExplosion
1923
Marie's Father
She and the Three
1922
Räuberhauptmann Krause
movieThe Black Panther
1921
Antonius, a poet
movieDestiny
1921
(uncredited)
movieThe Rats
1921
Harro Hassenreuter
movieThe Haunted Castle
1921
Landgerichtsrat a.D.
Hearts Are Trumps
1920
Sebaldus Dühringer
movieDie goldene Krone
1920
Gustav Lindlieb
Die gelbe Fratze
1919
Kittys Father
Börse und Adel
1917
Graf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
Die Last
1916
Gutspächter
movieThe Tunnel
1915
Mr. Lloyd
