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Georg H. Schnell

Acting Born Apr 11, 1878 Tschifu (now Yantai), China 24 credits

Biography

Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany.

Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.

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Known for

Film

Nosferatu

as Harding

Agents of the Four Seasons Dance of Spring

as Großherzog

Full filmography

  • Nosferatu (1922) as Harding
  • The Rothschilds (1940)
  • The Punch Bowl (1944) as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde
  • The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)
  • Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)
  • Her Majesty Love (1933)
  • Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2025) as Harding - ein Reeder
  • Circus Life (1931) as 1. Kriminalkommissar
  • Top Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
  • Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922) as Lafayette
  • The Flame of Love (1930) as Grand Duke
  • Stradivari (1935)
  • Hot Blood (1936)
  • In letzter Minute (1939) as Kriminalbeamter
  • A Castle in Flanders (1936) as Regiments-Adjutant
  • Die Tochter Napoleons (1922) as Bertin
  • The Champion of Pontresina (1934) as I.P. Moore, Bankier
  • Moral (1936) as Großherzog
  • Dolls of Death (1920) as Lorenzo
  • Nora (1944) as Bankpräsident
  • The Valley of Love (1935) as Herr von Geldern
  • Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen (1919)
  • The Twelfth Hour (1930) as Hartung
  • Kampf (1932) as Kurt Harder