Trivia

On stage from 1919 and in films the following year. A popular and extremely busy character player, he was generally cast as authority figures: police inspectors, soldiers and aristocrats.

Hardt came from an aristocratic family with a strong military tradition. Deferring to his father's wishes, he dropped out of art history studies to undergo officer training at a military academy. However, after World War I, he went his own way and embarked on an acting career instead.