Curiosidades

He was a member of the NSDAP and the Sturmabteilung.

Character actor and singer, who had a successful career in silent cinema. He appeared in four early films by the director Fritz Lang. De Vogt's star declined after the advent of sound.

While not much is known of his early life, he learned the occupation of typographer (like his father) and then attended the Schauspielschule in Köln, studying singing and dancing along with acting. According to his own account, he was an actor and singer since 1908.

Carl de Vogt first appeared in the Stadttheater Mainz with Käthe Dorsch. After that he came to Freiburg and then the Königliche Schauspielhaus in Berlin.

During World War II, Carl de Vogt gave concerts for front-line soldiers (Truppenbetreuung) in which he told them about his travels, sang soldier songs and songs about the German heimat (homeland).

Along with movies he appeared at the Prinzregententheater in Munich and sang German folksongs while accompanying himself on his lute.

His earliest ascertainable movie is "Schwert und Herd" (1916). In the following years he became established as a screen star in adventurous roles, especially in the early works of Fritz Lang he attained lasting fame. To these movies belong "Halbblut" (1919), "Der Herr der Liebe" (1919) and "Die Spinnen", where he played a character which reminded one of the later Indiana Jones.

He lived in a retirement home in Berlin and entertained his fellow residents by playing his lute.

Carl de Vogt joined the National Socialist Party (NsdAP) in April, 1933 (Member No. 2659854), one month after the Nazi's rise to power. He also joined the NSBO and SA (Brownshirts) in April, 1933. One NsdAP source mentions that on May 1, 1933, one month after he had joined, Carl "in uniform carried the flag" at the May parade.

The actor Carl de Vogt attended the acting school in Cologne and thereafter he began a successful career at the theater.

When not acting, de Vogt dubbed at least one foreign film into German. From December 12, 1936 to January 5, 1937, he did voice work on Ramona, starring Loretta Young and Don Ameche.

By the time he died in 1970 at age 84, his early film successes were lost and he died unknown despite having made more than 130 movies.

Carl de Vogt got married with the actress Claire Lotto and played with her in several movies . The couple had a son Karl Franz de Vogt who became a movie producer (born 14 May 1917 and died in 1999).

Because of his successful parts he became one of the greatest German movie stars at the beginning of the 20's.

Together with the acting he was also active as a singer and recorded several discs. His greatest hit was "Der Fremdenlegionär".

Carl de Vogt appeared in successful productions till to the 30's but the talkies offered him merely small and smallest parts.

He participated in World War I from July 22, 1915 until December 9, 1915.

After the war, Carl was blacklisted by the Allied Committee which meant that as a Nazi party member he could not get a license to work in Berlin. This probably accounts for his very small roles in the 11 films he made after the war. Presumably they were not made in Berlin.