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- Birth nameCarl Bernhard de Vogt
- Carl de Vogt was born on September 14, 1885 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor, known for Helen of Troy (1924), Caravan of Death (1920) and The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea (1919). He was married to Claire Lotto. He died on February 16, 1970 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- SpouseClaire Lotto(? - August 26, 1952) (her death, 1 child)
- 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).
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