Albert Conti

• Born: Jan 29, 1887 in Trieste, Austria
• Died: Jan 18, 1967 in Hollywood, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'30s
• Major Genres: Romance, Drama
• Career Highlights: Topaze, The Eagle, Symphony of Living
• First Major Screen Credit: The Eagle (1925)

Biography

Born Albert de Conti Cedassamare, Conti was a career soldier in the Austrian army who came to America after the close of World War I. Like many impoverished postwar Europeans, Conti was obliged to take a series of manual labor jobs. While working in the California oil fields, Conti answered an open call placed by director Erich von Stroheim, who was in search of an Austrian military officer to act as technical advisor for his upcoming film Merry Go Round (1923). A better actor than most of his fellow Hapsburg empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Joseph von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927). Though he made his last film in 1942, Albert Conti remained in the industry as an employee of the MGM wardrobe department, where he worked until his retirement in 1962. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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