Ekkehard Arendt (1892–1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Arendt served in the Austrian Army during the First World War, before moving to Germany to work in the theatre and film industry. He played the role of Handel Vane in Alfred Hitchcock's 1931 film Mary and the dishonest bank director in The Virtuous Sinner (1931). Arendt later returned to live in Austria.
During the Second World War, Arendt returned from Berlin to Vienna . Then he came only to a few very short film appearances.
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His appearance in a Berlin cabaret brought him 1935, a week-long Gestapo arrest.
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Character actor of the 20's and 30's. Arendt served in the Austrian Army during the First World War, before moving to Germany to work on stage and in films.