Meinhart Maur was born on August 18, 1891 in Hajdúnánás, Hungary. He was an actor, known for The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Harakiri (1919) and Die Teufelsanbeter (1920). He was married to Annie Arden. He died in 1964 in London, England.
Recruited by the Max Reinhardt Theatres in Berlin, he gave stage, screen, and radio performances throughout Europe, and was also active in the Jewish theater.
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Maur moved to England in 1936 to appear in the A. Korda film Rembrandt and remained there with his wife, Czechoslavakian actress Anna Ascher (stage-name Annie Arden).
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He took the stage-name Meinhart Maur in 1903, upon moving to Germany, where he studied at the Dusseldorf Academy.
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The actor Meinhart Maur made first acting experiences at the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf where he was active from 1906. In the next years he got engagements in cities like Koblenz, Mannheim and Berlin.
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In the 20s he only appeared seldom in movies with the exception of the year 1920 and he concentrated again to the theater.
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In the early talkies he only took part in one more German production with "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." (1931).
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With the rise of the National Socialism Meinhart Maur had to leave Germany and he went to England. There he was able to continue his film career and he impersonated numerous support roles in movies like "Rembrandt" (1936).
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Besides his activity as an actor he was also busy for the broadcast since 1923.
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He entered the film business in Berlin in 1919 and in his first year in the film business he already took part in more than a dozen movies.
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His wife, Annie Arden, was a Continental actress
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sailor of Fortune
1958
TV Series
General Achmed Huda
Patrol Car
1955
TV Series
Dutchy
Malaga
1954
Jakie
The Grove Family
1954
TV Series
Dr. Lippenthrop
Stand by to Shoot
1953
TV Mini-Series
Becki
Epitaph for a Spy
1953
TV Mini-Series
Herr Vogel
Never Let Me Go
1953
Lemkov
Decameron Nights
1953
Sultan
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
Luther
Dick Barton at Bay
1950
Serge Volkoff
The Wooden Horse
1950
Hotel Proprietor
The Huggetts Abroad
1949
Jeweller
It's Not Cricket
1949
Maharajah
Candlelight in Algeria
1944
Schultz
We'll Smile Again
1942
Herr Steiner
Jeannie
1941
Three Silent Men
1940
Karl Zaroff
Band Waggon
1940
German General (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1940
uncredited
Mad Men of Europe
1940
Waldo
21 Days Together
1940
Grunlich
Nobody Home
1938
'Dutchy' Alkmann
The Last Barricade
1938
Don Jose
Who Goes Next?
1938
Commandant
Doctor Syn
1937
Mulatto
O-Kay for Sound
1937
Guggenheimer
Second Bureau
1936
Gen. von Raugwitz
Rembrandt
1936
Ornia (uncredited)
Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.
1931
Arzt
Regine, die Tragödie einer Frau
1927
Der Diener
Die Stimme des Herzens
1924
Helgas Vater
Elixiere des Teufels
1922
Der letzte Zeuge
1921
Dämmernde Nächte
1920
Jörn Skaare
Die Teufelsanbeter
1920
Hadschi Halef Omar
Niemand weiß es
1920
Ein Gast
Sybill Morgan
1920
Berlin W.
1920
Chefredakteur Nebeling
Caravan of Death
1920
Hadschi Halef Omar / Saduk
Das Fest der schwarzen Tulpe
1920
Isaac Tichelaer
Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses
1920
Hadschi Halef Omar / Saduk
Va banque
1920
Krojanker
Schneider Wibbel
1920
Gefängnisschliesser
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff
1920
Chinese Spider
Die silberne Fessel
1920
Hofnarr (as Meinhard Maur)
Zügelloses Blut. 1. Luxusfieber
1920
Zügelloses Blut. 2. Die Diamantenfalle
1920
Die Dame im Pelz
1919
Graf Sacher-Khun (Maler)
Die Nackten - Ein sozialpolitischer Film
1919
Die Toten kehren wieder - Enoch Arden
1919
Chang-Pu
Harakiri
1919
Prince Matahari
Das Geheimnis des Irren
1919
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
1919
Notar Lars Sidellius
Moderne Töchter
1919
Flimmersterne
1919
as Meinhard Maur
Die Tragödie der Manja Orsan
1919
Jean Tanda - Jurist
Der Kampf um die Ehe - 1. Teil: Wenn in der Ehe die Liebe stirbt