Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (born 9 August 1893 Hamburg, Germany died 15 September 1958^[1]) was a prolific character actor with over 65 films to his credit. He was the son of opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink.^[2]

Though most of his films were uncredited roles, he wrote the screenplay for the 1930 film Mamba.^[3]

During the First World War Ferdinand enlisted in the U.S. Army Field Artillery, serving at Camp Funston, Arizona until he was medically discharged with weakened lungs from pneumonia.^[4] Ferdinand's brother George Washington Schumann-Heink died of illness whilst in the US Army. His brother August had returned to Germany where he was killed in action with the Imperial German Navy when his U-Boat hit a mine in the Mediterranean Sea.^[5]

Selected Filmography

Hell's Angels (1930).

Notes

↑ Find-a-grave entry
↑ "Schumann-Heink sues movie man". The Evening Independent. 23 December 1925. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
↑ "Schumann-Heink 69, 'Could not retire'". The New York Times (in Pay-per-view). 16 June 1930. Retrieved 21 July 2011. "Then she drew him out to the centre of the stage and introduced him to the audience as her son, Ferdinand Schumann-Heink. "He's the author of 'Mamba'; ..."
↑ http://www.balboaparkhistory.net/glimpses/scheink.htm
↑ "Schumann-Heink Sails for Germany". The New York Times. 3 August 1919.

External links

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Schumann-Heink, Ferdinand
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	9 August 1893
Place of birth
Date of death	15 September 1958
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