Biography
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed. From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser. The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Acted in 52
1930s
- 1932
The Tempest
Movie
- 1931
The Captain from Köpenick
Adolph Wormser
- 1930
Him or Me
Kriminalkommissar
The Stolen Face
Wirt
Only You
Richard Geldern
Cyanide
Kommissar
The Case of Helena Willfuer
Sein Vater
1920s
- 1929
Atlantik
Dr. Holtz
Woman in the Moon
Movie
- 1928
Lotte
Burgkastellan Süßkind
Luther
Professor Karlstadt
The Story of a Little Parisian
Gavard's Father
- 1927
The Dangerous Age
Fischer Jensen
Das Erwachen des Weibes
Vater Ponath
Die 3 Niemandskinder
Kastellan
- 1926
Madame Wants No Children
Movie
The Flight in the Night
Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
The Fallen
Ein Raffke
- 1925
Des Lebens Würfelspiel
Kommerzienrat Reichenberg
In the Name of the Kaisers
Movie
- 1924
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Herr Bekker
The Heart of Lilian Thorland
Movie
- 1923
The Ancient Law
Heinrich Laube
The Countess of Paris
Polizeikommissar
The Love of a Queen
Movie
The Buddenbrooks
Smith
Wüstenrausch
Movie
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
Explosion
Marie's Father
- 1922
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
Mirabeau
- 1921
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
Movie
Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
Movie
The Black Panther
Antonius, a poet
Destiny
(uncredited)
The Rats
Harro Hassenreuter
- 1920
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Cardillac
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Movie
Die goldene Krone
Gustav Lindlieb
1910s
- 1919
Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
Movie
- 1918
Das Frühlingslied
Movie
The Nun and the Harlequin
Movie
- 1917
John Riew
Movie
- 1916
Das lebende Rätsel
Movie
- 1915
The Tunnel
Mr. Lloyd
The Sun's Revenge
Mörder
Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
Movie