Conrad Nagel
Date of birth: 1897-03-15
Place of birth: Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Conrad Nagel
Biography
Conrad Nagel was an American stage and film actor, as well as radio and television performer and host. He was a matinee idol and star of the Silent cinema era and beyond. He was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and served as its President from 1932 to 1933. He was also a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Movie Credits
Tin Hats
1926-11-28
Three United States soldiers are lost in the Rhineland on Armistice Day and accepted as conquering o
There You Are!
1926-11-28
George is a clerk who captures a bandit and in return gets the boss' daughter.
The Kiss
1929-11-15
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946-01-01
All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
The Fighting Chance
1920-08-01
Sylvia Landis promises to marry the wealthy but unprincipled Quarrier because of his social standing
All That Heaven Allows
1955-08-25
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love wit
The Vicious Circle
1948-07-21
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby propertie
Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. Sh
The Divorcee
1930-04-19
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involve
East Lynne
1931-03-01
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships
Kongo
1932-10-01
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, throug
Hidden Fear
1957-07-01
A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.
Dance Madness
1926-01-04
May s married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser. During one of their riotous parties, she tests his
Adventures of Rusty
1945-09-06
Fearing that his recently-acquired step-mother, Ann Dennis, is competing with him for his father's a
The Ordeal
1922-05-21
Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled s
The Mysterious Lady
1928-08-04
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When s
Stage Struck
1948-06-13
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
The Thirteenth Chair
1929-10-19
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his
Divorce In The Family
1932-08-27
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama
The Bad Sister
1931-03-29
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsemen
The Reckless Hour
1931-08-15
Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to dete
The Constant Woman
1933-03-12
When a wife and mother abandons her family for the footlights of Broadway, then dies in a tragic acc
The Marines Are Coming
1934-11-19
Expelled from his lieutenancy in the Marine Corps, Bill Traylor reenlists as a private. His unit is
The Pagan Lady
1931-09-07
Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a
Dangerous Corner
1934-12-04
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
Son of India
1931-08-01
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
Glorious Betsy
1928-04-25
Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Si
Redemption
1930-04-05
In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with and ma
Hell Divers
1932-01-16
The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Dynamite
1929-12-13
Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is ter
One Romantic Night
1930-04-30
A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.
Numbered Men
1930-06-07
Civilian Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other. Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud t
The Waning Sex
1926-09-05
Nina Duane is a criminal lawyer whose gender was professionally resented by Philip Barry, the Distri
Bank Alarm
1937-06-07
A federal agent learns the gangsters he's been investigating have kidnapped his sister.
Yellow Cargo
1936-11-07
An investigator looks into the activities of a movie producer he believes is involved in smuggling A
Lawful Larceny
1923-07-22
During his wife's absence, Andrew Dorsey is snared by Vivian Hepburn, owner of a crooked gambling ho
Sacred and Profane Love
1921-05-22
Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some k
The Right of Way
1930-12-11
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the sam
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1924-08-11
A young girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England. After moving on
Sun-Up
1925-09-20
When she hears her boy has been killed in WWI a vengeful Kentucky hills mother shelters a deserter a
I Want a Divorce
1940-09-20
Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.
The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
The Gold Racket
1937-04-10
At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gan
Navy Spy
1937-03-13
A federal agent and a female reporter team up to catch a criminal gang that has kidnapped a scientis
A Stranger in My Arms
1959-03-03
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
The Ship from Shanghai
1930-01-31
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward,
Fast Life
1932-12-16
Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spar
Three Who Loved
1931-07-03
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Name the Man
1924-01-27
Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes in
The Idle Rich
1929-06-15
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her famil
A Lady Surrenders
1930-10-06
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG
A Trip to Paramountown
1922-07-10
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, feat
The Exquisite Sinner
1926-03-28
Adapted by Alice Duer Miller from a novel by Alden Brooks, the film concerns a young man who forsake
Death Flies East
1935-02-28
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decid
Nice People
1922-07-12
Teddy Gloucester, one of the group of jazz age "nice people," is caught in a farmhouse during a stor
The Lost Romance
1921-05-08
Dr. Allen Erskine's maiden aunt Elizabeth attempts to save her nephew's floundering marriage by stag
Midsummer Madness
1921-01-23
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels
Today
1930-11-01
A wealthy young society couple loses their fortune. When the husband is forced to take a job like ev
Saturday Night
1922-01-29
Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry t
The Michigan Kid
1928-10-20
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to h
Three Weeks
1924-02-10
A young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
Tenderloin
1928-03-14
Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships a
London After Midnight
2002-11-01
A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midni
London After Midnight
1927-12-03
The abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back to li
One New York Night
1935-03-08
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room
Unseen Forces
1920-11-29
In the film, Breamer’s character, Miriam Holt (“the girl who sees around corners”), proves her psych
The Only Thing
1925-11-22
Thyra arrives in Chekia to wed its old and ugly king. The Duke falls in love with her. A revolution
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi
The Man Called Back
1932-07-16
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey da
Quality Street
1927-11-01
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars.
The Girl from Mandalay
1936-04-19
John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Fost
Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03
Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no r
The Rejected Woman
1924-05-04
Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped
Forever Yours
1945-01-26
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will he
Bella Donna
1923-03-31
Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live.
The Fatal Impulse
1960-11-29
A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a
One Million B.C.
1940-04-05
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by Unite
Lights of Old Broadway
1925-10-31
Adapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them b
The Voice of Hollywood
1930-08-30
The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Land
Caught in the Fog
1928-08-25
Wealthy Bob visits his mother's Florida houseboat in order to remove her jewelry and stumbles upon a
State Street Sadie
1928-08-25
Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank ro
Pretty Ladies
1925-09-06
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit
Life in Hollywood No. 7
1927-08-25
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
The Terror
1928-09-06
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
The Redeeming Sin
1929-02-16
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound ef
Kid Gloves
1929-03-23
When a taxi carrying socialite Ruth Darrow drives into the middle of a gun battle between hijacker K
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position
Ball at Savoy
1936-01-09
A British diplomat falls in love with a famous singer when he meets her in Cannes.
The Snob
1924-11-10
Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth and so
One Hour Late
1934-12-14
A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose
Singed Wings
1922-11-26
Spanish dancer Bonita della Guerda has a dream in which she is killed by a jester after declaring he
Slightly Used
1927-09-03
Cynthia Martin’s father insists she marry before her two younger sisters Helen and Grace. So, she in
The Girl from Chicago
1927-11-09
Mary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from Bob,
What Every Woman Knows
1921-04-24
Alick Wylie agrees to give railroad porter John Shand $300 to help him secure his education and poli
Free Love
1930-12-01
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divor
Heaven on Earth
1927-03-05
Young Edmond Durand (Conrad Nagel) has been reared under the autocratic influence of his aunt (Marci
Memory Lane
1926-02-01
Mary is marrying Jimmie, from whom she has kept a secret; Mary remains in love with another man. Pro
Diamond Handcuffs
1928-05-05
In South Africa, a worker in a diamond mine is sentenced to death for stealing a huge diamond he fou
Second Wife
1930-02-09
A man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may be
If I Were Single
1927-12-17
Rich girl Joan Whitney does her flirtatious best to break up the marriage of May and Ted Howard and
Married Flirts
1924-10-27
Nelly is so intent on her writing career, that she neglects her appearance and her husband, Wayne. J
Little Women
1918-11-30
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Cheaper to Marry
1925-02-09
Dick Tyler is the junior partner in the law firm of Knight and Tyler. He tries to convince his partn
The Mad Empress
1939-12-16
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I
Fool's Paradise
1921-12-09
In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves th
Dangerous Journey
1944-09-30
Expeditions to parts of North and South America, India and Burma (Myanmar). Record of a journey to i
The Sacred Flame
1929-11-24
Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediat
Excuse Me
1925-01-19
A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
So This Is Marriage?
1924-11-26
After five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconcili
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922-10-22
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961-10-23
In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being a
The Rendezvous
1923-11-11
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962-10-26
Route 66 Halloween Special
Redhead
1919-04-27
Rich Matthew Thurlow, spends nearly every night at cabarets, admires Dazie, a leading dancer whom he
Red Wine
1928-12-23
Charles Cook, a husband with a multi-year itch, decides he will go out and whoop it up with the boys
The Lion and the Mouse
1919-02-24
John Burkett Ryder, "the richest man in the world," determines to discredit a judicial decision whic
Hate
1922-05-20
Gamblers Dave Hume and Ed Felton are rivals for the love of Babe Lennox, a chorus girl. Hume informs
Grumpy
1923-03-11
Andrew Bullivant, a retired lawyer known as "Grumpy" for his irascibility, calls on all his experien