Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ferdinand Gottschalk (28 February 1858 – 10 November 1944) was an English theatre and film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1917 and 1938. He was born and died in London, England. He made his first appearance on the stage in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1887 and worked continuously after that date including prominent parts on the New York stage as well as in films. He also wrote and produced plays.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Josette
1938
as Papa Le Blanc
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they b...
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Persian Ambassador
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
I'll Take Romance
1937
as Monsieur Ginard
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, how...
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Chief Councilor
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--...
Carnival in Paris
1937
as Museum Director
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.
Café Metropole
1937
as Monsieur Leon Monnet
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
as John Atherton
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Nikki's Uncle (uncredited)
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American...
Along Came Love
1936
as Mr. Vincent
The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is ...
White Legion
1936
as Dr. Fontaine
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the w...
Bunker Bean
1936
as Dr. Meyerhauser
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Snobbish Critic (uncredited)
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, ...
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as Office Man
A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him...
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Dr. Flesig
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order...
The Gay Deception
1935
as Mr. Squires
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seem...
Red Salute
1935
as League Speaker
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and ...
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Armand de Valerie
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfrie...
The Melody Lingers on
1935
as Da Vigna
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and ...
Break of Hearts
1935
as Enrico Pazzini
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowi...
Folies Bergère
1935
as Perichot
Alternate-language French version of Folies Bergère de Paris (1935).
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Mr. Higginbotham
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns...
Les Misérables
1935
as Thenardier
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
Folies Bergère
1935
as Perishot
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Clive of India
1935
as Old Member
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyo...
Sing Sing Nights
1934
as Prof. Varney
A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted an...
Secret of the Chateau
1934
as Chief Inspector Marotte
Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.
I Am a Thief
1934
as M. Alexander Cassiet
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
I Sell Anything
1934
as Barouche
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Madame du Barry
1934
as Lebel
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry charms her way into the heart of gouty King Louis XV...
Cleopatra
1934
as Glabrio (scenes deleted)
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
as King Maxmilian of Belgardia
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daught...
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Jeweler
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
as Augustus Telfen
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police det...
Hollywood Party
1934
as Scientific Pedant (uncredited)
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real ...
Stingaree
1934
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Si...
Upperworld
1934
as Marcus
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the m...
The Witching Hour
1934
as Dr. von Strohn
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes...
I Believed in You
1934
as Musician
An aspiring writer and her boyfriend, a professional agitator head off to the Big Apple in search of good fortune. Unfortunately, the agitator soon fi...
Gambling Lady
1934
as Cornelius - Lawyer
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...
Nana
1934
as Finot
Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck th...
Long Lost Father
1934
as Mr. Stewart, the Lawyer
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
Bombay Mail
1934
as Governor Sir Anthony Daniels
In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.
Dancing Lady
1933
as Judge (uncredited)
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get...
Female
1933
as Pettigrew
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engin...
Berkeley Square
1933
as Mr. Throstle
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Midnight Club
1933
as George Rubens
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Stan...
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Sol Glass
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have be...
Horse Play
1933
as Oswald
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor...
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Complaining Club Member (uncredited)
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to...
Ex-Lady
1933
as Mr. Herbert Smith
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
The Warrior's Husband
1933
as Sapiens Sr.
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with mascul...
The Keyhole
1933
as Brooks' Lawyer
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Girl Missing
1933
as Alvin Bradford
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June de...
Parole Girl
1933
as Taylor
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
Grand Slam
1933
as Cedric Van Dorn
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Glabrio
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Grand Hotel
1932
as Pimenov
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Tonight or Never
1931
as Rudig
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Zaza
1923
as Duke de Brissac
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away ...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Old Man at Table in Music Hall (uncredited)
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
My Wife
1918
as Biggy Gore
Please Help Emily
1917
as Herbert Threadgold