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From 1916 until his death, he appeared in well over 100 films.

He appeared in two of the best-known films of the silent era: as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in director Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( 1920 ) with Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover and as a disfigured circus performer in The Man Who Laughs ( 1928 ).

According to the Los Angeles Times, " Conrad Veidt starred in this semi-silent film based on Victor Hugo's novel in which the son of a lord is punished for his father's disrespect to the king by having his face carved into a permanent grin.

" Veidt also starred in other classic silent horror films such as The Hands of Orlac in 1924 ( again directed by Robert Weine ), The Student of Prague in 1926 and Waxworks in 1924 where he played Ivan the Terrible.