Felix Bressart

Biography

Felix Bressart was a German-American actor born in East Prussia, Germany, who began his stage career as Malvolio in Twelfth Night in 1914. He transitioned to film in 1928 and established himself in leading roles of minor movies before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936. In Hollywood, he scored successes in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka and To Be or Not to Be, and became a popular character actor in films like Blossoms in the Dust and The Seventh Cross.