From Wikipedia Rudolph Schildkraut (April 27, 1862 - July 15, 1930) was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Schildkraut was born in Istanbul, in the Ottoman Empire, to a Jewish family. His parents ran a hotel. He grew up in Brăila, Romania. In Vienna, he received acting lessons from Friedrich Mitterwurzer. He debuted in the early 1880s in Sopro, his first solid role came in 1885 in Krems. In 18... show more