Hans Schumm

Acting

Hans Schumm

Born — Died

1896-04-02 — 1990-02-02

Place of birth

Stuttgart, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hans Josef Schumm (né Johann Josef Eugen Schumm; 2 April 1896 Stuttgart – 2 February 1990 Los Angeles) was a German-born-turned-American actor, notably, a prolific and critically acclaimed Hollywood screen character actor who appeared in some 95 films – including a co-starring villainous role in a 12-episode serial. He also appeared in 15 TV productions and several stage productions, including one on Broadway. Except for about ten cinema productions, Schumm's body of work in cinema and television was filmed in the United States. In stage and film, he is credited as Hans Josef Schumm or simply Hans Schumm; but in seven films, he is credited under the pse…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

1940s · 38 titles

The Great Dictator poster
8.3

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Great Dictator

1940

To Be or Not to Be poster
7.8

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Invisible Agent poster
5.8

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

Invisible Agent

1942

Sahara poster
7.2

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Sahara

1943

All Through the Night poster
6.7

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

All Through the Night

1942

Action in the North Atlantic poster
7.1

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

Uncertain Glory poster
6.7

In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for his original arrest. Fearing the guillotine more than his actual death, the convict inveigles the inspector to help him with a plan to rescue 100 Frenchmen taken by the Gestapo following an act of sabotage: he will confess to being the saboteur and allow himself to be executed by firing squad, the Gestapo's method of execution, thus freeing the 100 men.

Uncertain Glory

1944

Act of Violence poster
6.9

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

Act of Violence

1949

They Dare Not Love poster
7.5

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. After meeting a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving, he strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but quickly discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.

They Dare Not Love

1941

Spy Smasher poster
6.1

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.

Spy Smasher

1942

This Land Is Mine poster
7.1

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

This Land Is Mine

1943

Casbah poster
5.9

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.

Casbah

1948

Once Upon a Honeymoon poster
6.3

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942

Pardon My Sarong poster
6.5

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Pardon My Sarong

1942

Above Suspicion poster
6.2

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Above Suspicion

1943

The Man I Married poster
6.3

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

The Man I Married

1940

The Lady Has Plans poster
6.0

Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.

The Lady Has Plans

1942

Hitler's Madman poster
5.5

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

Hitler's Madman

1943

Down in San Diego poster
6.7

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.

Down in San Diego

1941

Mission to Moscow poster
5.7

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Mission to Moscow

1943

Berlin Correspondent poster
6.0

Bill Roberts is an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.

Berlin Correspondent

1942

The Devil with Hitler poster
5.9

Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.

The Devil with Hitler

1942

So Ends Our Night poster
6.3

An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

So Ends Our Night

1941

Calling Philo Vance poster
6.0

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.

Calling Philo Vance

1940

Escape in the Desert poster
9.0

Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.

Escape in the Desert

1945

Voice in the Wind poster
5.5

Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.

Voice in the Wind

1944

Atlantic Convoy poster
6.2

American naval forces are using a port in Iceland as a base for anti-submarine patrols to protect North Atlantic convoys from Nazi subs. The Nazis send undercover agents into the port in a scheme to blow up the entrance to the harbor and keep the patrols blocked in. The officers in charge of the patrols have to find the spies and stop them before they achieve their objective.

Atlantic Convoy

1942

Margin for Error poster
6.3

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.

Margin for Error

1943

Escape poster
7.5

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.

Escape

1940

The Lovable Cheat poster
6.0

Posing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is forced into this life of crime to keep up appearances, so that his daughter Julie can land herself a rich husband.

The Lovable Cheat

1949

Underground poster
6.6

A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.

Underground

1941

Sea Raiders poster
6.5

A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.

Sea Raiders

1941

Waiting in the Lurch poster
9.0

Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines.

Waiting in the Lurch

1949

Mystery Sea Raider poster
6.0

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.

Mystery Sea Raider

1940

Smuggler's Cove poster
5.2

Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Terrance Mahoney. The messenger has a letter for "Terrance Mahonoey, Esq." and mistakenly delivers it to Slip. The letter informs Slip that he has inherited a mansion in Long Island. The boys then make their way to the mansion and find that it is inhabited by diamond smugglers. The real owner of the house shows up and helps save the day and defeat the smugglers and gives the boys the house as a reward.

Smuggler's Cove

1948

Destination Unknown poster
7.0

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.

Destination Unknown

1942

Fuelin' Around poster
7.1

The Stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel.

Fuelin' Around

1949

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7.0

Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.

Foreign Agent

1942

1930s · 9 titles

Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster
6.1

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

Revolt of the Zombies poster
3.4

The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending the count's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, one of the members of the expedition has his own agenda.

Revolt of the Zombies

1936

One Night of Love poster
5.5

Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.

One Night of Love

1934

British Intelligence poster
5.8

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

British Intelligence

1939

Bridal Suite poster
5.4

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.

Bridal Suite

1939

Espionage Agent poster
6.3

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

Espionage Agent

1939

The Countess of Monte Cristo poster
6.3

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1934

Hitler: Beast of Berlin poster
4.7

Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate information from foreign radio broadcasts and distributing it through Germany with an underground-press operation.

Hitler: Beast of Berlin

1939

Thunder Afloat poster
6.1

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

Thunder Afloat

1939