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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:39 PM
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Who was the first actor to portray Hitler onscreen?
This is a trivia question, but I confess outright that I don't know the answer.

And by "portray," I mean an actor playing the role of Hitler in a fictional film or television show, as opposed to a stand-in in a propaganda film or the like.

Any guesses?
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:41 PM
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1. Chaplin?
"The Great Dictator". I'm probably wrong, though.
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unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:42 PM
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2. that was my first thought too.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:42 PM
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3. That was my first thought.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:44 PM
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4. But he didn't portray Hitler
The guy looked like Hitler but the name was Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania (he also played the Jewish Barber)
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:44 PM
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5. Doh! Of course!
That one totally slipped from my mind. I happened to see an episode of The Twilight Zone yesterday that involved a guy traveling back to Hiroshima and Nazi Germany in an attempt to change history. The Hitler footage was film stock of his speeches, and it made me wonder if there was some kind of moratorium on portraying him.

But you're obviously right about The Great Dictator. Good call!
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peruban Donating Member (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 03:53 PM
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21. No, you're right.
"The Great Dictator" was released in 1940.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 05:55 PM
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6. DUstrange
:hi:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 06:42 PM
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9. Did you hear that he was arrested for pressing his buttocks to a store's window?
He failed to turn the other cheek, I might add.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 06:58 PM
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10. In my defense...
the director swore that a sci-fi adventure starring Hitler as time-traveling dog-sitter would be a huge hit.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 06:28 PM
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7. Didn't Moe Howard first lampoon him in a Stooges short?
You Nazty Spy! I think it came out a few months ahead of Chaplin's Great Dictator.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 06:41 PM
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8. For real? That's awesome!
I had no idea!

I was late in coming to an appreciation of The Stooges, so a great deal of their work is still unknown to me.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 06:58 PM
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11. As much as I want to credit Moe Howard,
the honor apparently goes to an actor named Konparu Minamizato for portraying Hitler in a Japanese film from 1935.

LINK: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1315421/

But Howard did beat Chaplin. "You Natzy Spy" was released in January 1940. "The Great Dictator" came out in October.

Go Moe! From what I've read, he sounds like a nice guy.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:21 PM
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15. That's amazing!
I've certainly never even heard of that film. How did you find it? Did you just search IMDB for "Hitler" as a character?

That's cheating, you know!


Still, that would almost certainly have to be the winner.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 02:59 PM
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18. Is that cheating?
Yes, I searched Hitler. I'm guilty.

Never heard of that film.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 07:05 PM
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12. Daffy Duck took him on in 1942.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:20 PM
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13. I call fowl.
That, my friend, is Donald Duck.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:21 PM
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14. You Birdbrain
fly away and be free

:hi:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:26 PM
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17. Yet, Donald Duck is truly daffy.
I would have no trouble if Woodstock ate Donald Duck. Even if it took a half-hour Christmas special in which to do so.
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 03:08 PM
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20. wow.
You would never see swastikas in c hildrens cartoons now, but then again this was before the whole 9 yards was known about hitler and the nazis
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 07:41 PM
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23. It's good to see it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZiRiIpZVF4
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:26 PM
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16. Hermann Goering in an uproarious little home movie from 1935 called "Mein Cock"
Herm was indeed a Nazi dirtbag, but he had quite a puckish sense of humor!
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 03:06 PM
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19. Alec Guiness, right?
Obi Won AND Hitler in one lifetime
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 06:30 PM
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22. He was the first one I thought of
But I was almost sure that he wasn't the first, even if I had no idea who was.

This thread has been quite informative for me!
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bmbmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 07:55 PM
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24. This guy?
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqlH4YZBkM
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