Leo Peukert
Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role in his early years, such as the comedy The Happy Journey (1924), he mostly appeared as a character actor. Peukert was also a film director, making eleven short and feature films during the silent era.
Leo Peukert

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- Name
- Leo Peukert
- Born
- 26 August 1885
- Birthplace
- Munich, Bavaria German Empire
- Died
- 6 January 1944
- Place of death
- Waldshut-Tiengen Nazi Germany
- Birth Name
- Leonhard Peukert
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Languages
- German
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Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role in his early years, such as the comedy The Happy Journey (1924), he mostly appeared as a character actor. Peukert was also a film director, making eleven short and feature films during the silent era.
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He was married to the actress Sabine Impekoven who appeared with him in several silent films.
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• Name — Leo Peukert • Born — 26 August 1885 • Birthplace — Munich, Bavaria German Empire • Died — 6 January 1944 • Place of death — Waldshut-Tiengen Nazi Germany • Resting Place — Munich Waldfriedhof • Birth Name — Leonhard Peukert • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1904–1944
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• Poor Jenny (1912) • My Leopold (1914) • My Leopold (1919) • The Love of Marion Bach (1919) • King Krause (1919) • Hasemann's Daughters (1920) • The Journey to Happiness (1923) • My Leopold (1924) • The Happy Journey (1924) • The Second Mother (1925) • Radio Magic (1927) • Two Under the Stars (1927) • I Stand in the Dark Midnight (1927) • Mikosch Comes In (1928) • Autumn on the Rhine (1928) • Escape from Hell (1928) • A Better Master (1928) • Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1928) • Beware of Loose Women (1929) • The Midnight Waltz (1929) • The Lord of the Tax Office (1929) • I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (1928) • The Convict from Istanbul (1929) • Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929) • Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930) • Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1930) • The Son of the White Mountain (1930) • Moritz Makes his Fortune (1931) • My Friend the Millionaire (1932) • Spies at the Savoy Hotel (1932) • The Tsar's Diamond (1932) • The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932) • Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) • A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1934) • At the Strasbourg (1934) • Gypsy Blood (1934) • The Four Musketeers (1934) • All Because of the Dog (1935) • Paul and Pauline (1936) • Orders Are Orders (1936) • Diamonds (1937) • My Son the Minister (1937) • Gordian the Tyrant (1937) • Meiseken (1937) • The Vagabonds (1937) • Between the Parents (1938) • The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938) • The Secret Lie (1938) • The Deruga Case (1938) • A Hopeless Case (1939) • Central Rio (1939) • The Sensational Casilla Trial (1939) • Hotel Sacher (1939) • The Scoundrel (1939) • My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939) • Kora Terry (1940) • Between Hamburg and Haiti (1940) • Counterfeiters (1940) • Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree (1940) • Mistress Moon (1941) • The Way to Freedom (1941) • Thrice Wed (1941) • Women Are Better Diplomats (1941) • Quax the Crash Pilot (1941) • Doctor Crippen (1942) • Diesel (1942) • The Night in Venice (1942) • The Old Boss (1942) • The Thing About Styx (1942) • Mask in Blue (1943) • Back Then (1943) • My Summer Companion (1943) • Beloved Darling (1943) • Light of Heart (1943) • Romance in a Minor Key (1943) • Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943) • Tonelli (1943)
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