Career
Raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in The Revolutionist (1914), originally titled The Kings Romance. He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as and the Graham Cutts-directed. Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning"s film.
The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously.
Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, in which he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent such as the Ernst Lubitsch film. Henry Victor died in 1945, aged 52, from a brain tumour.
He is buried in Chatsworth, California at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.