Biography

He was a member of the NSDAP and the Sturmabteilung.

Character actor and singer, who had a successful career in silent cinema. He appeared in four early films by the director Fritz Lang. De Vogt's star declined after the advent of sound.

While not much is known of his early life, he learned the occupation of typographer (like his father) and then attended the Schauspielschule in Köln, studying singing and dancing along with acting. According to his own account, he was an actor and singer since 1908.

Carl de Vogt first appeared in the Stadttheater Mainz with Käthe Dorsch. After that he came to Freiburg and then the Königliche Schauspielhaus in Berlin.

During World War II, Carl de Vogt gave concerts for front-line soldiers (Truppenbetreuung) in which he told them about his travels, sang soldier songs and songs about the German heimat (homeland).