Max Nosseck
Director, Writer, Actor
September 19, 1902 — September 29, 1972 (70 years)
Max Nosseck (September 19, 1902, Nakel – September 29, 1972, Bad Wiessee) was a German actor, film director, and screenwriter.
After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling in the United States in 1939, where he directed films primarily for MGM, sometimes using the name Alexander M. Norris.
Nosseck returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, directing films and television productions and later appearing in small acting roles. His career spanned silent cinema, European exile productions, Hollywood genre films, and postwar German television.
After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling in the United States in 1939, where he directed films primarily for MGM, sometimes using the name Alexander M. Norris.
Nosseck returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, directing films and television productions and later appearing in small acting roles. His career spanned silent cinema, European exile productions, Hollywood genre films, and postwar German television.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1951 | The HoodlumOn Plex |
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| 1947 | The Return of Rin Tin TinOn Plex |
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| 1934 |
| 1958 | Petersburg Nights · as Screenplay |
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| 1945 | The Brighton Strangler · as Screenplay |
| 1940 |
| 1972 | Robinson und seine wilden Sklavinnen · as Pharmacy Customer |
| 1971 | Frei nach Mark Twain · as Onkel Bethlehem Hubbard |
| 1970 | What Is the Matter with Willi? · as Aga Ben Nemzich |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | How Did a Nice Girl Like You... · as 2nd Smirna Brother |
| 1927 | Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer · as Cast |
| 1942 | One Dangerous Night · as Story |