(Francis, 1899-2000, Austro-Hungarian American Film and Stage Actor)
Fine vintage postcard photo by Alex Schmoil, signed and inscribed
My dear Mr Porter, I thank you for all the nice things..., showing him head and shoulders wearing an overcoat and a trilby hat, 5½ x 3½, no place, no date
In 1916, his performance as the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden was praised. Deutsch also played the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener's The Golem: How He Came into the World in 1920. He is known by English-speaking audiences for his role as Baron Kurtz in Carol Reed's 1949 film noir, The Third Man.