Chris Sarandon

He is currently married to Joanna Hall Gleason, and has a 21 year-old daughter, Stephanie. Murnau's Nosferatu. He has appeared in a large number of smaller budget genre films and distinguishes himself in most of his roles due to his intensity and dedication to the craft of acting. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire, a fictional film loosely based on the historical facts surrounding the making of F.W. He was married to the actress Susan Sarandon, who retained her married name after their divorce. Max Shreck is portrayed by actor Willem Dafoe in E. Chris Sarandon (born July 24, 1942), is an American actor. The character Max Shreck in the 1992 film Batman Returns may be named in homage of Schreck.

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Jack Skellington (voice). Curiously, the word Schreck is also the German word for fright, or terror. Fright Night - Jerry the Vampire. Their physiques do not match at all. The Sentinel. Suggestions that Schreck was really actor Alfred Abel can be seen to be wrong when the two actors are seen together. Dog Day Afternoon. He was married to actress Fanny Normann, who appeared in a few films, often credited as Fanny Schreck.

The Princess Bride - Prince Humperdinck. In 1926, Schreck returned to the Kammerspiele in Munich and continued to act in films right through the advent of sound until his death. Murnau expressed his repugnance over Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs (The Finances of the Grand Duke). Even the director, F.W. Schreck did appear in a comedy, albeit poorly made.

No prints of this film remain today. In 1923, Schreck appeared as a blind man in the acclaimed film Die Straße. Schreck's Count Orlok, with its bald, rat shaped head and long spidery fingers remains a haunting character. The company declared themselves bankrupt after the film's release to avoid paying copyright infringement costs to an irate Florence Stoker, the widow of Dracula author Bram Stoker.

In 1922 he was hired by Prana Film for their first and only production, Nosferatu. For three years between 1919 and 1922, Schreck appeared at the Kammerspiele in Munich whilst working on his first film Der Richter von Zalamea, adapted from a six act play, for Decla Bioscop. Many of Reinhart's troupe made a huge contribution to the cinema. Schreck then joined Max Reinhart's celebrated company of performers back in Berlin.

He made his stage debut in Messeritz and Speyer, and then toured Germany for two years appearing at theatres in Zittau, Erfurt, Bremen, Lucerne, Gera, and Frankfurt. He received his training at the Staatstheater in Berlin. Along with Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, Schreck is considered among the classic portrayers of Dracula. Max Schreck (June 11, 1879–November 26, 1936) was a German actor remembered today most for his lead role in Nosferatu.