Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1957)

Erich von Stroheim

Austrian-American actor and director (1885–1957)

Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed is considered one of the finest and most important films ever…