Leo Peukert

Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role in his early years, such as the comedy The Happy Journey, he mostly appeared as a character actor. Peukert was also a film director, making eleven short and feature films during the silent era.

He was married to the actress Sabine Impekoven who appeared with him in several silent films.

Selected filmography

Poor Jenny (1912) My Leopold (1914) My Leopold (1919) The Love of Marion Bach (1919) King Krause (1919) Hasemann's Daughters (1920) The Journey to Happiness (1923) My Leopold (1924) The Happy Journey (1924) The Second Mother (1925) Radio Magic (1927) Two Under the Stars (1927) I Stand in the Dark Midnight (1927) Mikosch Comes In (1928) Autumn on the Rhine (1928) Escape from Hell (1928) A Better Master (1928) Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1928) Beware of Loose Women (1929) The Midnight Waltz (1929) The Lord of the Tax Office (1929) I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (1928) The Convict from Istanbul (1929) Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929) Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1930) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) Moritz Makes his Fortune (1931) My Friend the Millionaire (1932) Spies at the Savoy Hotel (1932) The Tsar's Diamond (1932) The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932) Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1934) At the Strasbourg (1934) Gypsy Blood (1934) The Four Musketeers (1934) All Because of the Dog (1935) Paul and Pauline (1936) Orders Are Orders (1936) Diamonds (1937) My Son the Minister (1937) Gordian the Tyrant (1937) Meiseken (1937) The Vagabonds (1937) Between the Parents (1938) The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938) The Secret Lie (1938) The Deruga Case (1938) A Hopeless Case (1939) Central Rio (1939) The Sensational Casilla Trial (1939) Hotel Sacher (1939) The Scoundrel (1939) My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939) Kora Terry (1940) Between Hamburg and Haiti (1940) Counterfeiters (1940) Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree (1940) Mistress Moon (1941) The Way to Freedom (1941) Thrice Wed (1941) Women Are Better Diplomats (1941) Quax the Crash Pilot (1941) Doctor Crippen (1942) Diesel (1942) The Night in Venice (1942) The Old Boss (1942) The Thing About Styx (1942) Mask in Blue (1943) Back Then (1943) My Summer Companion (1943) Beloved Darling (1943) Light of Heart (1943) Romance in a Minor Key (1943) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943) Tonelli (1943)