Who was the first American to portray Adolph Hitler in a movie?

gtho4

Moe Howard, one of The Three Stooges Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz) from the Three Stooges was the first American actor to portray Adolf Hitler in the 1940 film short, "You Natzy Spy." In the 1941 sequel, "I’ll Never Heil Again," Curly (aka Jerome Horwitz) played a field marshal who reports to Moe, a dictator, "We bombed 56 hospitals, 85 schools, 42 kindergartens, four cemeteries and other vital military objects." That was pretty powerful for the Three Stooges. http://www.markschiff.com/article.html?art_id=2 Apr 02 10, 7:12 PM

star_gazer

And, the video clip of "You Natzy Spy" (in two parts). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9adsn2d25I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIZeE9BHxc0 Apr 02 10, 8:30 PM

unclerick

"The Great Dictator" staring Charlie Chapman as Adenoid Hynkel was a satire of Adolph Hitler and Nazism. The film was released September, 1940. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqnk4qNlAZk Apr 02 10, 11:28 PM

unclerick

I have to make a correction. Although Charlie Chapman lived many years in the United States he never took American citizenship, but it's still a great movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator Apr 02 10, 11:59 PM