Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
October 10, 1886
Died
April 14, 1934 (age 47)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
Carl Dane
Dane
Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb
The Great Dane
Karl Dane
The Tragic Fall of Karl Dane : The Silent Era Comedian Driven to Suicide by MGM
VideoKnown For
China Bound
Sharkey Nye
1929
Show People
Self (uncredited)
1928
Summer Daze
Karl
1932
Speedway
Dugan
1929
The Whirlwind
The Wolf
1920
Brotherly Love
Oscar
1928
Crazy House
Karl Dane
1930
The Big Parade
'Slim' Jensen
1925
Rookies
Sgt. Diggs
1927
The Voice of the Storm
Spike
1929
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
1964
To Hell with the Kaiser!
Von Hollweg
1918
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Billy the Kid
Swenson
1930
All at Sea
1929
Free and Easy
Cave Scene
1930
Daring Hearts
Lieutenant Von Bergheim
1919
The Trail of '98
Lars Petersen
1928
The Big House
Olsen
1930
The Everlasting Whisper
Jarrold
1925