Arnold Korff

Arnold Korff was an Austrian-born American actor and director. He was educated as a mechanical engineer in his native city of Vienna, and moved to the United States at the age of 18 where he worked as an engineer and a cowboy prior to transitioning into a career as an actor. He made his stage debut in Denver, Colorado in 1892 and was active on the American stage until going back to Europe in 1894. He worked at theaters in Opatija and Olomouc prior to returning to Vienna where he was a leading actor at the first the Carltheater (1897-1899) and then the Burgtheater (1899-1913). He began working as a director at the latter theater in 1905.