milestones

Year
Milestone
1913 
Stage acting debut with Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theatre Berlin)
1914 
Called up for the army during WWI; sent to front in 1915 but jaundice sent him to rear; joined Lucie Mannheim's front-line theater
1917 
German film acting debut with "Der Spion/The Spy"
1919 
Founded own film company and directed first film, "Wahnsinn"
 
Moved to Hollywood in mid-1920s
1927 
US film debut, "The Beloved Rogue"
1929 
Returned to Germany
1930 
Moved to England during Nazi rise to power (third wife was half-Jewish)
1932 
First English-speaking film (not dubbed) "Rome Express"
1939 
Became British citizen
1940 
Moved to Hollywood
1940 
First Hollywood sound film, "Escape"
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