Victor was born in London, England, but was raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in The King's Romance (1914). He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) and the Graham Cutts-directed The White Shadow (1923). Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's film Freaks (1932). The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously. Victor emigrated to America in 1939.

Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, in which he mostly portrayed villains or Nazis in both American and British films with his trademark German accent such as the Ernst Lubitsch film, To Be or Not to Be (1942).

Henry Victor died in 1945, aged 52, from a brain tumour. He is buried in Chatsworth, California, at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.

黄柳霜，美籍华裔著名演员。她从小喜欢影剧，是侨居外国华人中最早的小明星。1919年仅12岁的黄柳霜就在美国好莱坞登上银幕。1924年她在美国大明星范朋克主演的《巴格达窃贼》中扮演蒙古女孩而出名，该影片在中国上映后，她的名字遂为国人所知。1929年黄柳霜离开好莱坞，在德国与英国合拍的《歌曲》片中饰演主角，由于能歌善舞，加上精湛的演技，遂在欧洲走红。随后她漫游欧陆数载，又频繁来往于好莱坞与欧洲，拍摄了《应卡迪利大街》、《爱情的火焰》、《中华儿女》等片。1932年她返好莱坞加入派拉蒙公司主演了《龙女》一片，在国内声誉大振。

黄柳霜对祖国怀有极深的感情，抗战爆发后，她不仅积极投身拍摄反法西斯电影，而且到处发表演说，呼吁美国政府和人民支持中国抗战。她除了主持参加义演外，还公开拍卖自己的珠宝、首饰、服装，将钱款全部汇往国内。她的义举受到各界人士的普遍赞誉，著名老报人张恨水、戈公振及邹韬奋等，多次撰文赞扬她的爱国之举。

1942年黄柳霜拍摄了《轰炸缅甸》和《重庆来的夫人》后息影。1961年病逝。