Paul Wegener

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1874-12-11

Deathday 1948-09-13 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Also Known As Paul Hermann Wegener

Paul Wegener

Biography

Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.

Known For

Actor

1951
Eyes of Love

as Prof. Mochmann

1949
1945
Kolberg

as Loucadou

1945
The Molander Case

as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt

1944
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen

as Van der Kalk

1943
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as The Mad Inventor

1943
Diesel

as Direktor Buz

1943
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint

as Bauer Termöhlen

1942
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof

as Leonhard von Krakow

1942
The Great King

as Gen. Czernitscheff

1941
1941
My Life for Ireland

as Sir George Beverley

1940
Zwielicht

as Förster Kuhnert

1939
Das Recht auf Liebe

as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol

1939
The Immortal Heart

as Dr. Schedel

1938
1935
Der Mann mit der Pranke

as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

1935
Only a Comedian

as Staatsminister von Creven

1933
Inge and the Millions

as Bankier Seemann

1933
Hans Westmar

as Kuprikoff

1932
Marshal Forward

as Marschall Blücher

1932
The Mystery of Johann Orth

as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien

1932
The Living Dead

as Mörder

1930
Fundvogel

as Professor Reutlinger

1928
A Daughter Of Destiny

as Professor ten Brinken

1927
Die Welt ohne Waffen

as Dr. Dankmar Tollen

1927
Svengali

as Svengali

1927
The Weavers

as Fabrikant Dreißiger

1926
1926
The Magician

as Oliver Haddo

1925
Living Buddhas

as Großlama

1924
1923
1922
Monna Vanna

as Guido Gursino

1922
Herzog Ferrantes Ende

as Herzog Ferrante

1922
Lucrezia Borgia

as Micheletto

1922
Vanina

as Gouverneur von Turin

1922
1921
Roswolsky's Mistress

as Eugen Roswolsky

1920
Steuermann Holk

as Steuermann Holk

1920
Sumurun

as Der alte Scheich

1920
Figures of the Night

as Thomas Bezug

1918
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

1916
The Yoghi

as Yogi / Rasmus

1916
Rübezahl's Wedding

as Ruebezahl

1915
The Golem

as Golem

1913
The Student of Prague

as Balduin - A Student / Self

Director

1936
Moskau - Shanghai

as Director

1936
August der Starke

as Director

1925
Living Buddhas

as Director

1922
1916
1916
The Yoghi

as Director

1915
The Golem

as Director

1915
Peter Schlemihl

as Director

Writer