Paul Wegener
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 11, 1874 (151 years old)
Place of Birth
Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
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
| 2025 | FASCISM(s): A Film in Six PartsThe Golem (archive footage) | |
| 1960 | The GolemThe Golem | |
| 1951 | Eyes of LoveProf. Mochmann | |
| 1949 | Der große MandarinMandarin | |
| 1945 | KolbergLoucadou | |
| 1945 | The Molander CaseHolk, Generalstaatsanwalt | |
| 1944 | Tierarzt Dr. VlimmenVan der Kalk | |
| 1943 | DieselDirektor Buz | |
| 1943 | Wenn die Sonne wieder scheintBauer Termöhlen | |
| 1943 | Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsThe Mad Inventor | |
| 1942 | The Great KingGen. Czernitscheff | |
| 1942 | Hochzeit auf BärenhofLeonhard von Krakow | |
| 1941 | My Life for IrelandSir George Beverley | |
| 1941 | Das Mädchen von FanöUlerk Ohm | |
| 1940 | ZwielichtFörster Kuhnert | |
| 1939 | Das Recht auf LiebeHerr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol | |
| 1939 | The Immortal HeartDr. Schedel | |
| 1938 | In geheimer MissionMorrow | |
| 1938 | Stärker als die Liebe | |
| 1935 | Only a ComedianStaatsminister von Creven | |
| 1935 | Der Mann mit der PrankeWiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank | |
| 1934 | A Man Wants to Get to GermanyShip Stoker | |
| 1933 | Inge and the MillionsBankier Seemann | |
| 1933 | Hans WestmarKuprikoff | |
| 1932 | The Living DeadMörder | |
| 1932 | The Mystery of Johann OrthFürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien | |
| 1932 | Marshal ForwardMarschall Blücher | |
| 1930 | FundvogelProfessor Reutlinger | |
| 1928 | A Daughter Of DestinyProfessor ten Brinken | |
| 1928 | The Strange Case of Captain Ramper | |
| 1927 | The WeaversFabrikant Dreißiger | |
| 1927 | Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenVautrin | |
| 1927 | Die Welt ohne WaffenDr. Dankmar Tollen | |
| 1927 | Arme kleine Sif | |
| 1927 | SvengaliSvengali | |
| 1926 | The MagicianOliver Haddo | |
| 1926 | Der Mann aus dem Jenseits | |
| 1926 | Dagfin | |
| 1925 | Living BuddhasGroßlama | |
| 1924 | The Film in the FilmSelf | |
| 1923 | S.O.S. Die Insel der TränenJack | |
| 1923 | Der Schatz der Gesine JakobsenNiels Nissen | |
| 1922 | The Loves of PharaohSamlak | |
| 1922 | VaninaGouverneur von Turin | |
| 1922 | Lucrezia BorgiaMicheletto | |
| 1922 | Das Liebesnest | |
| 1922 | Monna VannaGuido Gursino | |
| 1922 | Herzog Ferrantes EndeHerzog Ferrante | |
| 1921 | Roswolsky's MistressEugen Roswolsky | |
| 1921 | The Lost Shadow | |
| 1920 | The Golem: How He Came Into the WorldThe Golem | |
| 1920 | SumurunDer alte Scheich | |
| 1920 | Figures of the NightThomas Bezug | |
| 1920 | Der Galeerensträfling | |
| 1920 | Steuermann HolkSteuermann Holk | |
| 1919 | Madame DuBarry | |
| 1918 | The Pied Piper of HamelinFahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel) | |
| 1917 | The Golem and the Dancing Girl | |
| 1917 | Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyHans Trutz | |
| 1917 | Sleeping Beauty | |
| 1916 | The YoghiYogi / Rasmus | |
| 1916 | Rübezahl's WeddingRuebezahl | |
| 1915 | The GolemGolem | |
| 1914 | Evinrude | |
| 1913 | The Student of PragueBalduin - A Student / Self |
| 1960 | The GolemDirector | |
| 1937 | Unter Ausschluß der ÖffentlichkeitDirector | |
| 1937 | Krach und Glück um KünnemannDirector | |
| 1936 | Moskau - ShanghaiDirector | |
| 1936 | Die Stunde der VersuchungDirector | |
| 1936 | August der StarkeDirector | |
| 1934 | A Man Wants to Get to GermanyDirector | |
| 1934 | Die Freundin eines großen MannesDirector | |
| 1925 | Living BuddhasDirector | |
| 1922 | Herzog Ferrantes EndeDirector | |
| 1920 | The Golem: How He Came Into the WorldDirector | |
| 1918 | The Pied Piper of HamelinDirector | |
| 1917 | The Golem and the Dancing GirlDirector | |
| 1917 | Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyDirector | |
| 1916 | Rübezahl's WeddingDirector | |
| 1916 | The YoghiDirector | |
| 1915 | The GolemDirector | |
| 1915 | Peter SchlemihlDirector |
| 1928 | The Strange Case of Captain RamperWriter | |
| 1925 | Living BuddhasWriter | |
| 1922 | Herzog Ferrantes EndeWriter | |
| 1921 | The Lost ShadowWriter | |
| 1920 | The Golem: How He Came Into the WorldScreenplay | |
| 1920 | Der GaleerensträflingWriter | |
| 1918 | The Pied Piper of HamelinWriter | |
| 1917 | Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyWriter | |
| 1917 | The Golem and the Dancing GirlWriter | |
| 1916 | The YoghiWriter | |
| 1916 | Rübezahl's WeddingScreenplay | |
| 1915 | The GolemScreenplay | |
| 1913 | The Student of PragueScreenplay |