Paul Wegener

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1874-12-11 (74 years old)

Deathday

1948-09-13

Place of Birth

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

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.

Acting

1915

The Golem

as Golem

1928

A Daughter Of Destiny

as Professor ten Brinken

1945

Kolberg

as Loucadou

1913

The Student of Prague

as Balduin - A Student / Self

1932

The Living Dead

as Mörder

1926

The Magician

as Oliver Haddo

1935

Only a Comedian

as Staatsminister von Creven

1920

Sumurun

as Der alte Scheich

1949

1922

Vanina

as Gouverneur von Turin

1927

The Weavers

as Fabrikant Dreißiger

1942

The Great King

as Gen. Czernitscheff

1942

Hochzeit auf Bärenhof

as Leonhard von Krakow

1922

Lucrezia Borgia

as Micheletto

1941

My Life for Ireland

as Sir George Beverley

1943

Diesel

as Direktor Buz

1918

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

1933

Inge and the Millions

as Bankier Seemann

1935

Der Mann mit der Pranke

as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

1940

Zwielicht

as Förster Kuhnert

1943

1944

Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen

as Van der Kalk

1945

The Molander Case

as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt

1939

Das Recht auf Liebe

as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol

1932

The Mystery of Johann Orth

as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien

1916

The Yoghi

as Yogi / Rasmus

1930

Fundvogel

as Professor Reutlinger

1932

Marshal Forward

as Marschall Blücher

1933

Hans Westmar

as Kuprikoff

1939

The Immortal Heart

as Dr. Schedel

1943

1938

1951

Eyes of Love

as Prof. Mochmann

1916

1920

Figures of the Night

as Thomas Bezug

1927

Die Welt ohne Waffen

as Dr. Dankmar Tollen

1922

Monna Vanna

as Guido Gursino

1927

Svengali

as Svengali

1925

Living Buddhas

as Großlama

1941

1922

Herzog Ferrantes Ende

as Herzog Ferrante

1926

1920

Steuermann Holk

as Steuermann Holk

1921

Roswolsky's Mistress

as Eugen Roswolsky

1960

The Golem

as The Golem

© All Rights Reserved 2025