Alexander Granach
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-04-18 (55 years old)
Deathday
1945-03-14
Place of Birth
Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Also known As
Aleksandr Granakh
Александр Гранах
Schaje Granoch
Alexander Granach
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Granach (April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a popular German actor in the 1920s and 1930s who immigrated to the United States in 1938. Granach was born Jessaja Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Horodenka district, Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was the vampire classic Nosferatu (1922), in which the actor was cast as Knock, the lunatic counterpart to Renfield, effectively a subst...
Acting
1922
as Knock
1939
as Comrade Kopalski
1943
as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
1931
1944
as Angelo
1931
as Kasper
1942
as Gestapo Agent
1923
as Shadowplayer
1944
as Zillich
1998
as Knock - ein Häusermakler
1942
as Mr. Nikolas
1923
as Schigolch
1943
as Major Braginski
1931
as Marat
1922
as ein Gefangener
1931
as Jaurès' Friend
1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
1928
1931
as Redner
1929
as Stranger
1930
as Karsten
1936
as Danilo, rich gypsy camp leader
1944
as Tim Oberta
1943
as Paco
1940
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
1936
as Rovelli
1927
as Diener bei Alfredo
1929
as Beppo, Legionär
1942
as Pierre - Man in Casino
1941
as The Pole
1929
as Coco
1928
as Pollaczek
1924
1927
as Geiger Gecko
1929
as Gestino
1923
as Shoemaker
1923
as Judas Ischariot
1942
as Joe Poska
1926
as Murphy
1923
as Ferucchio
1923
as Archivar Lindhorst
1943
as Russian Air Force Officer (uncredited)
1923
as Clegg
1928
1921
1941
as T. Amato
1944
as Julius Streicher
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