Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1874-12-11
- Day of Death1948-09-13 (73 years)
- Place of BirthArnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
- Also Known AsPaul 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.
Acting Career
- 2025
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
As: The Golem
- 1960
The Golem
As: The Golem
- 1951
Eyes of Love
As: Prof. Mochmann
- 1945
Kolberg
As: Loucadou
- 1943
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
As: The Mad Inventor
- 1943
Diesel
As: Direktor Buz
- 1942
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
As: Leonhard von Krakow
- 1942
The Great King
As: Gen. Czernitscheff
1941My Life for Ireland
As: Sir George Beverley
1940Zwielicht
As: Förster Kuhnert
1939Das Recht auf Liebe
As: Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
1939The Immortal Heart
As: Dr. Schedel
1938In geheimer Mission
As: Morrow
1935Only a Comedian
As: Staatsminister von Creven
1934A Man Wants to Get to Germany
As: Ship Stoker
1933Inge and the Millions
As: Bankier Seemann
1933Hans Westmar
As: Kuprikoff
1932The Living Dead
As: Mörder
1930Fundvogel
As: Professor Reutlinger
1928A Daughter Of Destiny
As: Professor ten Brinken
1927Svengali
As: Svengali
1927The Weavers
As: Fabrikant Dreißiger
1927Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
As: Vautrin
- 1926
The Magician
As: Oliver Haddo
1925Living Buddhas
As: Großlama
1922Monna Vanna
As: Guido Gursino
1922Herzog Ferrantes Ende
As: Herzog Ferrante
1922Lucrezia Borgia
As: Micheletto
1922Vanina
As: Gouverneur von Turin
1922The Loves of Pharaoh
As: Samlak
1921Roswolsky's Mistress
As: Eugen Roswolsky
- 1920
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
As: The Golem
- 1920
Sumurun
As: Der alte Scheich
1920Figures of the Night
As: Thomas Bezug
1918The Pied Piper of Hamelin
As: Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
As: Hans Trutz
1916The Yoghi
As: Yogi / Rasmus
1916Rübezahl's Wedding
As: Ruebezahl
- 1915
The Golem
As: Golem