Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1881-06-15
- Day of Death1942-08-29 (61 years)
- Place of BirthLemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
- Also Known AsIsidor Gesang
John Gottowt
Biography
John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. After his education in Vienna, he joined the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1905, working for Max Reinhardt as an actor and director. Gottowt was...Read More
Acting Career
- 1998
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
As: Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
- 1932
The Living Dead
As: Beamter des Mechanischen Museums
- 1930
The Twelfth Hour
As: Sanitarium Doctor
- 1926
The Flight in the Night
As: Bediensteter
- 1924
Waxworks
As: Owner of the Waxworks
- 1922
Nosferatu
As: Professor Bulwer
- 1920
Algol: Tragedy of Power
As: Algol
- 1920
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
As: Guyard
1920The Hunchback and the Dancer
As: James Wilton
1917Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
As: The billionaire Vandergold
1913Das schwarze Los
As: Brighella
- 1913
The Student of Prague
As: Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer