Actor
· Acting
Paul Wegener
Born 1874-12-11
Died 1948-09-13
📍 Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
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.
Filmography 52
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
as The Golem (archive footage)
2025
The Golem
as The Golem
1960
Eyes of Love
as Prof. Mochmann
1951
Kolberg
as Loucadou
1945
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as The Mad Inventor
1943
Diesel
as Direktor Buz
1943
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
as Leonhard von Krakow
1942
The Great King
as Gen. Czernitscheff
1942
Zwielicht
as Förster Kuhnert
1940
Das Recht auf Liebe
as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
1939
The Immortal Heart
as Dr. Schedel
1939
Secret Mission
as Morrow
1938
Stärker als die Liebe
1938
The Man with the Paw
as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
1935
Only a Comedian
as Staatsminister von Creven
1935
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
as Ship Stoker
1934
Inge and the Millions
as Bankier Seemann
1933
Hans Westmar
as Kuprikoff
1933
The Living Dead
as Mörder
1932
Fundvogel
as Professor Reutlinger
1930
A Daughter Of Destiny
as Professor ten Brinken
1928
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928
Svengali
as Svengali
1927
Arme kleine Sif
1927
The Weavers
as Fabrikant Dreißiger
1927
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
as Vautrin
1927
Dagfin
1926
The Magician
as Oliver Haddo
1926
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926
Living Buddhas
as Großlama
1925
The Film in the Film
as Self
1924
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
as Jack
1923
Monna Vanna
as Guido Gursino
1922
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
as Herzog Ferrante
1922
Lucrezia Borgia
as Micheletto
1922
Vanina
as Gouverneur von Turin
1922
The Loves of Pharaoh
as Samlak
1922
Roswolsky's Mistress
as Eugen Roswolsky
1921
The Lost Shadow
1921
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
as The Golem
1920
Sumurun
as Der alte Scheich
1920
Der Galeerensträfling
1920
Figures of the Night
as Thomas Bezug
1920
Madame DuBarry
1919
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
1918
Sleeping Beauty
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
as Hans Trutz
1917
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
The Yoghi
as Yogi / Rasmus
1916
Rübezahl's Wedding
as Ruebezahl
1916
The Golem
as Golem
1915
The Student of Prague
as Balduin - A Student / Self
1913