Paul Wegener

★ Acting #36,747

1874 - 1948 (age 73) • Acting

Born: 12/11/1874 in Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Died: 9/13/1948 (age 73)

Known for: Acting

Paul Wegener

★ Acting #36,747

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.

Known For

The Golem: How He Came into the World

70%

The Golem

1920

The Student of Prague

61%

Balduin - A Student / Self

1913

The Golem

67%

Golem

1915

Sumurun

61%

Der alte Scheich

1920

The Magician

61%

Oliver Haddo

1926

A Daughter Of Destiny

66%

Professor ten Brinken

1928

The Loves of Pharaoh

65%

Samlak

1922

Kolberg

61%

Loucadou

1945

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

The Golem (archive footage)

2025

The Golem

1960

The Golem

Director

1960

Eyes of Love

73%

Prof. Mochmann

1951

Der große Mandarin

75%

Mandarin

1949

Kolberg

61%

Loucadou

1945

The Molander Case

90%

Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt

1945

Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen

Van der Kalk

1944

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

83%

The Mad Inventor

1943

Diesel

65%

Direktor Buz

1943

Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint

73%

Bauer Termöhlen

1943

Wedding in Barenhof

70%

Leonhard von Krakow

1942

The Great King

70%

Gen. Czernitscheff

1942

Das Mädchen von Fanö

90%

Ulerk Ohm

1941

My Life for Ireland

65%

Sir George Beverley

1941

Twilight

75%

Förster Kuhnert

1940

Das Recht auf Liebe

70%

Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol

1939

The Immortal Heart

70%

Dr. Schedel

1939

Secret Mission

80%

Morrow

1938

Stärker als die Liebe

100%

1938

Krach und Glück um Künnemann

70%

Director

1937

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

100%

Director

1937

Moscow Shanghai

80%

Director

1936

The Hour of Temptation

100%

Director

1936

August der Starke

100%

Director

1936

The Man with the Paw

70%

Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

1935

Only a Comedian

69%

Staatsminister von Creven

1935

A Man Wants to Get to Germany

58%

Ship Stoker

1934