Paul Wegener
Acting • Born 1874-12-11 – Died 1948-09-13
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.
Filmography
65 credits
The Golem
Movie • 1915
Golem
A Daughter Of Destiny
Movie • 1928
Professor ten Brinken
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Movie • 1920
The Golem
Kolberg
Movie • 1945
Loucadou
The Student of Prague
Movie • 1913
Balduin - A Student / Self
The Living Dead
Movie • 1932
Mörder
The Magician
Movie • 1926
Oliver Haddo
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
Movie • 1923
Jack
Only a Comedian
Movie • 1935
Staatsminister von Creven
Sumurun
Movie • 1920
Der alte Scheich
The Loves of Pharaoh
Movie • 1922
Samlak
Der große Mandarin
Movie • 1949
Mandarin
Vanina
Movie • 1922
Gouverneur von Turin
The Weavers
Movie • 1927
Fabrikant Dreißiger
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Movie • 1927
Vautrin
The Great King
Movie • 1942
Gen. Czernitscheff
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
Movie • 1942
Leonhard von Krakow
Lucrezia Borgia
Movie • 1922
Micheletto
My Life for Ireland
Movie • 1941
Sir George Beverley
Evinrude
Movie • 1914
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
Movie • 1917
Diesel
Movie • 1943
Direktor Buz
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie • 1918
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Inge and the Millions
Movie • 1933
Bankier Seemann
Der Mann mit der Pranke
Movie • 1935
Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
Zwielicht
Movie • 1940
Förster Kuhnert
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Movie • 1943
Bauer Termöhlen
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
Movie • 1944
Van der Kalk
The Molander Case
Movie • 1945
Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
Das Recht auf Liebe
Movie • 1939
Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Movie • 1928
The Mystery of Johann Orth
Movie • 1932
Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Movie • 1917
Hans Trutz
The Yoghi
Movie • 1916
Yogi / Rasmus
Fundvogel
Movie • 1930
Professor Reutlinger
Marshal Forward
Movie • 1932
Marschall Blücher
Hans Westmar
Movie • 1933
Kuprikoff
The Immortal Heart
Movie • 1939
Dr. Schedel
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Movie • 1943
The Mad Inventor
Madame DuBarry
Movie • 1919
In geheimer Mission
Movie • 1938
Morrow
Eyes of Love
Movie • 1951
Prof. Mochmann
Rübezahl's Wedding
Movie • 1916
Ruebezahl
Figures of the Night
Movie • 1920
Thomas Bezug
Die Welt ohne Waffen
Movie • 1927
Dr. Dankmar Tollen
Arme kleine Sif
Movie • 1927
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
Movie • 1923
Niels Nissen
Das Liebesnest
Movie • 1922
Monna Vanna
Movie • 1922
Guido Gursino
Svengali
Movie • 1927
Svengali
Living Buddhas
Movie • 1925
Großlama
Stärker als die Liebe
Movie • 1938
Das Mädchen von Fanö
Movie • 1941
Ulerk Ohm
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
Movie • 1926
The Film in the Film
Movie • 1924
Self
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
Movie • 1934
Ship Stoker
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Movie • 1922
Herzog Ferrante
Dagfin
Movie • 1926
Der Galeerensträfling
Movie • 1920
Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 1917
Steuermann Holk
Movie • 1920
Steuermann Holk
Roswolsky's Mistress
Movie • 1921
Eugen Roswolsky
Der verlorene Schatten
Movie • 1921
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
Movie • 2025
The Golem (archive footage)
The Golem
Movie • 1960
The Golem