Paul Wegener

Personal Info

Birthday

December 11, 1874

Day of Death

1948-09-13

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Also Known As

Paul 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.

Known For

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

Sumurun

Kolberg

The Great King

Hans Westmar

The Golem

A Daughter Of Destiny

The Living Dead

Filmography

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