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