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