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