Acting · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland] · Born December 11, 1874
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.
MovieFASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025
as The Golem (archive footage)
MovieThe Golem
1960
as The Golem
MovieEyes of Love
1951
as Prof. Mochmann
Der große Mandarin
1949
as Mandarin
MovieKolberg
1945
as Loucadou
The Molander Case
1945
as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1944
as Van der Kalk
MovieDr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943
as The Mad Inventor
MovieDiesel
1943
as Direktor Buz
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
1943
as Bauer Termöhlen
MovieWedding in Barenhof
1942
as Leonhard von Krakow
MovieThe Great King
1942
as Gen. Czernitscheff
Das Mädchen von Fanö
1941
as Ulerk Ohm
My Life for Ireland
1941
as Sir George Beverley
MovieTwilight
1940
as Förster Kuhnert
MovieDas Recht auf Liebe
1939
as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
MovieThe Immortal Heart
1939
as Dr. Schedel
MovieSecret Mission
1938
as Morrow
MovieStärker als die Liebe
1938
MovieThe Man with the Paw
1935
as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
MovieOnly a Comedian
1935
as Staatsminister von Creven
MovieA Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934
as Ship Stoker
MovieInge and the Millions
1933
as Bankier Seemann
MovieHans Westmar
1933
as Kuprikoff
Marshal Forward
1932
as Marschall Blücher
The Mystery of Johann Orth
1932
as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
MovieThe Living Dead
1932
as Mörder
MovieFundvogel
1930
as Professor Reutlinger
MovieA Daughter Of Destiny
1928
as Professor ten Brinken
MovieThe Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928
Die Welt ohne Waffen
1927
as Dr. Dankmar Tollen
MovieSvengali
1927
as Svengali
MovieArme kleine Sif
1927
MovieThe Weavers
1927
as Fabrikant Dreißiger
MovieGlanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927
as Vautrin
MovieSouls Aflame
1926
MovieThe Magician
1926
as Oliver Haddo
MovieDer Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926
MovieLiving Buddhas
1925
as Großlama
MovieThe Film in the Film
1924
as Self
MovieS.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923
as Jack
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
1923
as Niels Nissen
Das Liebesnest
1922
MovieMonna Vanna
1922
as Guido Gursino
MovieHerzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
as Herzog Ferrante
MovieLucrezia Borgia
1922
as Micheletto
MovieVanina
1922
as Gouverneur von Turin
MovieThe Loves of Pharaoh
1922
as Samlak
MovieRoswolsky's Mistress
1921
as Eugen Roswolsky
MovieThe Lost Shadow
1921
Steuermann Holk
1920
as Steuermann Holk
MovieThe Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
as The Golem
MovieSumurun
1920
as Der alte Scheich
MovieDer Galeerensträfling
1920
MovieFigures of the Night
1920
as Thomas Bezug
MovieMadame DuBarry
1919
MovieThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
MovieSleeping Beauty
1917
MovieHans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Hans Trutz
MovieThe Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
MovieThe Yoghi
1916
as Yogi / Rasmus
MovieRübezahl's Wedding
1916
as Ruebezahl
MovieThe Golem
1915
as Golem
Evinrude
1914
MovieThe Student of Prague
1913
as Balduin - A Student / Self
