Portrait of Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

Acting

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.

Born: December 11, 1874

Place of Birth: Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Filmography

2025
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

as The Golem (archive footage)

1960
The Golem

as The Golem

1951
Eyes of Love

as Prof. Mochmann

1945
Kolberg

as Loucadou

1943
1943
Diesel

as Direktor Buz

1942
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof

as Leonhard von Krakow

1942
The Great King

as Gen. Czernitscheff

1941
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

1939
The Immortal Heart

as Dr. Schedel

1938
1935
Der Mann mit der Pranke

as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

1935
Only a Comedian

as Staatsminister von Creven

1933
Inge and the Millions

as Bankier Seemann

1933
Hans Westmar

as Kuprikoff

1932
The Living Dead

as Mörder

1930
Fundvogel

as Professor Reutlinger

1928
A Daughter Of Destiny

as Professor ten Brinken

1927
Svengali

as Svengali

1927
The Weavers

as Fabrikant Dreißiger

1926
1926
The Magician

as Oliver Haddo

1925
Living Buddhas

as Großlama

1922
Monna Vanna

as Guido Gursino

1922
Herzog Ferrantes Ende

as Herzog Ferrante

1922
Lucrezia Borgia

as Micheletto

1922
Vanina

as Gouverneur von Turin

1921
Roswolsky's Mistress

as Eugen Roswolsky

1920
Sumurun

as Der alte Scheich

1920
Figures of the Night

as Thomas Bezug

1918
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

1916
The Yoghi

as Yogi / Rasmus

1916
1915
The Golem

as Golem

1913
The Student of Prague

as Balduin - A Student / Self