Portrait of Paul Weigel

Paul Weigel

Acting

Biography

German born Paul Weigel was an actor in American movies. He is perhaps best remembered for his performances in For Heaven's Sake (1926), The Invisible Ray (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940).

Born: February 17, 1867

Place of Birth: Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Prussia [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]

Filmography

1945
Bewitched

as The Governor's Butler (uncredited)

1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Candy Store Proprietor (uncredited)

1943
Happy Land

as Pop Schmidt (uncredited)

1943
Above Suspicion

as Elderly Man (Uncredited)

1943
The Moon Is Down

as Elderly Man (uncredited)

1942
Reunion in France

as Old Man (uncredited)

1942
Miss V from Moscow

as Henri Devalier

1942
Joan of Paris

as Janitor at Mlle Rosay's

1941
I Wake Up Screaming

as Gus- Deleicatesson Proprietor (uncredited)

1940
A Dispatch from Reuters

as Professor Gauss (uncredited)

1940
1939
Ninotchka

as Vladimir, with Letter from Leon (uncredited)

1939
Never Say Die

as Concierge

1937
The Gold Racket

as Daniel Forbes

1937
Espionage

as French Telegrapher

1936
Dracula's Daughter

as Transylvania Innkeeper (uncredited)

1936
1936
The Invisible Ray

as Monsieur Noyer

1935
Just My Luck

as Graves

1934
I'll Tell the World

as Telegraph Operator

1932
Back Street

as Adolph Schmidt

1931
Soul of the Slums

as Brother Jacob

1931
The Miracle Woman

as Florence's Father (uncredited)

1931
The Vanishing Legion

as Oil Co. Director Larribee

1931
The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Präsident Nash

1929
The Leatherneck

as Petrovitch

1928
Isle of Lost Men

as Preacher Jason

1928
Skyscraper

as Redhead's father

1927
Hidden Aces

as Serge Demidoff

1927
1926
For Heaven's Sake

as Brother Paul, the Optimist

1925
A Lover's Oath

as Sheik Rustum

1925
The Verdict

as Butler

1925
Déclassé

as Henri

1925
Excuse Me

as Rev. Job Wales

1925
Soft Shoes

as Dummy O'Day

1924
Folly of Vanity

as Old Roué (fantasy sequence)

1924
Honor Among Men

as Baron Barrat

1924
Mademoiselle Midnight

as Napoleon III (Prologue)

1923
Bag and Baggage

as Philip Anthony

1923
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Marquis DeBriac

1922
Up and Going

as Father Le Claire

1920
Kismet

as Afife

1920
The Breath of the Gods

as Count Ronsard

1920
The Red Lane

as Father Leclair

1920
Under Crimson Skies

as Plum Duff Hargis

1919
Luck in Pawn

as William Rainier

1919
Evangeline

as Father Felician

1919
Happiness À La Mode

as Attorn Logan

1918
Her Body in Bond

as Emmett Gibson

1918
The Only Road

as Manuel Lopez

1917
Forbidden Paths

as Luis Valdez

1917
The Inner Shrine

as Undetermined Role

1917
The Black Wolf

as Old Luis

1917
Each to His Kind

as Asa Judd

1916
Witchcraft

as Makepeace Struble

1916
The Intrigue

as Attaché to the Baron

1916
Each Pearl a Tear

as Roger Winston

1916
Naked Hearts

as Cecil's Father