Paul Wegener

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.

Filmography

Professor ten Brinken
Loucadou
Balduin - A Student / Self
Oliver Haddo
Staatsminister von Creven
Der alte Scheich
Gouverneur von Turin
Fabrikant Dreißiger
Gen. Czernitscheff
Leonhard von Krakow
Micheletto
Sir George Beverley
Direktor Buz
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Bankier Seemann
Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
Förster Kuhnert
Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
Yogi / Rasmus
Professor Reutlinger
Marschall Blücher
Kuprikoff
Prof. Mochmann
Dr. Dankmar Tollen
Guido Gursino
Svengali
Herzog Ferrante
Steuermann Holk
Eugen Roswolsky
The Golem (archive footage)
The Golem