Paul Wegener

Known for: Acting

Born: 1874-12-11 – 1948-09-13 (aged 73)

From: Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

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 (65)

MOVIE
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025
as The Golem (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Golem
1960
as The Golem
MOVIE★ 7.3
Eyes of Love
1951
as Prof. Mochmann
MOVIE★ 7.5
Der große Mandarin
1949
as Mandarin
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kolberg
1945
as Loucadou
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Molander Case
1945
as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
MOVIE
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1944
as Van der Kalk
MOVIE★ 8.3
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943
as The Mad Inventor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Diesel
1943
as Direktor Buz
MOVIE★ 7.3
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
1943
as Bauer Termöhlen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wedding in Barenhof
1942
as Leonhard von Krakow
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Great King
1942
as Gen. Czernitscheff
MOVIE★ 9.0
Das Mädchen von Fanö
1941
as Ulerk Ohm
MOVIE★ 6.5
My Life for Ireland
1941
as Sir George Beverley
MOVIE★ 7.5
Twilight
1940
as Förster Kuhnert
MOVIE★ 7.0
Das Recht auf Liebe
1939
as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Immortal Heart
1939
as Dr. Schedel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Secret Mission
1938
as Morrow
MOVIE★ 10.0
Stärker als die Liebe
1938
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Man with the Paw
1935
as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
MOVIE★ 6.9
Only a Comedian
1935
as Staatsminister von Creven
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934
as Ship Stoker
MOVIE★ 9.0
Inge and the Millions
1933
as Bankier Seemann
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hans Westmar
1933
as Kuprikoff
MOVIE★ 10.0
Marshal Forward
1932
as Marschall Blücher
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mystery of Johann Orth
1932
as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Living Dead
1932
as Mörder
MOVIE★ 10.0
Fundvogel
1930
as Professor Reutlinger
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928
as Professor ten Brinken
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928
MOVIE★ 10.0
Die Welt ohne Waffen
1927
as Dr. Dankmar Tollen
MOVIE★ 8.0
Svengali
1927
as Svengali
MOVIE★ 9.0
Arme kleine Sif
1927
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Weavers
1927
as Fabrikant Dreißiger
MOVIE★ 7.0
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927
as Vautrin
MOVIE★ 8.0
Souls Aflame
1926
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Magician
1926
as Oliver Haddo
MOVIE★ 9.0
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926
MOVIE★ 7.0
Living Buddhas
1925
as Großlama
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Film in the Film
1924
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923
as Jack
MOVIE
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
1923
as Niels Nissen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das Liebesnest
1922
MOVIE★ 9.0
Monna Vanna
1922
as Guido Gursino
MOVIE★ 8.0
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
as Herzog Ferrante
MOVIE★ 5.1
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
as Micheletto
MOVIE★ 5.2
Vanina
1922
as Gouverneur von Turin
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
as Samlak
MOVIE★ 10.0
Roswolsky's Mistress
1921
as Eugen Roswolsky
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lost Shadow
1921
MOVIE★ 8.0
Steuermann Holk
1920
as Steuermann Holk
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
as The Golem
MOVIE★ 6.1
Sumurun
1920
as Der alte Scheich
MOVIE★ 10.0
Der Galeerensträfling
1920
MOVIE★ 10.0
Figures of the Night
1920
as Thomas Bezug
MOVIE★ 6.5
Madame DuBarry
1919
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sleeping Beauty
1917
MOVIE
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Hans Trutz
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Yoghi
1916
as Yogi / Rasmus
MOVIE★ 5.0
Rübezahl's Wedding
1916
as Ruebezahl
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Golem
1915
as Golem
MOVIE
Evinrude
1914
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Student of Prague
1913
as Balduin - A Student / Self