
Paul Wegener
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1874-12-11
- Died
- 1948-09-13
- Place of birth
- Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
- Also known as
- Paul Hermann 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.
Known For
Movies (65)

Kolberg
1945
as Loucadou

Diesel
1943
as Direktor Buz

Svengali
1927
as Svengali

Sumurun
1920
as Der alte Scheich

The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
as The Golem

Wedding in Barenhof
1942
as Leonhard von Krakow

The Weavers
1927
as Fabrikant Dreißiger

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025
as The Golem (archive footage)
My Life for Ireland
1941
as Sir George Beverley

A Daughter Of Destiny
1928
as Professor ten Brinken

Lucrezia Borgia
1922
as Micheletto

Only a Comedian
1935
as Staatsminister von Creven

The Student of Prague
1913
as Balduin - A Student / Self

The Great King
1942
as Gen. Czernitscheff

Fundvogel
1930
as Professor Reutlinger

Madame DuBarry
1919

The Film in the Film
1924
as Self

The Golem
1915
as Golem

Eyes of Love
1951
as Prof. Mochmann
The Molander Case
1945
as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt

The Living Dead
1932
as Mörder

The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
as Samlak

Twilight
1940
as Förster Kuhnert
Das Liebesnest
1922

The Immortal Heart
1939
as Dr. Schedel

Rübezahl's Wedding
1916
as Ruebezahl

Vanina
1922
as Gouverneur von Turin

The Magician
1926
as Oliver Haddo
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
1943
as Bauer Termöhlen
Marshal Forward
1932
as Marschall Blücher

Living Buddhas
1925
as Großlama

Secret Mission
1938
as Morrow

Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926

The Man with the Paw
1935
as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

Figures of the Night
1920
as Thomas Bezug

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943
as The Mad Inventor

Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
as Herzog Ferrante

Das Recht auf Liebe
1939
as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
Der große Mandarin
1949
as Mandarin

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923
as Jack

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928

Dagfin
1926
The Mystery of Johann Orth
1932
as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien

Roswolsky's Mistress
1921
as Eugen Roswolsky

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Hans Trutz
Steuermann Holk
1920
as Steuermann Holk

A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934
as Ship Stoker
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1944
as Van der Kalk
Die Welt ohne Waffen
1927
as Dr. Dankmar Tollen

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

Arme kleine Sif
1927

Der Galeerensträfling
1920

Hans Westmar
1933
as Kuprikoff

The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
1923
as Niels Nissen

Inge and the Millions
1933
as Bankier Seemann
Evinrude
1914

Monna Vanna
1922
as Guido Gursino

Stärker als die Liebe
1938

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927
as Vautrin
Das Mädchen von Fanö
1941
as Ulerk Ohm

Sleeping Beauty
1917

The Lost Shadow
1921

The Yoghi
1916
as Yogi / Rasmus

The Golem
1960
as The Golem
About Paul Wegener
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. With 65 credits spanning from 1913 to 2025, Paul Wegener has appeared in 65 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Kolberg (1945) — as Loucadou
- Diesel (1943) — as Direktor Buz
- Svengali (1927) — as Svengali
- Sumurun (1920) — as Der alte Scheich
- The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) — as The Golem
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