Paul Wegener

German actor and film director (1874-1948)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1874
Died: 1948
Works: 1

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Der Golem

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Film & TV

Acting · 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.

Known for

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts — The Golem (archive footage)2025
The Golem — The Golem1960
Eyes of Love — Prof. Mochmann1951
Der große Mandarin — Mandarin1949
Kolberg — Loucadou1945
The Molander Case — Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt1945
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen — Van der Kalk1944
Diesel — Direktor Buz1943
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint — Bauer Termöhlen1943
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors — The Mad Inventor1943

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1874
Active to: 1948

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7
Total plays: 8

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,577x
“Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 67,729x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,510x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,710x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,574x

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Key facts

Born: ( 1874-12-11 ) 11 December 1874, Arnoldsdorf , Province of Prussia , German Empire
Died: 13 September 1948 (1948-09-13) (aged 73), Berlin , Allied-occupied Germany
Occupation: Actor
Spouse s: Lyda Salmonova (divorced, remarried), Greta Schröder (m.1924, divorced)
Relatives: Alfred Wegener (cousin), Kurt Wegener (cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Paul Wegener 2.jpg

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Commons category: Paul Wegener
date of birth: 1874-12-11
date of death: 1948-09-13
name in native language: Paul Wegener
Commons Creator page: Paul Wegener

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Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.