Paul Wegener

Person · Open Library

Born

1874

Died

1948

Works

1

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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

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1874

Active to

1948

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

7

Total plays

8

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

   · 1958 · cited 70,813x

2. “Mini-mental state”

   · 1975 · cited 68,268x

3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 46,786x

4. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

   · 2003 · cited 45,710x

5. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,455x

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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)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Paul

Family name

Wegener

Gender

male

Citizenship

Germany

Place of birth

Jarantowice

Place of death

Wilmersdorf

Spouse

Lyda Salmonova

Occupation

screenwriter

Educated at

Kneiphof Gymnasium

Languages spoken

German

Image

Paul Wegener 2.jpg

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