John Gottowt

Actor

John Gottowt

Nacido el 15 de junio de 1881 en Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]Fallecido el 29 de agosto de 194218 películas

John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies.

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Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. After his education in Vienna, he joined the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1905, working for Max Reinhardt as an actor and director. Gottowt was mainly active in different theatres in Berlin as a character actor and director.

His first silent film appearance was in Paul Wegener’s Der Student von Prag ("The Student of Prague") (1913). In 1920 he appeared in Robert Wiene's Genuine and took the main role in the early science fiction film Algol. In 1921 he played Professor Bulwer (Abraham van Helsing) in the classic silent film Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau.

Gottowt made also several films with his brother-in-law Henrik Galeen but, as a Jew, was banned in 1933 from working as a professional actor. After a few years in Denmark he moved to Kraków in Poland. He was murdered in 1942 by an SS officer while in hiding in Wieliczka, disguised as a Roman Catholic priest.

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Póster de Nosferatu7.7Nosferatu1922Póster de El hombre de las figuras de cera6.4El hombre de las figuras de cera1924

Filmografía

18 películas como actor
  1. 2025Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorProfessor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
  2. 1932Cuentos extraordinariosBeamter des Mechanischen Museums
  3. 1926Die Flucht in die NachtBediensteter
  4. 1924El hombre de las figuras de ceraOwner of the Waxworks
  5. 1922Der schwarze Stern
  6. 1922NosferatuProfessor Bulwer
  7. 1921PariserinnenAristide
  8. 1921Brennendes LandWladislaus
  9. 1920Die Nacht der Königin IsabeauBuckliger Narr
  10. 1920Algol - Tragödie der MachtAlgol
  11. 1920Genuine: A Tale of a VampireGuyard
  12. 1920Der Bucklige und die TänzerinJames Wilton
  13. 1920Der rote HenkerL'Angely
  14. 1919Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend
  15. 1919Morphium
  16. 1917Die Prinzessin von NeutralienThe billionaire Vandergold
  17. 1913Das schwarze LosBrighella
  18. 1913El estudiante de PragaScapinelli - An Old Adventurer