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Born1881-06-15
BirthplaceLemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Credits8 titles
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John Gottowt
Actor· Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
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.
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.
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The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
8 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror | Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer | Film |
| 1932 | The Living Dead | Beamter des Mechanischen Museums | Film |
| 1924 | Waxworks | Owner of the Waxworks | Film |
| 1922 | Nosferatu | Professor Bulwer | Film |
| 1920 | The Hunchback and the Dancer | James Wilton | Film |
| 1920 | Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire | Guyard | Film |
| 1920 | Algol: Tragedy of Power | Algol | Film |
| 1913 | The Student of Prague | Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer | Film |
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