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John Gottowt(1881-1942)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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John Gottowt in The Student of Prague (1913)
John Gottowt was born on 15 June 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nosferatu (1922), Das schwarze Los (1913) and The Student of Prague (1913). He died on 27 August 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.
BornJune 15, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1942(61)
BornJune 15, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1942(61)
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Known for

Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu
7.8
  • Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
  • 1922
Das schwarze Los (1913)
Das schwarze Los
  • Brighella
  • 1913
Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague
6.4
  • Scapinelli, an Old Sorcerer
  • 1913
Peer Gynt
7.3
  • der Dovre-Alte
  • 1919

Credits

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Actor

  • The Living Dead (1932)
    The Living Dead
    6.3
    • Beamter des Mechanischen Museums
    • 1932
  • Die zwölfte Stunde (1930)
    Die zwölfte Stunde
    5.2
    • Irrenarzt
    • 1930
  • Jenny Jugo, Hans Stüwe, and Jan Tschichold in Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
    Prinz Louis Ferdinand
    • 2. Redakteur der Vossischen Zeitung
    • 1927
  • Die Flucht in die Nacht (1926)
    Die Flucht in die Nacht
    6.0
    • Bediensteter
    • 1926
  • Conrad Veidt in Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
    Dürfen wir schweigen?
    7.0
    • Sein Faktotum
    • 1926
  • Otto Arpke in Waxworks (1924)
    Waxworks
    6.6
    • Inhaber der Panoptikums
    • 1924
  • Der Geldteufel
    • Black
    • 1923
  • Der schwarze Stern
    • 1922
  • Der falsche Dimitri
    5.4
    • Narr
    • 1922
  • Elixiere des Teufels
    • 1922
  • Menschenopfer
    • 1922
  • Nosferatu (1922)
    Nosferatu
    7.8
    • Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
    • 1922
  • Josef Fenneker in Pariserinnen (1921)
    Pariserinnen
    6.6
    • Aristide
    • 1921
  • Susanne Stranzky
    • 1921
  • Brennendes Land
    • 1921

Writer

  • Der verbotene Weg
    • Writer
    • 1920
  • Satan Opium
    • writer
    • 1916

Director

  • Das schwarze Los (1913)
    Das schwarze Los
    • Director
    • 1913

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Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
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Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 15, 1881
    • Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • August 27, 1942
    • Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland(shot by SS officer)

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    He was murdered in 1942 by an SS officer while in hiding in Wieliczka, disguised as a Roman Catholic priest.

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