Other names George John Role Film actor Name Georg John | Years active 1917–1933 Occupation actor | |
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Born 23 July 1879 ( 1879-07-23 ) Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany Died November 18, 1941, Lodz, Poland Movies M, The Spiders, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, Dr Mabuse the Gambler, Kriemhild's Revenge Similar People Theodor Loos, Otto Wernicke, Thea von Harbou, Inge Landgut, Fritz Arno Wagner | ||
Georg John (23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor.
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Early life
Georg John was born Georg Jacobsohn into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany.
Career
John began his career around 1900 in smaller stages and traveling theatres. In 1904, he was engaged at the Theater of Wilhelmshaven, followed by appearances at Stolp in 1905, Altona, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Bochum and Göttingen. In 1914, John worked as an actor and producer for Vaterländische Schauspiele in Vienna.
In 1917, John first appeared in silent movies, playing a Tibetan monk in Die Fremde (The Stranger), and Death in Hilde Warren und der Tod (Hilde Warren and Death). These roles were typical of the kinds of parts he would become known for, even if, at first, he was more often seen as a father, husband or dignitary. Beginning in the 1920s, John appeared in the films of notable German filmmakers, where he often played bizarre, gnome-like figures, such as the beggar in Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod (Tired Death, 1921, released in English as Destiny), and the blind balloon-seller who recognizes the murderer due to a whistled song in 1931's M. For F. W. Murnau he played a night-watchman in Der Letzte Mann (The Last Man, 1924, released in English as The Last Laugh).
Being a Jew, John was deported in autumn 1941 to the Łódź Ghetto where he died on 18 November 1941 at the age of 62.
Filmography
Actor
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse as
Baums Diener / Baum's Servant
1933
Sprung in den Abgrund as
Fotograf
1933
Flower of Hawaii as
Oberpriester von Hawaii
1932
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer as
Maschinist (as John)
1932
Death Over Shanghai as
Lutsin - Praxas Diener
1932
Das erste Recht des Kindes
1931
M as
Blind Panhandler
1931
Stürmisch die Nacht
1931
Danton as
Ankläger
1930
The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci as
Zieten
1930
Das Land des Lächelns as
Tschang in der Operette
1930
Lumpenball
1930
Fundvogel as
Poacher
1930
Die Frau ohne Nerven as
Sekretär
1929
Atlantik as
Wendt, Thomas' servant
1929
Andreas Hofer as
Franz Raffl - ein Bauer
1929
Männer ohne Beruf as
Odysseus - der 'Künstler'
1929
Die Mitternachts-Taxe as
Dritter Wachtmeister
1929
Somnambul as
Der Wirt
1928
Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter
1928
Volga Volga
1928
Der Henker
1928
Mann gegen Mann as
Zamok
1928
Spies as
Locomotive Engineer (uncredited)
1928
Panik
1928
Luther as
Ein Krüppel
1928
A Daughter of Destiny as
Der Mörder
1928
So küsst nur eine Wienerin as
Der Manager
1927
Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge as
Der alte Amros
1927
Der Mann ohne Kopf as
Der Schreckliche
1927
Am Rande der Welt
1927
The Curse of Vererbung as
Portier
1927
Gehetzte Frauen
1927
Frühere Verhältnisse
1927
Die Weber as
Ansorge
1927
Streets of Algiers as
Portier
1927
Erinnerungen einer Nonne
1927
Metropolis as
Arbeiter / Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
1926
Wenn Menschen irren. Frauen auf Irrwegen
1926
Die Flucht in die Nacht as
Bediensteter
1926
Hölle der Liebe - Erlebnisse aus einem Tanzpalast as
Heinicke, Prokurist
1926
Das graue Haus as
Der Henker
1926
Achtung Harry! Augen auf! as
Nathan Miller
1926
Des Königs Befehl
1926
Die Mühle von Sanssouci as
General Zieten
1926
The Sunken as
Schampuspusorje
1925
Abenteuer im Nachtexpreß as
Theewens Diener Raoul
1925
Hanseaten
1925
Bismarck, 1. Teil
1925
Variety as
Seeman
1925
Der Herr ohne Wohnung as
Fürst
1925
Slums of Berlin as
Laundress's Husband
1925
Blitzzug der Liebe
1925
Guillotine
1925
Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod. 1. Teil
1925
Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod. 2. Teil
1925
The Love Pirate as
Beppo
1924
The Last Laugh as
Nachtwächter [Night Watchman]
1924
Waxworks as
Prisoner
1924
Mein Leopold as
Nibisch
1924
Decameron Nights as
Astologer
1924
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge as
Slaodel, his brother
1924
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried as
Mime the Blacksmith / Alberich the NibelungB
1923
Frauenschicksal
1923
Glanz gegen Glück as
Wucherer
1923
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden as
Marodeur
1923
Der verlorene Schuh as
Jon
1923
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant as
Zirkusdirektor
1923
Der steinerne Reiter as
Pförtner
1922
Das Feuerschiff
1922
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin as
Robespierre
1922
The Fall of Jerusalem as
Egyptian Emmissary
1922
Praschnas Geheimnis as
Praschna, indischer Fakir
1922
She and the Three as
Ehrenmann hinter schwedischen Gardinen
1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler as
Pesch
1922
The Burning Soil as
Großknecht / Head farmhand
1922
Die Beute der Erinnyen as
Tom Sprang
1922
Der Abenteurer as
der rote Johnny
1921
Die Geschichte des grauen Hauses 1 - Episode: Der Mord aus verschmähter Liebe
1921
Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law as
Büßer / A Penitent
1921
Das Geheimnis der sechs Spielkarten, 4. Teil - Pique Sieben
1921
Das Geheimnis der Santa Maria
1921
Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth as
Büßer / a Penitent
1921
Lady Hamilton as
zwei Jacobiner
1921
Das Rätsel der Sphinx as
Mummy
1921
Destiny as
Beggar / Bettler
1921
Der Silberkönig, 4. Teil - Rochesterstreet 29
1921
Der Silberkönig, 3. Teil - Claim 36
1921
Der Silberkönig, 2. Teil - Der Mann der Tat
1921
Der Silberkönig, 1. Teil - Der 13. März as
Freffries Dursen
1921
Die Geschichte von Barak Johnson
1921
Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse
1921
Tobias Buntschuh - Das Drama eines Einsamen as
Abgesandte des Stahltrusts
1921
Planetenschieber
1920
Herztrumpf as
Dunkler mann
1920
Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin
1920
Schatten einer Stunde
1920
Der König von Paris, 2. Teil - Die Geschichte des André Lifou
1920
Die entfesselte Menschheit as
Fritz Breese
1920
Der König von Paris, 1. Teil - Die Geschichte des André Lifou
1920
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia as
Blinder Bettler
1920
Johann Baptiste Lingg as
Gutsverwalter Wolleck
1920
Dämon der Welt. 3. Das goldene Gift as
Erfinder Siegfried Dessauer
1920
Der Menschheit Anwalt as
Hexenrichter Abdonatus / Hexenrichter Lucinder
1920
Dämon der Welt. 2. Wirbel des Verderbens as
Fred Osring
1920
The Spiders - Episode 2: The Diamond Ship as
The Master
1919
Der Weg der Grete Lessen (Short)
1919
Phantome des Lebens
1919
Harakiri as
Buddhist Monk
1919
Eerie Tales
1919
The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea as
Dr. Telphas
1919
Emerald of Death as
Zigeunerhauptmann / Gypsy commander
1919
Peer Gynt as
Prof. Dr. Begriffenfeldt
1919
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod as
Prof. Dr. Begriffenfeldt
1919
Veritas vincit as
Blinder Senator
1918
Verlorene Töchter as
Manager Pichler
1918
Mr. Wu as
Tschang-Ta
1918
Wogen des Schicksals
1917
Der Fremde (Short)
1917
Das Buch des Lasters as
Bildhauer
1917
Die Fremde
1917
Hilde Warren und der Tod as
Tod
1916
Ramara
Archive Footage
2011
Das Erbe der Nibelungen (TV Movie documentary) as
Mime, der Schmied (uncredited)
2003
Der letzte Mann - Das Making of (Video documentary short) as
Nachtwächter
References
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