Born in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine] — Jun 15 1881• Died Aug 29 1942

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 S…
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Professor Bulwer

Owner of the Waxworks

Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer

Beamter des Mechanischen Museums

Algol

James Wilton

Bediensteter
Buckliger Narr

Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer

Guyard

The billionaire Vandergold

Sanitarium Doctor

L'Angely

Brighella
Wladislaus