Georg John

Georg John
Born July 23, 1879(1879-07-23)
Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany
Died November 18, 1941(1941-11-18)
Łódź Ghetto, Poland
Other names George John
Occupation actor
Years active 1917–1933

Georg John (July 23, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a German stage and film actor.

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Early life

Georg John was born 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 Foreigner), 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).[1]

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

  • 1926: Die Gesunkenen
  • 1926: Die Flucht in die Nacht
  • 1926: Die Mühle von Sanssouci
  • 1926: Das graue Haus
  • 1926: Des Königs Befehl
  • 1926: Hölle der Liebe - Erlebnisse aus einem Tanzpalast
  • 1927: Gehetzte Frauen
  • 1927: Die Frauengasse von Algier
  • 1927: Metropolis
  • 1927: Frühere Verhältnisse
  • 1927: Am Rande der Welt
  • 1927: Der Mann ohne Kopf
  • 1927: Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge
  • 1927: Der Fluch der Vererbung
  • 1927: Die Weber
  • 1928: Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter
  • 1928: So küßt nur eine Wienerin
  • 1928: Spione
  • 1928: Panik
  • 1928: Alraune
  • 1928: Mann gegen Mann
  • 1929: Männer ohne Beruf
  • 1929: Somnambul
  • 1929: Atlantik
  • 1929: Die Mitternachts-Taxe
  • 1929: Andreas Hofer
  • 1930: The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci
  • 1930: Das Land des Lächelns
  • 1930: Lumpenball
  • 1931: M
  • 1931: Stürmisch die Nacht
  • 1931: Danton
  • 1932: Das erste Recht des Kindes
  • 1932: F.P.1 antwortet nicht
  • 1932: Tod über Shanghai
  • 1933: Die Blume von Hawaii
  • 1933: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
  • 1933: Sprung in den Abgrund

References

  1. ^ "George John" from German Wikipedia, using machine translators (Google, Babelfish, Intertrans)

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