John Gottowt
Known for
Acting
Born
June 15, 1881
Birthplace
Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Died
August 29, 1942 (aged 61)
Biography
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...
Best known work
Nosferatu
1922
The Student of Prague
1913
Waxworks
1924
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
The Living Dead
1932
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2025
Morphium
1919
The Flight in the Night
1926
The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920Filmography
2025
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horroras Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
1932
The Living Deadas Beamter des Mechanischen Museums
1930
The Twelfth Houras Sanitarium Doctor (Archive footage)
1926
The Flight in the Nightas Bediensteter
1924
Waxworksas Owner of the Waxworks
1922
1922
Nosferatuas Professor Bulwer
1921
Parisian Womenas Aristide
1921
Brennendes Landas Wladislaus
1920
The Night of Queen Isabeauas Buckliger Narr
1920
Algol: Tragedy of Poweras Algol
1920
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampireas Guyard
1920
The Hunchback and the Danceras James Wilton
1920
Der rote Henkeras L'Angely
1919
1919
1917
Die Prinzessin von Neutralienas The billionaire Vandergold
1913
Das schwarze Losas Brighella, Director
1913
The Student of Pragueas Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer