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Paul Weigel

Date of birth: 1867-02-17

Place of birth: Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Prussia [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Paul Weigle, Paul Wiegle

Paul Weigel

Biography

German born Paul Weigel was an actor in American movies. He is perhaps best remembered for his performances in For Heaven's Sake (1926), The Invisible Ray (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940).

Movie Credits

The Great Dictator
4.1

The Great Dictator

1940-10-15

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecu

The Red Lane
0

The Red Lane

1920-07-12

After returning home from years spent in a convent, Marie Beaulieu, is shocked to discover that her

The Breath of the Gods
0

The Breath of the Gods

1920-07-25

While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets an

Naked Hearts
0

Naked Hearts

1916-05-29

Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but Howard, Ma

The Inner Shrine
0

The Inner Shrine

1917-06-14

Bad woman turns good, but as a recent widow finds her past a roadblock in terms of accepting remarri

The Only Road
0

The Only Road

1918-06-03

Tomboy Nita, a vegetable seller in a small Californian town, believes herself to be the daughter of

Forbidden Paths
0

Forbidden Paths

1917-07-12

Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man

Folly of Vanity
0

Folly of Vanity

1924-12-21

This drama had two directors: Maurice Elvey handled most of the film, but the fantasy sequence was d

Luck in Pawn
0

Luck in Pawn

1919-11-19

Country girl Annabel Lee has big dreams of being a famous artist. Her widowed mother encourages her

Up and Going
0

Up and Going

1922-04-22

In Up and Going, based on Mix's own story, Arctic Trails, the star played a titled, polo playing Nor

For Heaven's Sake
3.5

For Heaven's Sake

1926-04-05

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown min

Bewitched
2.6

Bewitched

1945-07-04

A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

Blonde or Brunette
0

Blonde or Brunette

1927-01-08

Adolphe Menjou stars in a Roaring Twenties comedy of remarriage.

Joan of Paris
3.3

Joan of Paris

1942-01-20

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact t

Déclassé
1.3

Déclassé

1925-04-11

The last of the impetuous Varicks, Lady Helen Haden is married to Sir Bruce Haden, a brute who treat

The Vanishing Legion
4.5

The Vanishing Legion

1931-06-01

A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Co

Under Crimson Skies
0

Under Crimson Skies

1920-07-05

The captain of a sailing ship has an affair with the wife of one of his passengers, and gets mixed u

Broken Lullaby
3.8

Broken Lullaby

1932-01-24

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, lik

Joy Tonic
0

Joy Tonic

1929-05-05

"Big Boy" goes on a fun rampage in this Jack White production

Evangeline
0

Evangeline

1919-08-19

In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their weddi

Just My Luck
0

Just My Luck

1935-12-30

Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formul

The Black Wolf
0

The Black Wolf

1917-02-12

In the Spanish Mountains, the Black Wolf, a bandit, reigns at the head of his band, known as "The Ch

The Bond Between
0

The Bond Between

1917-04-02

Pierre Duval is a night watchman at a museum of art who dotes on his art student son, Jacques. One e

The Boudoir Diplomat
0

The Boudoir Diplomat

1931-02-17

The ambassador of the Kingdom of Luvaria orders Baron Belmar, his attaché, to win the interest of Mo

Mademoiselle Midnight
2.7

Mademoiselle Midnight

1924-04-14

Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her reckles

Miss V from Moscow
2.5

Miss V from Moscow

1942-11-23

Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noe

I'll Tell the World
0

I'll Tell the World

1934-04-20

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. Mo

One More Spring
2.9

One More Spring

1935-02-15

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on th

Sutter's Gold
0

Sutter's Gold

1936-03-01

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

The Moon Is Down
3.4

The Moon Is Down

1943-03-14

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a J

Back Street
3

Back Street

1932-08-04

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets

Code of the Air
0

Code of the Air

1928-09-30

A criminal mastermind uses a "death ray" machine to bring down government airplanes. Police dog, Sil

Never Say Die
3.4

Never Say Die

1939-03-08

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. M

Ninotchka
3.8

Ninotchka

1939-11-16

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who repres

Dracula's Daughter
3

Dracula's Daughter

1936-05-11

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

Which Shall It Be?
0

Which Shall It Be?

1924-06-15

Espionage
3.4

Espionage

1937-02-26

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours

Kismet
3.3

Kismet

1920-11-14

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r

Happy Land
3.1

Happy Land

1943-11-10

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist beli

A Dispatch from Reuters
3.1

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940-10-19

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age

A Lover's Oath
0

A Lover's Oath

1925-09-29

"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Be

The She-Devil
0

The She-Devil

1916-01-06

Secretly engaged to Bernice, Albert becomes infatuated with the gypsy Mina. The rich and jealous Ren

Hidden Aces
0

Hidden Aces

1927-08-06

Larry 'Hutch' Hutchdale, gentleman thief, is keeping an eye on the newly-arrived Princess Orloff of

The Miracle Woman
3.4

The Miracle Woman

1931-07-17

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a p

The Costume Falls
0

The Costume Falls

1931-02-05

This is the German-language version of 1930's "The Way of All Men", shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywoo

The Invisible Ray
3.2

The Invisible Ray

1936-01-20

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But th

I Wake Up Screaming
3.5

I Wake Up Screaming

1941-10-31

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitre

Skyscraper
2.8

Skyscraper

1928-04-08

Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
0

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1923-08-05

John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when

Above Suspicion
3

Above Suspicion

1943-05-31

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Soft Shoes
3.5

Soft Shoes

1925-01-01

Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith O’Day,

Her Body in Bond
0

Her Body in Bond

1918-07-20

The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes

Isle of Lost Men
0

Isle of Lost Men

1928-10-02

The Isle of Lost Men is one of those lawless tropical island colonies so beloved of adventure-story

Bag and Baggage
0

Bag and Baggage

1923-11-01

Country girl Hope Anthony follows Hal Tracy to the city, where she becomes involved in a jewel theft

Soul of the Slums
2.8

Soul of the Slums

1931-11-15

A young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving his s

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3.8

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945-02-28

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's

The Intrigue
2.9

The Intrigue

1916-10-09

A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as a

Reunion in France
3.2

Reunion in France

1942-12-25

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed

Happiness À La Mode
0

Happiness À La Mode

1919-06-15

Easygoing Barbara Townsend is never jealous and allows her husband, Richard (Harrison Ford), to come

Excuse Me
0

Excuse Me

1925-01-19

A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.

The Leatherneck
2.6

The Leatherneck

1929-02-24

A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win

The Gold Racket
2.1

The Gold Racket

1937-04-10

At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gan

A Master Stroke
0

A Master Stroke

1920-06-01

Yale graduate, Yale Durant, facing financial ruin and contemplating suicide, discovers his fiancée's

The Winning of Sally Temple
0

The Winning of Sally Temple

1917-02-19

Each to His Kind
0

Each to His Kind

1917-02-05

Witchcraft
0

Witchcraft

1916-10-16

Each Pearl a Tear
0

Each Pearl a Tear

1916-08-31

Honor Among Men
0

Honor Among Men

1924-09-08

Prince Kaloney, while attempting to incite the people of Messina to reinstate their deposed king, is

The Trial of Mary Dugan
3.5

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1931-02-02

Alternate language version of "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929). Has Mary Dugan stabbed her rich suga

Broadway After Midnight
0

Broadway After Midnight

1927-10-29

To protect her brother, a nightclub entertainer Queenie Morgan marries a gangster. She bears a resem

The Verdict
0

The Verdict

1925-04-16

Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, f

Merely Mary Ann
0

Merely Mary Ann

1920-09-12

An orphan girl named Mary Ann falls for a poverty-stricken composer named John Lonsdale.

They Shall Pay
0

They Shall Pay

Margaret Seldon's father, who has been victimized by three business associates and sent to prison, c

The Fatal Mistake
0

The Fatal Mistake

1924-09-01

After being fired from his job on the Evening Star newspaper, cub reporter Jack Darwin (William Fair

The Parisian Tigress
0

The Parisian Tigress

1919-03-31

The invalid Count de Suchet, nearing death, tells his friend, artist Henri Dutray, about the tragic

Neighbors' Wives
0

Neighbors' Wives

1933-09-20

A young woman tries to break up a budding romance between her sweet but naive young sister-in-law an

Sinews of Steel
0

Sinews of Steel

1927-04-04

Sinews of Steel is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor.