Polyphemus
person poster

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1867-02-17 (158 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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).

Known For

Acting

1945

Bewitched as The Governor's Butler (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Candy Store Proprietor (uncredited)

1943

The Moon Is Down as Elderly Man (uncredited)
Happy Land as Pop Schmidt (uncredited)
Above Suspicion as Elderly Man (Uncredited)

1942

Joan of Paris as Janitor at Mlle Rosay's
Miss V from Moscow as Henri Devalier
Reunion in France as Old Man (uncredited)

1941

I Wake Up Screaming as Gus- Deleicatesson Proprietor (uncredited)

1940

The Great Dictator as Mr. Agar
A Dispatch from Reuters as Professor Gauss (uncredited)

1939

Never Say Die as Concierge
Ninotchka as Vladimir, with Letter from Leon (uncredited)

1937

Espionage as French Telegrapher
The Gold Racket as Daniel Forbes

1936

Dracula's Daughter as Transylvania Innkeeper
The Invisible Ray as Monsieur Noyer

1935

Just My Luck as Graves

1934

I'll Tell the World as Telegraph Operator

1932

Back Street as Adolph Schmidt

1931

The Vanishing Legion as Oil Co. Director Larribee
The Boudoir Diplomat as Dr. Munaterra
The Miracle Woman as Florence's Father (uncredited)
Soul of the Slums as Brother Jacob

1929

The Leatherneck as Petrovitch

1928

Skyscraper as Redhead's father
Isle of Lost Men as Preacher Jason

1927

Hidden Aces as Serge Demidoff

1926

For Heaven's Sake as Brother Paul, the Optimist

1925

Folly of Vanity as Old Roué (fantasy sequence)
Déclassé as Henri
A Lover's Oath as Sheik Rustum
Soft Shoes as Dummy O'Day
Excuse Me as Rev. Job Wales

1924

Mademoiselle Midnight as Napoleon III (Prologue)
Honor Among Men as Baron Barrat

1923

Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Marquis DeBriac
Bag and Baggage as Philip Anthony

1922

Up and Going as Father Le Claire

1920

The Red Lane as Father Leclair
The Breath of the Gods as Count Ronsard
Under Crimson Skies as Plum Duff Hargis
Kismet as Afife

1919

Luck in Pawn as William Rainier
Evangeline as Father Felician
Happiness À La Mode as Attorn Logan

1918

The Only Road as Manuel Lopez
Her Body in Bond as Emmett Gibson

1917

The Inner Shrine as Undetermined Role
Forbidden Paths as Luis Valdez
The Black Wolf as Old Luis
The Bond Between as Carl Riminoss
Each to His Kind as Asa Judd

1916

Naked Hearts as Cecil's Father
The She-Devil as Mina's father
The Intrigue as Attaché to the Baron
Witchcraft as Makepeace Struble
Each Pearl a Tear as Roger Winston