- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]
- Died
- March 14, 1945
Alexander Granach
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Granach (April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a popular German actor in the 1920s and 1930s who immigrated to the United States in 1938. Granach was born Jessaja Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Horodenka district, Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was the vampire classic Nosferatu (1922), in which the actor was cast as Knock, the lunatic counterpart to Renfield, effectively a substitute name for Dracula. He co-starred in such major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931). The Jewish Granach fled to the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power. When the Soviet Union also proved inhospitable, he settled in Hollywood, where h…
Filmography
movieRadiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2025 · Knock - ein Häusermakler
movieMy Buddy
1944 · Tim Oberta
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Zillich
movieThe Hitler Gang
1944 · Julius Streicher
movieVoice in the Wind
1944 · Angelo
movieThree Russian Girls
1943 · Major Braginski
movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Paco
movieMission to Moscow
1943 · Russian Air Force Officer (uncredited)
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943 · Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
movieWrecking Crew
1942 · Joe Poska
movieNorthwest Rangers
1942 · Pierre - Man in Casino
movieHalf Way to Shanghai
1942 · Mr. Nikolas
movieJoan of Paris
1942 · Gestapo Agent
movieA Man Betrayed
1941 · T. Amato
movieSo Ends Our Night
1941 · The Pole
movieForeign Correspondent
1940 · Hotel Valet (uncredited)
movieNinotchka
1939 · Comrade Kopalski
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Soldier (uncredited)
movieThe Struggle
1936 · Rovelli
movieGypsies
1936 · Danilo, rich gypsy camp leader
movieA Man's a Man
1931
movieComradeship
1931 · Kasper
movieThe Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931 · Redner
movieDanton
1931 · Marat
movie1914: The Last Days Before the War
1931 · Jaurès' Friend
movieThe Twelfth Hour
1930 · Karsten
movieDas letzte Fort
1929 · Gestino
Flucht in die Fremdenlegion
movieFlucht in die Fremdenlegion
1929 · Beppo, Legionär
moviePavement Butterfly
1929 · Coco
movieThe Adjutant of the Czar
1929 · Stranger
Freie Fahrt
movieFreie Fahrt
1928
movieAccident
1928
Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland
movieIch hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland
1928 · Pollaczek
movieDie berühmte Frau
1927 · Diener bei Alfredo
movieSvengali
1927 · Geiger Gecko
Qualen der Nacht
movieQualen der Nacht
1926 · Murphy
Die Radio Heirat
movieDie Radio Heirat
1924
movieI.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923 · Judas Ischariot
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
movieEin Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
1923 · Archivar Lindhorst
movieWarning Shadows
1923 · Shadowplayer
movieMan by the Roadside
1923 · Shoemaker
movieNavarro the Dancer
1923 · Clegg
moviePaganini
1923 · Ferucchio
movieEarth Spirit
1923 · Schigolch
movieLucrezia Borgia
1922 · ein Gefangener
movieNosferatu
1922 · Knock
movieDanton
1921 · Minor Role (rumored)
movieCamera obscura
1921