Alexander Granach
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1890-04-18
- Died
- 1945-03-14
- Place of birth
- Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]
- Also known as
- Aleksandr Granakh · Александр Гранах · Schaje Granoch
Biography
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 he made his first American film appearance as Kopalski in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Granach proved indispensable to film makers during the war years, effectively portraying both dedicated Nazis (he was Julius Streicher in The Hitler Gang, 1944) and loyal anti-fascists. Perhaps his best role was as Gestapo Inspector Alois Gruber in Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die! (1943). His last film appearance was in MGM's The Seventh Cross (1944), in which almost the entire supporting cast was prominent European refugees.
Known For
Movies (48)
Nosferatu
1922
as Knock
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
Comradeship
1931
as Kasper
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Paco
Ninotchka
1939
as Comrade Kopalski
My Buddy
1944
as Tim Oberta
Accident
1928
Danton
1931
as Marat
Northwest Rangers
1942
as Pierre - Man in Casino
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Joe Poska
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Russian Air Force Officer (uncredited)
The Hitler Gang
1944
as Julius Streicher
Svengali
1927
as Geiger Gecko
Pavement Butterfly
1929
as Coco
Joan of Paris
1942
as Gestapo Agent
Danton
1921
as Minor Role (rumored)
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
as ein Gefangener
So Ends Our Night
1941
as The Pole
A Man Betrayed
1941
as T. Amato
Der Kampf
1936
as Rovelli
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Zillich
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
as Redner
The Twelfth Hour
1930
as Karsten
Man by the Roadside
1923
as Shoemaker
The Adjutant of the Czar
1929
as Stranger
Earth Spirit
1923
as Schigolch
Gypsies
1936
as Danilo, rich gypsy camp leader
1914: The Last Days Before the War
1931
as Jaurès' Friend
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Mr. Nikolas
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2025
as Knock - ein Häusermakler
Warning Shadows
1923
as Shadowplayer
Three Russian Girls
1943
as Major Braginski
A Man's a Man
1931
Voice in the Wind
1944
as Angelo
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
as Judas Ischariot
Die Radio Heirat
1924
Paganini
1923
as Ferucchio
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
1923
as Archivar Lindhorst
Navarro the Dancer
1923
as Clegg
Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland
1928
as Pollaczek
Das letzte Fort
1929
as Gestino
Camera obscura
1921
Die berühmte Frau
1927
as Diener bei Alfredo
Flucht in die Fremdenlegion
1929
as Beppo, Legionär
Freie Fahrt
1928
Qualen der Nacht
1926
as Murphy
About 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 (19… With 48 credits spanning from 1921 to 2025, Alexander Granach has appeared in 48 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alexander Granach Movies
- Nosferatu (1922) — as Knock
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Soldier (uncredited)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
- Comradeship (1931) — as Kasper
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) — as Paco
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