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Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor.


Biography

Zilzer was born in
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, to German-Jewish emigrant
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, who was employed at the local theater. Zilzer's mother died soon after his birth, and his father returned to
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in 1905. Zilzer appeared on stage in child roles and made his first movie appearance in the age of 14. Around 1930, he moved back to the United States, but had only small success as an actor. He returned to Germany. According to a 1943
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newspaper article, he "was a featured player of
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's rise to power, Zilzer fled to
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, where he worked dubbing voices in several French versions of Hollywood productions. In 1935, Zilzer returned to Germany again, finally emigrating to the US in 1937. Applying for a visa at the U.S. embassy, he first realized he already had US citizenship. After his emigration, he started to work with
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in several anti-Nazi movies, using pseudonyms to protect his father, who was still living in Berlin. With appearances in films from 1915 to 1986, Zilzer had one of the longest careers in cinema history. The
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lists a single credit for a Wolfgang Zilzer, in the 1943 play ''The Barber Had Two Sons. Zilzer married the German-Jewish actress Lotte Palfi; both appeared in the 1942 movie ''
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''. Zilzer played the man without a passport who is shot by French policemen at the beginning of the film. After World War II, Zilzer performed on stage in the United States and in Germany. At the end of the 1980s Zilzer contracted
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and decided to return to Germany. His wife refused to do so, and their marriage ended in divorce after almost 50 years, close to both their deaths. Wolfgang Zilzer died in
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on June 26, 1991 aged 90 and is buried at the
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.


Selected filmography

* ''Der Barbier von Flimersdorf'' (1915) * ''Professor Erichsons Rivale'' (1916) * ''Die Spinne'' (1917) * '' The Ancient Law'' (1923) – Page * '' Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt'' (1923) * ''Schützenliesel'' (1926) – Dr. Blasius Nestl * ''Das edle Blut'' (1927) – Von Günsfeld * '' Forbidden Love'' (1927) – Freund von Hans * ''
Poor Little Colombine ''Poor Little Colombine'' (German: ''Arme kleine Colombine'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Paul Rehkopf, Hilde Jennings and Wolfgang Zilzer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The fil ...
'' (1927) – Christoph Burger * ''
Venus im Frack ''Venus in Evening Wear'' (German: ''Venus im Frack'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Carmen Boni, Georg Alexander and Henri De Vries.Grange p.255 The art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff and Erich Z ...
'' (1927) * ''
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'' (1927) – Erzherzog Oskar * ''Primanerliebe'' (1927) – Rolf Karsten * ''
The Marriage Nest ''The Marriage Nest'' (german: Das Heiratsnest) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Livio Pavanelli, Harry Liedtke, and Wolfgang Zilzer.Grange p. 263 The film's sets were designed by Botho Hoefer and August ...
'' (1927) – Leutnant Wranow * ''
Alpine Tragedy ''Alpine Tragedy'' (german: Alpentragödie) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Land and starring Lucy Doraine, Arnold Korff and Vladimir Gajdarov.Grange p. 265 The film was based on the 1909 novel of the same title by Richa ...
'' (1927) – Fredo, Lehrer * ''
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'' (1927) – Fritz Wille, Sohn * ''
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'' (1927) – Diener bei Lord Barrymore * ''
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'' (1927) – Hoppler * ''
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'' (1927) – Husarenoffizier * '' Alraune'' (1928) – Wölfchen * ''
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'' (1928) – Camille Raquin * ''
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'' (1928) – Baron Hans von Stetten / Jean de Stetten * ''
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'' (1928) * ''
Sir or Madam ''Sir or Madam'' (German: ''Ossi hat die Hosen an'') is a 1928 British-German silent comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Margot Armand, Percy Marmont and Ossi Oswalda. It was based on the 1923 novel '' Sir or Madame'' by Berta Ruc ...
'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1928) – The nipper * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) – Balsamo, Intrigant * ''Hotelgeheimnisse'' (1929) – Komplize des Hochstaplers * '' Painted Youth'' (1929) – Walter * ''
The Right of the Unborn ''The Right of the Unborn'' (German: ''Das Recht der Ungeborenen'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Maly Delschaft, Elizza La Porta and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. The film is in the Weimar tradition of En ...
'' (1929) – Fredy * ''
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'' (1929) – Leif Andersen * ''
Crucified Girl ''Crucified Girl'' (German: ''Mädchen am Kreuz'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise FleckPrawer p.85 and starring Valerie Boothby, Gertrud de Lalsky and Evelyn Holt. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios ...
'' (1929) * ''
Tragedy of Youth ''Tragedy of Youth'' (German: ''Jugendtragödie'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Roland Varno, Eva Speyer and Jaro Fürth. The son of a washerwoman is sent to a reform school for a minor crime, but br ...
'' (1929) – Emil * '' Revolt in the Reformatory'' (1930) – Hans * ''Karriere'' (1930) * '' Such Is Life'' (1930) – Wooer * '' Marriage in Name Only'' (1930) – Max Benken * ''
Retreat on the Rhine ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (german: Zapfenstreich am Rhein) is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Charlotte Susa, Hans Stüwe, and Hermann Böttcher. It was made as an operetta film which emerged as a popular g ...
'' (1930) – Karl, Oskars Bursche * ''
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'' (1930)- Möller, Oberprimaner * '' Bookkeeper Kremke'' (1930) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) – Schneidergeselle Zimpel * ''
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'' (1931) – Neufert * ''Casanova wider Willen'' (1931) * ''
Raid in St. Pauli ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (German: ''Razzia in St. Pauli'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß and Wolfgang Zilzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willy Schiller. ...
'' (1932) – Musiker-Leo * ''Strafsache von Geldern'' (1932) * ''
Ever in My Heart ''Ever in My Heart'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, and Ralph Bellamy. It portrays the tragic consequences of the virulent propaganda that spread false stories of atroci ...
'' (1933) – Voice of Hugo Wilbrandt (French version) (uncredited) * '' Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' (1938) – Book Salesman (uncredited) * '' Crime Ring'' (1938) – Hans, the Forger (uncredited) * '' I'll Give a Million'' (1938) – Citizen (uncredited) * '' Hotel Imperial'' (1939) – Limping Tenor (uncredited) * ''
Confessions of a Nazi Spy ''Confessions of a Nazi Spy'' is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, several ...
'' (1939) – Westphal * ''
Espionage Agent ''Espionage Agent'' is a pre– World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, ''Espionage Agent'', like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike many other mov ...
'' (1939) – Heinrich (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1939) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) * '' Hitler - Beast of Berlin'' (1939) – Kleswing * ''
Television Spy ''Television Spy'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Henry. Plot A scientist invents a television called the Iconoscope, which thieves try to steal. Cast * William Henry as Douglas Cameron * Judith ...
'' (1939) – Frome * '' Everything Happens at Night'' (1939) – Thief at Dock (uncredited) * ''
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet ''Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet'' is a 1940 American biographical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward G. Robinson, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., w ...
'' (1940) – Kellner (uncredited) * ''
Four Sons ''Four Sons'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed and produced by John Ford and written for the screen by Philip Klein from a story by I. A. R. Wylie first published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' as "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her ...
'' (1940) – Peasant (uncredited) * ''
Three Faces West ''Three Faces West'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn. The film, mainly set in North Dakota was one of a handful of overtly anti-Nazi films produced by Hollywood ...
'' (1940) – Dr. Rudolf Preussner (uncredited) * ''
A Dispatch from Reuter's ''A Dispatch from Reuters'' is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name.''Harrison's Reports'' review; November 2, 1940, page 174. Story behind Reuters Paul Reuter starts a messe ...
'' (1940) – Post Office Clerk (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1940) – Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited) * '' So Ends Our Night'' (1941) – Vogt (uncredited) * ''
Forbidden Passage ''Forbidden Passage'' is a 1941 American short crime film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Summary This short film is part of the '' Crime Does No ...
'' (1941 short) – Otto Kestler * ''
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'' (1941 short) – Leon Rochelle – Second Editor of La Libre Belgique (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1941) – Subordinate (uncredited) * '' Underground'' (1941) – Hoffman * ''
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'' (1941) – Bushmaster's Aide (uncredited) * '' All Through the Night'' (1941) – Frascher (uncredited) * '' The Lady Has Plans'' (1942) – German Clerk – Baron's Office (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1942) – Man in Bookstore (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1942) – Kurt * ''
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'' (1942) – Von Porten (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1942) – Patient (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1942 short) – Otto Schultz (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1942) – Man with Expired Papers (uncredited) * '' Margin for Error'' (1943) – Bit Part (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1943) – Cross (uncredited) * '' Assignment in Brittany'' (1943) – Captain Deichgraber's Aide (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1943) – Schlegel * ''
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'' (1943) – SS Colonel (uncredited) * ''
Appointment in Berlin ''Appointment in Berlin'' (also known as ''Assignment in Berlin'') is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman and Onslow Stevens. The film's plot follows an R.A.F. officer who inf ...
'' (1943) – Cripple (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1943) – Nazi Doctor Treating Jeff * '' Behind the Rising Sun'' (1943) – Max (uncredited) * '' The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler'' (1943) – Attorney * ''
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'' (1943) – German Announcer (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1944) – Father Józef (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1944) – Old Man (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1944) – Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (as Paul Andor) * '' Hotel Berlin'' (1945) – Walter Baumler (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1945) – Krafft (as Paul Andor) * '' Week-End at the Waldorf'' (1945) – Waiter (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1945 short) – Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1947) – Waiter (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1948) – German Doctor (as Paul Ander) * ''
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'' (1952) – August Helmuth (as Paul Andor) * '' Singing in the Dark'' (1956) – Refugee (as Paul Andor) * ''
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'' (1962) – Vater Reynolds * ''Der Chef wünscht keine Zeugen'' (1964) * ''
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'' (1966) – Man on the Street (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1967, TV film) * '' Union City'' (1980) – Ludendorff (as Paul Andor) * '' Lovesick'' (1983) – Analyst (as Paul Andor) * ''FDR: A One Man Show'' (1986 TV film) – Understudy * ''
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany ''The Passenger – Welcome to Germany'' (german: Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany) is a 1988 German drama film directed by Thomas Brasch. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tony Curtis – Mr. Cornfield * Katharina T ...
'' (1988) – Levi (final film role)


Partial television credits

* '' Claudia: The Story of a Marriage'' (1952 TV series) * ''
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'' (1957 TV episode "The Bottle Imp") * ''
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'' (1983–85) (recurring role, as Paul Andor or "Old Henry")


References


Bibliography

*John Holmstrom, ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 17.


External links

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Biography of ''Casablanca''- actors

Photographs of Wolfgang Zilzer
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