Paul Askonas(1872-1935)

Actor

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The Hands of Orlac (1924)

Paul Askonas was born on 13 November 1872 in Teplitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Hands of Orlac (1924), Trilby (1912) and Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923). He died on 26 November 1935 in Vienna, Austria.

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Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina, Conrad Veidt, and Robert Wiene in The Hands of Orlac (1924)

The Hands of Orlac

7.0

Der Diener(as Askonas)

1924

Paul Askonas and Elsa Galafrés in Trilby (1912)

3.8

Svengali

1912

Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923)

Hoffmanns Erzählungen

5.8

Dr. Mirakel

1923

Dracula's Death (1921)

Dracula's Death

6.9

Drakula

1921

Credits

Actor

Eine Dirne ist ermordet worden
Short
- 1930
Die Jugend am Scheideweg
- 1929
Eros in Ketten
- Vorsitzender des Jugendgerichts
- 1929
Erzherzog Johann
- Graf Arnhorst, Metternichts rechte Hand
- 1929
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg - Die Tragödie eines Kaiserreiches
4.7
- Montenuovo
- 1928
Die weiße Sonate
- Fürst Saxenburg, Chef der Geheimpolizei
- 1928
Der Abtrünnige
- 1927
Sacco und Vanzetti
- Madaison
- 1927
Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe
- 1926
Rasputin
- 1925
Frauen aus der Wiener Vorstadt
- 1925
Das Gift der Borgia
- 1924
Moderne Ehen
- Möller
- 1924
The Hands of Orlac
7.0
- Der Diener (as Askonas)
- 1924
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
5.8
- Dr. Mirakel
- 1923

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The Hands of Orlac

The Hands of Orlac

Personal details

Alternative name
- Askonas
Born
- November 13, 1872
- Teplitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]
Died
- November 26, 1935
- Vienna, Austria

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The first actor to play Dracula on film.

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