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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 majo…
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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.
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Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
as Knock - ein Häusermakler
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
as Knock
My Buddy
as Tim Oberta
The Seventh Cross
as Zillich
The Hitler Gang
as Julius Streicher
Voice in the Wind
as Angelo
Three Russian Girls
as Major Braginski
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Paco
Mission to Moscow
as Russian Air Force Officer (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Wrecking Crew
as Joe Poska
Northwest Rangers
as Pierre - Man in Casino
Half Way to Shanghai
as Mr. Nikolas
Joan of Paris
as Gestapo Agent
A Man Betrayed
as T. Amato
So Ends Our Night
as The Pole
Foreign Correspondent
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
Ninotchka
as Comrade Kopalski
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Struggle
as Rovelli (uncredited)
Gypsies
as Danilo, rich gypsy camp leader
A Man's a Man
Comradeship
as Kasper
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as Redner
Danton
as Marat
1914: The Last Days Before the War
as Jaurès' Friend
The Twelfth Hour
as Karsten (Archive footage)
Das letzte Fort
as Gestino
No Poster
Flucht in die Fremdenlegion
as Beppo, Legionär
Pavement Butterfly
as Coco
The Adjutant of the Czar
as Stranger
No Poster
Freie Fahrt
Accident
No Poster
Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland
as Pollaczek
Die berühmte Frau
as Diener bei Alfredo
Svengali
as Geiger Gecko
No Poster
Qualen der Nacht
as Murphy
No Poster
Die Radio Heirat
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Judas Ischariot
No Poster
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
as Archivar Lindhorst
Warning Shadows
as Shadowplayer
Man by the Roadside
as Shoemaker
Navarro the Dancer
as Clegg
Paganini
as Ferucchio
Earth Spirit
as Schigolch
Lucrezia Borgia
as ein Gefangener
Nosferatu
as Knock
Danton
as Minor Role (rumored)
