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name: "Georg John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/georg-john"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 July 1879"
died: "18 November 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:00.600595+00:00"
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# Georg John

Actor. Born 23 July 1879 in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany [now Śmigiel, Poland]. Died 18 November 1941.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 July 1879, Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany [now Śmigiel, Poland]
- **Died:** 18 November 1941
- **Active:** 1927–1931
- **Also known as:** Georg Jacobsohn, George John

## Biography

Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn) was a German stage and film actor. He began his theatre career around 1900 on smaller stages and travelling companies, with engagements in Wilhelmshaven, Altona, Bochum and elsewhere; in 1914 he worked as an actor and producer at the Vaterländische Schauspiele in Vienna. He made his film debut in the mid-1910s and appeared regularly in silent cinema.

John is known for character roles in films by Fritz Lang and F. W. Murnau, including the beggar in *Destiny* (1921), Pesch in *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), Mime and Alberich in *Die Nibelungen* (1924), the night watchman in *The Last Laugh* (1924), and the blind panhandler in *M* (1931). He also appeared in *Metropolis* (1927) and *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933). As a Jew, he was deported to the Łódź Ghetto in 1941, where he died on 18 November.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *M* (1931), Fi1m 94, as Blind Panhandler — [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)
- *Metropolis* (1927), Fi1m 87, as Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md)

## Also known for

- *The Last Laugh* (1924), Night Watchman
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), Baums Diener
- *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), Pesch
- *Destiny* (1921), Beggar
- *Die Nibelungen: Siegfried* (1924), Mime the Blacksmith / Alberich the Nibelung
- *Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge* (1924), Blaodel - Etzel's Brother
- *Spies* (1928), Zugführer (uncredited)
- *Waxworks* (1924), Owner of the Panoptikums

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