---
name: "Ludwig Donath"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludwig-donath"
fi1m_id: "ludwig-donath"
imdb_id: "nm0232213"
tmdb_id: 34405
wikidata_id: "Q85442"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 March 1900"
died: "29 September 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:58:08.755951+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ludwig Donath

## Identity

Ludwig Donath

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ludwig-donath
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ludwig-donath
- **IMDb ID:** nm0232213
- **TMDB ID:** 34405
- **Wikidata ID:** Q85442
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Donath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34405

Actor. Born 5 March 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Died 29 September 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 March 1900, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
- **Died:** 29 September 1967
- **Active:** 1946–1963
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 78 (1), 1960s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Donath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34405

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Gilda*](https://film.one/film/gilda.md) (78)

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## Biography

Ludwig Donath was an Austrian actor. Born in Vienna in 1900, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and began his professional stage career at the Volkstheater in 1919. He subsequently worked in Germany before emigrating to the United States in 1940 as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

In Hollywood he appeared in dozens of films from 1942, often in supporting roles. These included *Gilda* (1946), *The Jolson Story* (1946) and *Jolson Sings Again* (1949), in which he played the father of Al Jolson, *Sirocco* (1951) and *Torn Curtain* (1966). He also worked frequently in television, with appearances in series such as *The Twilight Zone* and *The Fugitive*. Donath died in New York City in 1967.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Josef Karac — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Gilda* (1946), Fi1m 78, as German Cartel Member — [page](https://film.one/film/gilda.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *To Die in Paris* (1968), as General Ludmer
- *The Spy in the Green Hat* (1967), as Dr. Heinrich von Kronen
- *Too Many Thieves* (1966), as Bulanerti
- *Torn Curtain* (1966), as Gustav Lindt
- *Branded* (1965), series, Actor
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Dr. Josef Karac — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Hans Saltzman
- *The Dybbuk* (1960), as Rabbi Azrael
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Ernst Ganz — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1959), as Dr. Wickert
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Owner of Pawnshop, Stefan, Doc Randall Benton
- *Decoy* (1957), series, as Fred, 'Knish' Levin
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Dr. Wickert
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Veils of Bagdad* (1953), as Kaffar
- *Sins of Jezebel* (1953), as Naboth
- *My Pal Gus* (1952), as Karl
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Joseph
- *Journey Into Light* (1951), as 'Doc' Thorssen
- *Sirocco* (1951), as Flophouse Proprietor
- *The Great Caruso* (1951), as Alfredo Brazzi
- *Mystery Submarine* (1950), as Adolph Guernitz
- *The Killer That Stalked New York* (1950), as Dr. Cooper
- *There's a Girl in My Heart* (1949), as Professor Joseph Kroner
- *Jolson Sings Again* (1949), as Cantor Yoelson
- *The Great Sinner* (1949), as Doctor
- *The Lovable Cheat* (1949), as Violette
- *The Fighting O'Flynn* (1949), as Hendrigg
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as Jakob Meyersohn
- *To the Ends of the Earth* (1948), as Nicholas Sokim
- *Cigarette Girl* (1947), as Otto
- *The Return of Monte Cristo* (1946), as Judge Lafitte
- *Blondie Knows Best* (1946), as Dr. Titus
- *The Jolson Story* (1946), as Cantor Yoelson
- *Renegades* (1946), as Jackorski
- *The Devil's Mask* (1946), as Dr. Karger
- *Gilda* (1946), as German Cartel Member — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/gilda.md)
- *Prison Ship* (1945), as Professor
- *Counter-Attack* (1945), as Mueller
- *The Master Race* (1944), as Schmidt (as Louis Donath)
- *The Hitler Gang* (1944), as Gustav von Kahr
- *The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler* (1943), as Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Gestapo Officer in Schultz's Laboratory (Uncredited)
- *This Land Is Mine* (1943), as German Captain
- *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943), as Schirmer
- *Margin for Error* (1943), as Hitler's Voice
- *Reunion in France* (1942), as Desk Clerk in Hotel (uncredited)
- *Lady from Chungking* (1942), as Hans Gruber
- *The Secret Code* (1942), as Nazi Prof. Metzger
- *Girls to Marry* (1932), Actor
- *Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People* (1921), as Prinz Eugen

## Gallery

- ![Ludwig Donath](https://film.one/media/person/467619/gallery-b29275c8aed4.jpg) Ludwig Donath — trailer screenshot (Columbia Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Ludwig_Donath_in_Jolson_Sings_Again_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ludwig Donath](https://film.one/media/person/467619/gallery-4a886cc5f4ad.jpg) Ludwig Donath — Image via TMDB

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