Alexander Granach
Acting·April 18, 1890·† March 14, 1945 — 54 years old·Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]
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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 major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931).
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2025Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorKnock - ein Häusermakler1944My BuddyTim Oberta1944The Seventh CrossZillich1944The Hitler GangJulius Streicher1944Voice in the WindAngelo1943Three Russian GirlsMajor Braginski1943For Whom the Bell TollsPaco1943Mission to MoscowRussian Air Force Officer (uncredited)1943Hangmen Also Die!Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber1942Wrecking CrewJoe Poska1942Northwest RangersPierre - Man in Casino1942Half Way to ShanghaiMr. Nikolas1942Joan of ParisGestapo Agent1941A Man BetrayedT. Amato1941So Ends Our NightThe Pole1940Foreign CorrespondentHotel Valet (uncredited)1939NinotchkaComrade Kopalski1939The Hunchback of Notre DameSoldier (uncredited)1936The StruggleRovelli1936GypsiesDanilo, rich gypsy camp leader1931A Man's a Man1931ComradeshipKasper1931The Theft of the Mona LisaRedner1931DantonMarat19311914: The Last Days Before the WarJaurès' Friend1930The Twelfth HourKarsten1929Das letzte FortGestino1929Flucht in die FremdenlegionBeppo, Legionär1929Pavement ButterflyCoco1929The Adjutant of the CzarStranger1928Freie Fahrt1928Accident1928Ich hatte einst ein schönes VaterlandPollaczek1927Die berühmte FrauDiener bei Alfredo1927SvengaliGeiger Gecko1926Qualen der NachtMurphy1924Die Radio Heirat1923I.N.R.I. – A Film of HumanityJudas Ischariot1923Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein DiamantArchivar Lindhorst1923Warning ShadowsShadowplayer1923Man by the RoadsideShoemaker1923Navarro the DancerClegg1923PaganiniFerucchio1923Earth SpiritSchigolch1922Lucrezia Borgiaein Gefangener1922NosferatuKnock1921DantonMinor Role (rumored)1921Camera obscura