William Dieterle

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His 1937 film The Life of Emile Zola won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Dieterle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(1939) Director

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Duel in the Sun

(1946) Co-Director

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The Life of Emile Zola

(1937) Director

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Portrait of Jennie

(1948) Director

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Dark City

(1950) Director

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Salome

(1953) Director

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Elephant Walk

(1954) Director

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Screen Director's Playhouse

(1955) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2002	Valentin (archive footage)	Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau 2002-11-26 Movie
1959	Kirila Petrowitsch	Dubrowsky 1959-02-11 Movie
1951	Self	Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola) 1951-01-01 TV Show
1931	Eddy	One Hour of Happiness 1931-03-16 Movie
	Christoph/Captain Ahab	Demon of the Sea 1931-03-12 Movie
1930	N/A	The dance goes on 1930-11-03 Movie
	Ludwig II - König von Bayern	Ludwig II, King of Bavaria 1930-03-10 Movie
1929	Heinz von Ettingen	Das Schweigen im Walde 1929-11-05 Movie
	Friedrich	Frühlingsrauschen 1929-10-08 Movie
	N/A	Ich lebe für Dich 1929-02-09 Movie
1928	N/A	Diebe 1928-12-04 Movie
	Franz Sommer (as Wilhelm Dieterle)	Sex in Chains 1928-10-24 Movie
	Marius	Ritter der Nacht 1928-10-16 Movie
	Harro, Graf von Torstein	The Saint and Her Fool 1928-10-03 Movie
	Paul	Frau Sorge 1928-02-07 Movie
	Adelrich	Violantha 1928-01-08 Movie
1927	Der Abbé	Das Geheimnis des Abbe X 1927-12-08 Movie
	Josmarie Seiler	Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge 1927-11-28 Movie
	N/A	Heimweh 1927-10-21 Movie
	Robert Baumeister	Liebesreigen 1927-10-03 Movie
	John	At the Edge of the World 1927-09-18 Movie
	Peter	Ich habe im Mai von der Liebe geträumt 1927-08-15 Movie
	Moritz Jäger	Die Weber 1927-04-29 Movie
	N/A	Der Zigeunerbaron 1927-03-11 Movie
	Fritz Sehring	Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit 1927-02-01 Movie
	N/A	Ehegeheimnisse 1927-01-18 Movie
1926	Cossack	Die Flucht in den Zirkus 1926-11-12 Movie
	N/A	Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld 1926-11-12 Movie
	Valentin	Faust 1926-10-13 Movie
	N/A	Hölle der Liebe 1926-10-01 Movie
	N/A	Zopf und Schwert 1926-08-26 Movie
	Jap Geel	Qualen der Nacht 1926-04-23 Movie
	Josef Baumann	Familie Schimek 1926-03-25 Movie
	N/A	Die Försterchristel 1926-03-05 Movie
	Grosser	The Fallen 1926-01-18 Movie
1925	Wulf Tormann	Die Dame aus Berlin 1925-12-25 Movie
	Anton	Der Hahn im Korb 1925-11-12 Movie
	N/A	Wetterleuchten 1925-03-27 Movie
	Freiherr von Borkenhagen	Lena Warnstetten 1925-01-01 Movie
	Heinz von Springe	In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine 1925-01-01 Movie
1924	N/A	Moderne Ehen 1924-12-10 Movie
	Christian	Mother and Child 1924-11-13 Movie
	The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince	Waxworks 1924-11-13 Movie
	Marquis Posa	Don Carlos und Elisabeth 1924-02-24 Movie
1923	Lauer - der Jäger	Driven from Home 1923-10-23 Movie
	Michael	Man by the Roadside 1923-06-11 Movie
	N/A	The Second Shot 1923-04-19 Movie
	N/A	Bohème 1923-03-25 Movie
1922	Drouet	Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin 1922-10-26 Movie
	Giovanni Sforza, Herr von Pesaro	Lucrezia Borgia 1922-10-20 Movie
	Junge Charolais	Der Graf von Charolais 1922-09-08 Movie
	Maler	Frauenopfer 1922-02-15 Movie
	Jean	Fräulein Julie 1922-01-02 Movie
1921	Der Handwerker	Backstairs 1921-12-11 Movie
	The Bear Joseph	Die Geierwally 1921-09-12 Movie
	N/A	Die Verschwörung zu Genua 1921-02-25 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1968	Director	Ein Sommernachtstraum 1968-06-30 Movie
1966	Director	Samba 1966-05-09 Movie
1964	Director	The Confession 1964-05-22 Movie
1962	Director	Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein 1962-11-14 Movie
	Director	Gabriel Schillings Flucht 1962-09-26 Movie
1961	Director	Die große Reise 1961-05-17 Movie
1960	Director	Die Fastnachtsbeichte 1960-09-14 Movie
	Director	Mistress of the World - Part II 1960-04-26 Movie
	Director	Mistress of the World - Part I 1960-04-14 Movie
1959	Director	Dubrowsky 1959-02-11 Movie
1957	Director	Omar Khayyam 1957-08-23 Movie
1955	Director	Screen Director's Playhouse 1955-10-05 TV Show
	Director	Magic Fire 1955-06-30 Movie
1954	Director	Elephant Walk 1954-04-21 Movie
1953	Director	Salome 1953-03-24 Movie
1952	Director	The Turning Point 1952-07-12 Movie
	Director	Boots Malone 1952-01-11 Movie
1951	Director	Red Mountain 1951-11-01 Movie
	Director	Peking Express 1951-08-01 Movie
1950	Director	September Affair 1950-10-18 Movie
	Director	Dark City 1950-10-17 Movie
	Director	Paid in Full 1950-02-15 Movie
	Director	Volcano 1950-02-02 Movie
1949	Director	Rope of Sand 1949-08-03 Movie
	Director	The Accused 1949-01-12 Movie
1948	Director	Portrait of Jennie 1948-12-25 Movie
1946	Co-Director	Duel in the Sun 1946-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Searching Wind 1946-08-09 Movie
1945	Director	This Love of Ours 1945-11-02 Movie
	Director	Love Letters 1945-10-26 Movie
1944	Director	I'll Be Seeing You 1944-12-31 Movie
	Director	Kismet 1944-10-01 Movie
1942	Director	Tennessee Johnson 1942-12-01 Movie
	Director	Syncopation 1942-05-22 Movie
1941	Director	All That Money Can Buy 1941-10-17 Movie
1940	Director	A Dispatch from Reuter's 1940-10-19 Movie
	Director	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940-02-23 Movie
1939	Director	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939-12-29 Movie
	Director	Juarez 1939-06-10 Movie
1938	Director	Blockade 1938-06-17 Movie
1937	Director	The Life of Emile Zola 1937-10-02 Movie
	Director	Another Dawn 1937-06-26 Movie
	Director	The Great O'Malley 1937-02-13 Movie
1936	Director	Satan Met a Lady 1936-07-22 Movie
	Director	The White Angel 1936-06-25 Movie
	Director	The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936-02-22 Movie
1935	Director	Dr. Socrates 1935-10-19 Movie
	Director	A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935-10-09 Movie
1934	Director	The Secret Bride 1934-12-22 Movie
	Director	The Firebird 1934-11-03 Movie
	Director	Madame du Barry 1934-10-13 Movie
	Director	Fog Over Frisco 1934-06-02 Movie
	Director	Fashions of 1934 1934-02-14 Movie
1933	Assistant Director	Female 1933-11-11 Movie
	Director	From Headquarters 1933-11-06 Movie
	Director	The Devil's in Love 1933-07-21 Movie
	Director	Adorable 1933-05-18 Movie
	Director	Grand Slam 1933-02-22 Movie
1932	Director	Lawyer Man 1932-12-10 Movie
	Director	Scarlet Dawn 1932-11-12 Movie
	Director	6 Hours to Live 1932-10-15 Movie
	Director	The Crash 1932-10-08 Movie
	Director	Jewel Robbery 1932-07-08 Movie
	Director	Man Wanted 1932-04-23 Movie
1931	Director	Her Majesty, Love 1931-11-25 Movie
	Director	The Last Flight 1931-08-19 Movie
	Director	The Holy Flames 1931-05-02 Movie
	Director	One Hour of Happiness 1931-03-16 Movie
	Director	The Costume Falls 1931-02-05 Movie
	Director	Kismet 1931-01-31 Movie
1930	Director	The dance goes on 1930-11-03 Movie
	Director	Ludwig II, King of Bavaria 1930-03-10 Movie
1929	Director	Das Schweigen im Walde 1929-11-05 Movie
	Director	Frühlingsrauschen 1929-10-08 Movie
	Director	The Brandenburg Arch 1929-05-22 Movie
	Director	Ich lebe für Dich 1929-02-09 Movie
1928	Director	Sex in Chains 1928-10-24 Movie
	Director	The Saint and Her Fool 1928-10-03 Movie
1927	Director	Das Geheimnis des Abbe X 1927-12-08 Movie
1924	Assistant Director	Waxworks 1924-11-13 Movie
1923	Director	Man by the Roadside 1923-06-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1955	Producer	Magic Fire 1955-06-30 Movie
1942	Producer	Syncopation 1942-05-22 Movie
1941	Producer	All That Money Can Buy 1941-10-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1931	Writer	One Hour of Happiness 1931-03-16 Movie
1930	Writer	Ludwig II, King of Bavaria 1930-03-10 Movie
1927	Writer	Das Geheimnis des Abbe X 1927-12-08 Movie
1923	Screenplay	Man by the Roadside 1923-06-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv