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Wolfgang Zilzer
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Actor Born: January 20, 1891 in Cincinnati, OH Death: June 26, 1991 in Berlin, Germany Biography:Born in Ohio to German parents, thin, frightened-looking "Wolfgang Zilzer" was a well-known stage and silent screen actor in Germany in the 1920s. After playing Wolfchen in "Alraune" (1928) and Gina Manés' cuckolded husband in "Shadows of Fear" (1928), Zilzer came to America where to his surprise he discovered that he already held American citizenship. After a stint on the stage, he entered American films in 1939 under the name of John Voight and became a constant presence in World War II melodramas. Having billed himself "Wolfgang Zilzer" in such films as "Casablanca" ([1942] as the desperate man with expired papers) and "Hitler's Madman" (as a German colonel), he changed his name once again, this time to "Paul Andor", and offered a chillingly accurate portrayal of infamous propaganda minister Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, whom he somewhat resembled, in "Enemy of Women" (1944). Although primarily a stage... Full Biography
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