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William Dieterle

1893 - 1972

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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s. His best-known films include The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Dieterle is the 1,328th most popular actor (up from 1,505th in 2019), the 1,876th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Dieterle ranks 1,328 out of 13,578. Before him are Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Mizzi Kaspar, Sydney Chaplin, Bob Fosse, Joe Pantoliano, and Michael Jeter. After him are Pietro Germi, Idris Elba, Caitriona Balfe, Jane Darwell, Don Taylor, and Louise Brooks.

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Among people born in 1893, William Dieterle ranks 76. Before him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Dean Acheson, Richard Dix, Nicholas J. Spykman, and Roman Ingarden. After him are Kurt Huber, Mário de Andrade, Raymond Dart, Feroz Khan Noon, Leonarda Cianciulli, and Luigi Carlo Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1972, William Dieterle ranks 68. Before him are Jules Romains, Henry de Montherlant, Aspasia Manos, Frans Masereel, Matvei Zakharov, and Arnold Jackson. After him are René Mayer, George Sanders, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Viktor Barna, Paul Goodman, and Maximus V of Constantinople.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 1,876 out of 7,253. Before him are Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Leo Frobenius (1873), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Golo Mann (1909), Louise Lehzen (1784), and Tobias Mayer (1723). After him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), Eugen Fink (1905), and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 33. Before him are Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Uta Hagen (1919), Conrad Veidt (1893), Gottfried John (1942), Barbara Sukowa (1950), and Otto Sander (1941). After him are Kurt Gerron (1897), Rachel Félix (1821), Ernst Busch (1900), Karin Dor (1938), Elke Sommer (1940), and Michael Fassbender (1977).

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