William Dieterle
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Birth Name: Wilhelm Dieterle
Born: 15 July 1893 Died: 8 December 1972
Country of origin: Germany
Height: 6' 4"
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Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm Dieterle was the youngest of nine children of parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. They lived in poverty, and when he was old enough to work, young Wilhelm earned money as a carpenter and a scrap dealer. He dreamed of better things, though, and theater caught his eye as a teen. By the age of 16 he had joined a traveling theater company. He was ambitious and handsome, both of which opened the door to leading romantic roles in theater productions. Though he had acted in his first film in 1913, it was six more years before he made another one. In that year he was noticed by producer/director/des
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1. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Rating: | 78 Watched |

2. Duel in the Sun (1946)
Rating: | 102 Watched |

4. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Rating: | 49 Watched |

5. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Rating: | 41 Watched |
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1. Faust (1926)
Rating: | 226 Watched |

3. Backstairs (1922)
Rating: | 10 want to see |

5. Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Rating: | 3 Watched |
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