Harald Paulsen

Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.

He was born in Elmshorn, Germany and died in Hamburg.

Paulsen played "The Dapper" in the original cast of The Threepenny Opera written by composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950) and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956). The show's opening number, "Mack the Knife", became the most popular song of its time.

Selected filmography

• The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920)
• Ilona (1921)
• Man Against Man (1924)
• The Humble Man and the Chanteuse (1925)
• Shadows of the Metropolis (1925)
• The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
• Honeymoon (1928)
• Alraune (1930)
• The Tender Relatives (1930)
• My Leopold (1931)
• Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
• One Hour of Happiness (1931)
• The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)
• Unheimliche Geschichten (1932)
• The Big Bluff (1933)
• The Dreamer (1936)
• If We All Were Angels (1936)
• Shadows Over St. Pauli (1938)
• We Danced Around the World (1939)
• Renate in the Quartet (1939)
• The Thing About Styx (1942)
• The Golden Spider (1943)
• Der Fall Rabanser (1950)
• Die Tödlichen Träume (1951)
• Sensation in San Remo (1951)
• The Lady in Black (1951)
• Desires (1952)
• Weekend in Paradise (1952)

External links

• Harald Paulsen at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs and literature