John Gottowt was born on June 15, 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922),
Das schwarze Los (1913) and
The Student of Prague (1913). He died on August 27, 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.