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