Paul Seelig

{{Short description|Swedish actor (1900-1931)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Paul Seelig | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|10|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|8|5|1900|10|5|df=y}} | death_place = Cannes, France | other_names = Paul van der Osten | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1913–1931 }}

'''Paul Seelig''' (5 October 1900 – 5 August 1931) was a Swedish actor.<ref name="sfdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=57653 |title=Paul Seelig |accessdate=2017-03-06|work=Swedish Film Database}}</ref> He appeared in about 15 roles in films 1913 and 1931. His film debut was in Mauritz Stiller's film ''En pojke i livets strid'' in 1913, when he was thirteen years old.

He was the son of the actor and tour leader Emil van der Osten (1848-1905) and the actress Lotten Lundberg-Seelig (1867-1924). Paul Seelig left Sweden in the late 1920s, first to film in Germany, then at Paramount in Paris. In the summer of 1931, he was killed in France, under yet-unknown circumstances.

==Selected filmography== * ''En pojke i livets strid'' (1913) * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''Vem dömer'' (1922) * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * ''The People of Simlang Valley'' (1924) * ''Charles XII'' (1925) * ''The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1925) * ''Min fru har en fästman'' (1926) * ''Arnljot'' (1927) * ''Trådlöst och kärleksfullt'' (1931) * ''Generalen'' (1931)

== References == <references/> *Werner, Gösta (1991). Mauritz Stiller: ett livsöde. Stockholm: Prisma. Libris 7407745. {{ISBN|91-518-2437-X}} (inb.)

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0781590|Paul Seelig}} *{{Sfdb name}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seelig, Paul}} Category:1900 births Category:1931 deaths Category:Swedish male film actors Category:Swedish male silent film actors Category:20th-century Swedish male actors