John Gottowt was born on June 15, 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary as Isidor Gesang. He was an actor and director, known for Nosferatu le vampire (1922), Das schwarze Los (1913) and L'étudiant de Prague (1913). He died on August 27, 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.