The actor Carl Goetz was a successful stage actor at the end of the 19th century still he wasn't afraid of acting in movies for the first time at the age of 50.
In the 30's came his last performances in front of the camera into being before Carl Goetz died in 1932 at the age of 70 years.
After negative reviews as stage actor , he went in 1893 in the United States and worked in New York as a cartoonist for newspapers and as a book illustrator .
The height of Carl Goetz's film career followed in the 20's.
GW Pabst gave him one of his best roles as foster father of Lulu - played by Louise Brooks - in the movie Pandora's Box (1928).