Trivia

In the Nazi era he played small roles, particularly Russians, in propaganda films such as Attack on Baku (1942).

Aruth Warthan was married with the actress Lu Synd.

Around the turn of the century he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to St. Petersburg.

The height of Aruth Wartan's career followed in the 20's where he impersonated numerous roles in popular productions.

He graduated from high school in 1898 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and then briefly studied medicine in Kharkov (now in Ukraine).

Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakhichevan in Azerbaijan (then part of the Russian Empire), he was of Georgian heritage.

With the rise of the talkies diminished his engagements in front of the camera. Yet he still took part in important productions like "Wer hat Bobby gesehen?" (1930), "Komödianten" (1941), "Münchhausen" (43), "Titanic" (1943) and "Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7" (1944).

The actor Aruth Wartan belonged to the busy actors of the the German silent movies of the 10's and 20's.

During the early years he often appeared in leading roles, but as time passed he increasing switched to character roles.

During the Revolution of 1905 he moved to Saxony in Germany and studied at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He also worked in Chile and Bolivia before returning to Germany and working as a mining engineer then moving into acting and performing on the stage and screen.

He died of natural causes in the last weeks of the Second World War.