Career
He primarily worked in German film and television, often typecast as authority figures. He was also an acclaimed stage actor, perhaps best remembered for playing Horatio to Maximilian Schell"s Hamlet in 1960"s Munich August Festival and a subsequent television adaptation. He was born in Remscheid, Germany and brought up in Bregenz, Austria, the son of a blacksmith.
After graduation he started his career as theatre actor and made his debut in Innsbruck in 1950.
Between the 1970s and 2005 he made appearances on German television and European films. He died in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany, 9 June 2009 aged 80.