Joseph Offenbach

Biography

Joseph Offenbach was born on December 28, 1904 in Offenbach am Main, and died on October 15, 1971 in Darmstadt. Besides the movies he especially impersonated impressive roles at the theater and became a preferred actor by Gustaf Gründgens. Though of small stature and unremarkable in appearance, Offenbach possessed a larger-than-life personality, at his best in sympathetic portrayals of the ordinary little man.

Known For

The Captain from Kopenick

as Wabschke

The Devil's General

as Hauptsturmführer Zernick

Dead Eyes of London

as Steinmetz

Monpti

as Redaktionssekretär

The Forger of London

as Henry

Sky Without Stars

as Polizeioffizier

Canaris

as Taxifahrer in Paris

Der Schinderhannes

as Leyendecker

Der Kommissar

as Herr Mills

The Girl and the Legend

as Mr.Miles