Born December 17, 1930· Sovetsk, German Reich [now Russia]
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Originating from Tilsit in former East Prussia, he grew up in Berlin after his family relocated during World War II; a teenage concert violinist, he entered an East-Berlin acting school in 1952, laying the foundation for a prolific stage and screen career in the German Democratic Republic. He became a familiar face on East German television as the lead of the spy series Das unsichtbare Visier (197…
