Joseph Offenbach
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Liar
1961
as Bettler
Der Schinderhannes
1958
as Leyendecker
Schön muß man sein
1951
as Kleiner Mann
The Girl and the Legend
1957
as Mr.Miles
Der Kapitän
1971
as Steward Otto Krümel
Wunschkonzert
1955
Not Afraid of Big Animals
1953
as 1. Mann in Straßenbahn
Under the Thousand Lanterns
1952
as Taxichauffeur
Canaris
1954
as Taxifahrer in Paris
The Blue Straw Hat
1949
as Mario
The Devil's General
1955
as Hauptsturmführer Zernick
The Captain from Kopenick
1956
as Wabschke
Königin Luise
1957
as Bürgermeister
Reise in die Vergangenheit
1943
as Der Garderobier bei Paul Schneider
Monpti
1957
as Redaktionssekretär
Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas
1970
as Kanzler Santangel
Freddy and the Millionaire
1961
as Robert
The Trapp Family
1956
as Samish
The Forger of London
1961
as Henry
Via Mala
1961
as Knecht Jöry