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- Birth nameHans August Hermann Leibelt
- Hans Leibelt was born on March 11, 1885 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for The False Step (1939), Die Rothschilds (1940) and A Woman of No Importance (1936). He was married to Hilli Wildenhain and Jenny Orf. He died on December 3, 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpousesHilli Wildenhain(1950 - ?)Jenny Orf(? - 1950) (her death)
- Avuncular German character actor, the son of a teacher and originally trained as a textile merchant. Prolific on stage (from 1903) and screen (from 1923), invariably in sympathetic, well-meaning roles (uncles, fathers, jovial police officers, diplomats and academics). Arguably, his most popular role was that of Gymnasialdirektor Knauer, nicknamed "Zeus", in the classic classroom farce The Punch Bowl (1944). He later appeared in several post-war Defa productions in East Germany.
- Hans Leibelt retired visibly from the film business in the 60's, he only seldom acted in front of the camera.
- In one of his first talkies called "Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht" (1931) he acted together with Heinz Rühmann. They played together fifteen times in all.
- The actor Hans Leibelt belonged to the most popular support actors of the German film, whose career lasted from the 30's to the 60's. In this time he took part in more than 140 movies.
- He became a very busy actor in the 30's.
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