Character actor, chansonnier and cabaret performer. From 1946, ensemble member of the Theater in der Josefstadt. Subsequently active on stage in Germany ( Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Theater am Kurfürstendamm and Renaissance-Theater in Berlin, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich,etc.) and Austria (Theater an der Wien, Wiener Volkstheater, Burgtheater). In films from 1949.