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- Birth nameHerbert Richard Eberhard Hermann Hübner
- Herbert Hübner was born on February 6, 1889 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936), An Enemy of the People (1937) and Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955). He was married to Erna Grosse. He died on January 27, 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpousesErna Grosse? (divorced, 1 child)
- Prolific character actor, on stage from 1907. Ensemble member at theatres in Leipzig (Alten Theater, 1919-25), Hamburg (Thalia Theater, 1925-29), Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt, 1929-35), subsequently based in Berlin. Regularly in films from 1931, numerous film appearances, portraying the influential or wealthy upper crust: bankers, ministers, bishops, generals, grand dukes, professors and ambassadors.
- Served in the German Army during World War I.
- His great breakthrough in the film business came in the 30's with the talkies. In the following years he became a very busy support actor in countless well-known movies, often at Hans Albers side.
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