- Father of actress Christiane Schröder
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1958
- After Ernst Schröder had been diagnosed with cancer, he committed suicide on 26th July 1994 by letting himself fall out of a window of a Berlin hospital.
- His daughter committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Ca., on 17th September 1980.
- German character actor, the son of a master tailor. On stage from 1934. He also worked initially as an assistant stage director and designer. Lengthy residency at the Schillertheater in Berlin, 1938-44. Popular on screen from the 1950's, adept at playing historical figures (Marc Anthony, Stresemann, General von Salmuth), including occasional appearances in international films. Often guest-starred on TV crime series ("Derrick", "Der Alte"). German dubbing voice for actors Peter Ustinov, Charles Boyer, Herbert Lom and James Cagney.
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