- German supporting actor, usually in well-bred upper crust or military roles, or as bankers and industrialists. The son of a school principal, he acted on stage from 1900 at the Berlin Schillertheater. In films from 1912, with a penchant for comic characterisations.
- Walter Steinbeck died because of a heart failure during a theater performance of the play "Ich liebe vier Frauen".
- His parts were normally support roles but he knew how to be convincing besides all the stars.
- Walter Steinbeck was regarded as a demon for work who always prepared his roles very carefully.
- His performance of high-class gentlemen and his military characters were very popular.
- His great breakthrough in the film business he had with the rise of the sound film.
- He made his film debut already in 1912 with "Der Film von der Königin Luise".
- The actor Walter Steinbeck got his first theater engagement at the "Theater in Graz" in 1900 and he continued his career successfully during the next years.
- Walter Steinbeck realised together with Rudolf del Zopp his only movie as a director in 1920 called "Unter falscher Maske" (1920).
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