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- Birth nameWolfgang Ritter von Schwind
- Wolfgang von Schwindt was born on July 4, 1879 in Elbogen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Loket, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Lady Windermeres Fächer (1935), The Grand Duke's Finances (1934) and Im letzten Augenblick (1923). He died on April 19, 1949 in Vienna, Austria.
- During the first World War he left Germany, lived in Spain and was temporarily secretary of a Egyptian prince.
- He tried to earn his living as farmer of vegetables, as rabbit breeder, as mule driver in the Pyrenees, and last bot not least as salesman.
- The transition to the sound film was no problem for Wolfgang Schwind and he impersonated again many support roles on the big screen.
- In 1947 his only book "Die grosse Rolle des Andreas Witt" had been published. Two years later Wolfgang von Schwind died at the age of 69.
- During World War II he was able to work for the film business again. He appeared in "Bal paré" (1940), "Trenck, der Pandur" (1940), "U-Boote westwärts" (1941), "Frau Luna" (1941) and "Gefährlicher Frühling" (1943).
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