Malte Petzel was born on April 9, 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Das Kriminalgericht (1963), La Bataille d'Angleterre (1969) and Der Fall der Generale (1966). He died on December 18, 1972 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.