Werner Krauss was born on June 23, 1884 in Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Le cabinet du docteur Caligari (1920), Paracelse (1943) and Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939). He was married to Liselotte Graf, Maria Bard and Paula Saenger. He died on October 20, 1959 in Vienna, Austria.