Wolf Harnisch was born on February 10, 1918 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and assistant director, known for La bataille d'Angleterre (1969), Le temps d'aimer et le temps de mourir (1958) and Die Frau des Botschafters (1955). He died on February 2, 1992 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.