Father of David Haubenstock from his marriage to Romy Schneider.
German dubbing voice of Robert Mitchum, Dirk Bogarde, Peter Sellers, Michel Piccoli and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Piccoli and Trintignant starred with his wife Romy Schneider in several movies.
His father was a Jewish salesman, who died in a concentration camp during World War II.
Is interred in the Ohlsdorf Cemtery, Hamburg.
Made his stage debut at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg (1945).