---
name: "Friedrich Gnaß"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/friedrich-gna"
fi1m_id: "friedrich-gna"
imdb_id: "nm0323479"
tmdb_id: 12326
wikidata_id: "Q98336"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 November 1892"
died: "8 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:17:28.594860+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Friedrich Gnaß

## Identity

Friedrich Gnaß

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/friedrich-gna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** friedrich-gna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0323479
- **TMDB ID:** 12326
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98336
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Gna%C3%9F, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12326

Actor. Born 13 November 1892 in Bochum, Germany. Died 8 May 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 November 1892, Bochum, Germany
- **Died:** 8 May 1958
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Gna%C3%9F, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12326

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- **HBO Max:** [*M*](https://film.one/film/m.md) (94)

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## Biography

Friedrich Gnaß was a German actor. Born on 13 November 1892 in Langendreer (now part of Bochum), he trained as a machine fitter and worked as a sailor, fitter and crane operator before turning to acting at the age of 31.

In 1923 he began actor training in Hamburg and made his stage debut in 1925 at the Hamburger Kammerspiele. He moved to Berlin in 1926 and performed at the Volksbühne and Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Gnaß made his film debut in 1929 in *Jenseits der Straße* and appeared in supporting roles in such films as *Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück* (1930), *M* (1931) as the burglar Franz, and *Kameradschaft* (1931).

After the Second World War he worked as a theatre actor in Berlin and became a member of Bertolt Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble, remaining with the company until his death on 8 May 1958 in East Berlin. He also took notable supporting roles in several DEFA productions.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmportal.de, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M* (1931), Fi1m 94, as Franz — [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Escape from Sahara* (1958), Actor
- *Gejagt bis zum Morgen* (1957), as Vater Baumann
- *Die Schönste* (1957), Actor
- *Der Fackelträger* (1957), Actor
- *The Track in the Night* (1957), as old Grabbert
- *Katzgraben* (1957), as Herr Kleinschmidt
- *Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder* (1957), as Bauer
- *Once Is Never* (1955), as Hunzele
- *Wer seine Frau lieb hat* (1955), as Dörr
- *The Beacon* (1954), as Alter Mann mit Prothese
- *Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class* (1954), as Hauswirt
- *The Story of Little Mook* (1953), as Stadtwächter
- *Anna Susanna* (1953), Actor
- *Destinies of Women* (1952), Actor
- *Schatten über den Inseln* (1952), Actor
- *The Condemned Village* (1952), as Bauer Scheffler
- *Story of a Young Couple* (1952), as Hotelportier
- *The Kaiser's Lackey* (1951), as Napoleon Fischer
- *Our Daily Bread* (1949), as Fabrikarbeiter
- *The Beaver Coat* (1949), as Julius Wolff
- *Girls in Gingham* (1949), Actor
- *Sergeant Berry* (1938), as Duffy
- *Fahrendes Volk* (1938), as Bosko
- *Kautschuk* (1938), as Antonio, ein Vaquero
- *Nordlicht* (1938), as Lappen-Nils
- *Capriccio* (1938), as Erster Hahnenkämpfer
- *Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers* (1935), Actor
- *Blood Brothers* (1935), Actor
- *Love and Alarum* (1934), as Prisoner
- *Der Stern von Valencia* (1933), as Diego
- *Dawn* (1933), as Juraczik
- *F.P.1 Doesn't Answer* (1932), as Funker auf der Lennatzwerk
- *I by Day, You by Night* (1932), as Helmut
- *Raid in St. Pauli* (1932), as Matrosen Karl
- *Rasputin, Demon of the Women* (1932), as Derewenko
- *Comradeship* (1931), as Fritz, Rescue Volunteer
- *M* (1931), as Franz — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)
- *Fra Diavolo* (1931), Actor
- *Troika* (1930), Actor
- *Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness* (1929), as Max
- *Harbour Drift* (1929), Actor

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