--- name: "Ludwig Stössel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludwig-stossel" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 February 1883" died: "29 January 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T00:51:05.174027+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." --- # Ludwig Stössel Actor. Born 11 February 1883 in Léka, Hungary, Austria-Hungary. Died 29 January 1973. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 February 1883, Léka, Hungary, Austria-Hungary - **Died:** 29 January 1973 - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_St%C3%B6ssel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836724/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31209 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*The Pride of the Yankees*](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) (71) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ludwig Stössel was an Austrian actor. He began his stage career in Austria and Germany at the age of 17 and became a character actor on prominent Berlin stages, including those directed by Max Reinhardt. He appeared in German silent films from 1926 and continued into sound pictures. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Stössel, who was Jewish, left Germany for Austria and later emigrated via the United Kingdom to the United States, arriving in Hollywood around 1939. His American film debut came in 1940. He is noted for roles including Mr Leuchtag in *Casablanca* (1943) and Henry 'Pop' Gehrig in *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as well as appearances in *Woman of the Year* (1942), *House of Dracula* (1945) and television series such as *Perry Mason*. Stössel was married to actress Eleanore Stössel from 1919. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1973. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Kings Row* (1942), Fi1m 70, as Professor Berdorff — [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md) - *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, as Henry 'Pop' Gehrig — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) ## Complete filmography (97) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *G.I. Blues* (1960), as Owner of Puppet Show - *The Blue Angel* (1959), as Dr. Fritz Heine - *From the Earth to the Moon* (1958), as Aldo Von Metz - *Man with a Camera* (1958), series, Actor - *Me and the Colonel* (1958), as Dr. Szicki - *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, as Piano Tuner - *Tales of Frankenstein* (1958), as Wilhelm - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Otto Kessler, Adolph Van Beers - *Deep in My Heart* (1954), as Mr. Novak (uncredited) - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Mr. Fixit - *With This Ring* (1954), Actor - *Geraldine* (1953), as Professor Berger - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Professor - *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), as Herman Felsburg - *Ramar of the Jungle* (1953), series, Actor - *White Goddess* (1953), as Peter Van Tyne - *Call Me Madam* (1953), as Grand Duke Otto - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Professor Harnish - *No Time for Flowers* (1952), as Papa Svoboda - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *The Merry Widow* (1952), as Major Domo - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Professor Roff - *Too Young to Kiss* (1951), as German Piano Accompanist (uncredited) - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Jonathan Bigby / clock-keeper - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dr. Snider, Prof. Müller - *The Great Sinner* (1949), as Hotel Manager - *A Song Is Born* (1948), as Professor Träumer - *Escape Me Never* (1947), as Mr. Steinach - *This Time for Keeps* (1947), as Peter - *Song of Love* (1947), as Haslinger - *Temptation* (1946), as Dr. Mueller - *Cloak and Dagger* (1946), as The German - *Miss Susie Slagle's* (1946), as Otto - *Girl on the Spot* (1946), as Popsy Lorenz - *House of Dracula* (1945), as Siegfried - *Yolanda and the Thief* (1945), as School Teacher (as Ludwig Stossel) - *Her Highness and the Bellboy* (1945), as Mr. Puft - *Dillinger* (1945), as Mr. Otto - *Bluebeard* (1944), as Jean Lamarte - *The Climax* (1944), as Carl Baumann - *The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler* (1943), as Graub - *Hers to Hold* (1943), as Binns - *Action in the North Atlantic* (1943), as Capt. Ziemer (uncredited) - *Hitler's Madman* (1943), as Herman Bauer, bugomaster - *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Herr Schultz the Innsbruck Forger (Uncredited) - *They Came to Blow Up America* (1943), as Papa Julius Steelman - *Casablanca* (1943), as Mr. Leuchtag (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md) - *What We Are Fighting For* (1943), as Underground Leader - *The Great Impersonation* (1942), as Dr. Schmidt - *Pittsburgh* (1942), as Dr. Grazlich (Doc Powers' Partner) - *Who Done It?* (1942), as Dr. Anton Marek - *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Henry 'Pop' Gehrig — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) - *Woman of the Year* (1942), as Dr. Lubbeck - *Kings Row* (1942), as Professor Berdorff — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md) - *All Through the Night* (1942), as Herman Miller - *Marry the Boss's Daughter* (1941), as Franz Polgar - *Great Guns* (1941), as Dr. Schickel - *Down in San Diego* (1941), as Brock (uncredited) - *Underground* (1941), as Gustav Muller - *Man Hunt* (1941), as Doctor - *Back Street* (1941), as Louis - *Jennie* (1940), as Fritz Schermer - *The Flying Squad* (1940), as Li Yoseph - *Dance, Girl, Dance* (1940), as Caesar - *The Man I Married* (1940), as Dr. Gerhardt - *Four Sons* (1940), as Pastor - *Dead Man's Shoes* (1940), as Dr. Breithaut - *Return to Yesterday* (1940), as Capt. Angst - *Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld* (1937), as Vetter, der Pfarrer von Sankt Jakob - *Nordpol - Ahoi!* (1934), Actor - *A Night in Venice* (1934), Actor - *Money Governs the World* (1933), as Der Hoteldirektor - *Johannisnacht* (1933), as Theaterdirektor - *Heimkehr ins Glück* (1933), as Pichler - *Hände aus dem Dunkel* (1933), as Generaldirektor Leon - *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), as Arbeiter - *Der Läufer von Marathon* (1933), as Zuschauer - *Dawn* (1933), Actor - *The Rebel* (1932), as Riederer, Amtshauptmann von St. Vigil - *Strich durch die Rechnung* (1932), Actor - *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1932), as Polizist - *Chauffeur Antoinette* (1932), as Baron Kiesel - *We Need No Money* (1931), Actor - *The Trunks of Mr. O.F.* (1931), as Hotelier Brunn - *Help! Raid!* (1931), as Der Varieté-Agent - *Opera Ball* (1931), Actor - *Elisabeth of Austria* (1931), as Bratfisch - *Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna* (1931), as Valentin Rainer - *The Private Secretary* (1931), as Personalchef Klapper - *Bock Beer Fest* (1930), as Livius Heintze, Unterwäschefabrikant - *A Student's Song of Heidelberg* (1930), Actor - *Scandalous Eva* (1930), as Dir. Rohrbach - *Tonight - Eventually* (1930), Actor - *Möblierte Zimmer* (1929), Actor - *Herkules Maier* (1928), Actor - *In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn!* (1926), as Freund ## Gallery - ![Ludwig Stössel](https://film.one/media/person/1233012/gallery-17b601452f41.jpg) Ludwig Stössel — film screenshot (PRC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Ludwig_Stossel_in_Bluebeard_%281944%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ludwig Stössel in the TV series The Public Defender, episode Destiny (cropped screenshot) (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/1233012/gallery-95f241139eb5.jpg) Ludwig Stössel in the TV series The Public Defender, episode Destiny (cropped screenshot) (1954) — TV episode screenshot (CBS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Ludwig_St%C3%B6ssel_in_The_Public_Defender_%28Destiny%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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