Gustav Knuth: Gustav Knuth. Actor: Sissi. Gustav Knuth was born on 7 July 1901 in Brunswick, Germany. After he received acting lessons from Casimir Paris, a well known actor at that time, he made his stage debut at the Stadttheater Heidelberg in 1918. Later, he played in Hamburg and also in Basel, Switzerland, but finally returned to Hamburg. In 1935, his first movie Der Ammenkönig (1935) became a unexpected success and many...
Known For: Sissi (Duke Max in Bavaria), Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (Duke Max of Bavaria), Der Lügner (Rotbarth), The Beggar Student (Oberst Ollendorf)