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- Josef Peterhans was born on December 4, 1882. He was an actor, known for Eine weisse unter Kannibalen (1921), Der violette Tod (1919) and The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925). He died in 1960.
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- Physically imposing stage and screen character actor of the 1920's and 30's, invariably seen as authority figures: generals, police inspectors, aristocrats and high priests.
- In 1920 he starred in 9 films including Salome, Auri sacra fames - Der verfluchte Hunger nach Gold, Christian Wahnschaffe: Weltbrand and The Women House of Brescia. The last one was rejected by the British Board of Film Classification on grounds of prostitution depicted in the film.
- He spent his life in Berlin-Steglitz.
- Before acting in films he played at theaters in the province and in Berlin.
- After the advent of talkies he again became active in the film industry and starred in several films.
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