Friedrich Gnaß was born on November 13, 1892 in Langendreer, Bochum, Province of Westphalia, Prussia [now Bochum, North-Rhine Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor, known for
M (1931),
Danton (1931) and
Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932). He died on May 8, 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.