Josef Peterhans

Josef Thomas Peterhans (4 December 1882 – 3 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.

Biography Peterhans began his stage career in 1902, aged twenty. He began his film acting career with the film in 1916. Before acting in films he played at theaters in the province and in Berlin. He served in the military from 1914 to 1917. He continued his career by playing supporting roles in films like (1917), (1918), (1919). In he had starred alongside the famous actress Fern Andra. In 1920 he starred in 9 films including , , and The Women House of Brescia.

Peterhans played a supporting character in the 1925 -directed Chronicles of the Gray House. From 1926 to 1931 he appeared in only two films Night of Mystery (1927) and Panic (1928). After the advent of talkies he again became active in the film industry and starred in several films including The Pride of Company Three (1931) and The Mad Bomberg (1932). His last film was Die Entlassung (1942). He spent his life in Berlin-Steglitz. He ended his career with the second World War.

Selected filmography

Spring Storms (1918) Crown and Whip (1919) Indian Revenge (1920) Christian Wahnschaffe (1920) The Haunting of Castle Kitay (1920) William Tell (1923) Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) The Poacher (1926) Night of Mystery (1927) Panic (1928) Marschall Vorwärts (1932) The Mad Bomberg (1932) The Pride of Company Three (1932) Today Is the Day (1933) William Tell (1934) Victoria (1935) Hundred Days (1935) Fridericus (1937) The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938) The Indian Tomb (1938) Comrades at Sea (1938) Trenck the Pandur (1940) Jud Süß (1940) The Great King (1942) Die Entlassung (1942)