Gerhard Frei was born on February 8, 1911 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Der Schatten (1961), Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg (1955) and Das tapfere Schneiderlein (1956). He died on December 24, 1989 in Berlin, Germany.