Walter Franck was born on April 16, 1896 in Hüttensteinach, Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen (now part of Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die tödlichen Träume (1951), 0 Uhr 15, Zimmer 9 (1950) and Der Herr der Welt (1934). He died on August 10, 1961 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.