Hans Clarin was born on September 14, 1929 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Peter und Paul (1992), Pippi Langstrumpf (1969) and Edgar Wallace: Das indische Tuch (1963). He was married to Christa Maria Gräfin von Hardenberg, Irene Reiter and Margarethe Freiin von Cramer-Klett. He died on August 28, 2005 in Aschau im Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany.