Walter Frentz was born on August 21, 1907 in Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for SS-Panzer Division Viking (1941), 5000 Jahre Ägypten (1954) and Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933). He was married to Edeltrude Esser. He died on July 6, 2004 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.