Jakob Gimpel was born on April 16, 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and composer, known for Das Haus der Lady Alquist (1944), Null Uhr fünf - Frauenleiche in der Badewanne (1971) and Geheimring 99 (1955). He died on March 12, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.