Gert Schaefer was born on August 9, 1920 in Kokand, Turkestan [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Der blinde Richter (1984), Lautlose Jagd (1966) and The Axe of Wandsbek (1951). He was married to Eva Brumby. He died on November 27, 1996 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.