Ernst Steiner was born on April 23, 1928 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Archiv des Todes (1980), Hannes Scharf (1967) and Für Mord kein Beweis (1979). He was married to Hannelore Steiner-Freudenberger. He died on January 30, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.