Gerhard Freund was born on September 5, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He was a producer, known for Ein Fall für Männdli (1973), Floris von Rosemund (1975) and Münchner Geschichten (1974). He was previously married to Petra Schürmann and Marianne Koch. He died on August 9, 2008 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.