Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Herbert Dirmoser

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Herbert Dirmoser was born April 12, 1896, in Vienna, Austria and was a German actor. He appeared in 1937/38 in “Der Berg ruft” directed by Luis Trenker. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at various theaters in the GDR and was as a character actor at the DEFA Studios and appeared in his only Euro-western “The Sons of Great Bear” in 1966.

Herbert was the model for Winnetou for the cover image of Winnetou I (illustrated by Bruno Schwatzek) in a series of collected works, as well as the subject of a Winnetou postage stamp.

Herbert Dirmoser died on January 23, 1978, in Erfurt, Thueringen, East Germany.

Herbert Dirmoser appeared in one Euro-western, “Die Söhne der großen Bärin” (The Sons of Great Bear) as Mr. Rabe in 1972.

DIRMOSER, Herbert [4/12/1898, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 1/23/1978, Erfurt, Berlin, East Germany] – theater, film, TV actor.

The Sons of Great Bear – 1972 (Mr. Rabe)