Birthday: 2 March 1892, Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Chernyshevskoe, Russia]
Bressart made his stage debut in 1914 and his film debut in 1928. Going to the U.S. after being forced out of Germany in 1936, Bressart starred in his first American film, "Swanee River," in 1939. He went on to a successful career in films and during the filming of "My Friend Irma," Bressart passed away.
