- Josef Sommer
Infobox actor
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birthname = Maximilian Josef Sommer
birthdate = birth date and age|1934|6|26
birthplace = flagicon|GermanyGreifswald ,Germany
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yearsactive =1971 - present
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homepage =Josef Sommer (born
26 June 1934 ) is a German-born Americanfilm actor .He was born Maximilian Josef Sommer in
Greifswald ,Germany and was raised inNorth Carolina , the son of Elisabeth and Clemons Sommer, a professor of art history at theUniversity of North Carolina . [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Josef-Sommer.html Josef Sommer Biography (1934-) ] ] He studied at theCarnegie Institute of Technology . [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800045909/bio Josef Sommer Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ]Sommer made his acting debut at the age of nine in a North Carolina production of "Watch on the Rhine". He made his film debut in 1971 in "
Dirty Harry " and appeared in "Witness" oppositeHarrison Ford and "Moonlight and Valentino " withElizabeth Perkins . He has also had starring roles in two short-lived series, "Hothouse " (1988) and "Under Cover" (early 1990s). The father of a daughter, Maria, as of 2007, he has appeared, as a character actor, in almost 100 films.References
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