Karl Walter Diess was born on 25 January 1928 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for Wallenstein (1978), Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (1964) and Dantons Tod (1963). He was married to Silvia Simon and Miriam Spoerri. He died on 30 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.