Helmut Weiss was born on January 25, 1907 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany as Helmut Ludwig Johann-Georg Weiss. He was a director and actor, known for Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944), Vertauschtes Leben (1961) and Tromba (1949). He died on January 13, 1969 in West Berlin, West Germany.