Mini-Biography:
Erich Ponto was born on December 14, 1884 in Lübeck. He was a German Actor, known for Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944), Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (1954), Das verlorene Gesicht (1948), Erich Ponto's first movie on record is from 1931. Erich Ponto died on February 4, 1957 in Stuttgart. His last motion picture on file dates from 1957.

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1957: Robinson soll nicht sterben (The Girl and the Legend, The Legend of Robinson Crusoe) (Cast: Daniel Defoe), Directed by Josef von Baky, with Mario Adorf, Horst Buchholz, Wolfgang Condrus,
1955: Himmel ohne Sterne (Sky Without Stars) (Cast: Vater Otto Kaminski ), Directed by Helmut Käutner, with Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, ,
1954: Sauerbruch, das war mein Leben (Cast: Chefarzt Psych. Klinik), Directed by Rolf Hansen, with Ewald Balser, Paul Bildt, Hans Christian Blech,
1954: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (Cast: Dr.Hartwig), Directed by Kurt Hoffmann, with Heliane Bei, Paul Dahlke, Paul Klinger,
1954: ... und ewig bleibt die Liebe (What remains is Love) (Cast), Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with Ingrid Andree, Karlheinz Böhm, Paul Dahlke,
1953: Keine Angst vor grossen Tieren (Cast: Kommissar), Directed by Ulrich Erfurth, with Heinz Rühmann, Ingeborg Körner, Gustav Knuth,
1952: Mönche, Mädchen und Panduren (Cast), Directed by Ferdinand Dörfler, with Beppo Brem, Otto Brüggemann, Lucie Englisch,
1951: Herz der Welt (Cast: Minister), Directed by Harald Braun, with Paul Bildt, Dieter Borsche, Else Ehser,
1949: Schicksal aus zweiter Hand (Cast), Directed by Wolfgang Staudte, with Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Marianne Hoppe, Heinz Klevenow,
1949: The Third Man (Cast: Winkel), Directed by Carol Reed, with Hedwig Bleibtreu, Siegfried Breuer, Joseph Cotten,
1949: Geliebter Lügner (Cast), Directed by Hans Schweikart, with Beppo Brem, Gustav Knuth, Hans Leibelt,
1949: Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius (Cast: Prof.Speiter), Directed by Curt Goetz, with Albert Florath, Curt Goetz,
1948: Die kupferne Hochzeit (Cast: der alte Lehrer), Directed by Heinz Rühmann, with Christa Berndl, Hilde Classen, Hertha Feiler,
1948: Das verlorene Gesicht (Cast: Wissenschaftler), Directed by Kurt Hoffmann, with Paul Dahlke, Gustav Fröhlich, Richard Häussler,
1948: Liebe '47 (Cast: Gott), Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with Albert Florath, Erwin Geschonneck, Dieter Horn,
1947: Film ohne Titel (Antiquitäten (Working title), Film without a Name) (Cast), Directed by Rudolf Jugert, with Willy Fritsch, Peter Hamel, Hildegard Knef,
1947: Zwischen gestern und morgen (Cast: Prof. von Walther), Directed by Harald Braun, with Willy Birgel, Victor De Kowa, Adolf Gondrell,
1945: Der Scheiterhaufen (Cast), Directed by Günther Rittau, with Ullrich Haupt, Ewald Balser, Karin Himboldt,
1945: Das kleine Hofkonzert (Palace Scandal) (Cast: Serenissimus), Directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen,
1944: Der Engel mit dem Seitenspiel (Cast: Barnabas), Directed by Heinz Rühmann, with Lina Carstens, Hertha Feiler, Otto Graf,
1944: Am Abend nach der Oper (Cast), Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, with Siegfried Breuer, Gusti Huber,
1944: Der Meisterdetektiv (Cast), Directed by Ernst Marischka, with Georg Alexander, Hermann Brix, Will Dohm,
1944: Philharmoniker (Cast), Directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Eugen Klöpfer, Will Quadflieg, Malte Jäger,
1944: Die Feuerzangenbowle (Cast: Professor Grey, 'Schnauz'), Directed by Helmut Weiss, with Heinz Rühmann, Paul Henckels, Karin Himboldt,
1943: Ein glücklicher Mensch (Schule des Lebens) (Cast), Directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Ewald Balser, Paul Bildt, Franz Bochum,
1943: Die Beiden Schwestern (Cast), Directed by Erich Waschneck, with Georg Alexander, Erwin Biegel, O.W. Fischer,
1942: Diesel (Cast), Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht, with Willy Birgel, Paul Wegener, ,
1941: Die Nacht in Venedig (Cast: Direktor Schmitz), Directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Heidemarie Hatheyer, Lizzi Waldmüller, Hans Nielsen,
1941: Das andere Ich (Cast), Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with Gerhard Bienert, Will Dohm, Erich Dunskus,
1941: Die Rothschilds (Cast), Directed by Erich Waschneck, with Roma Bahn, Karl Kuhlmann,
1940: Das Herz einer Königin (Das Herz der Königin) (Cast: Der Gaukler), Directed by Carl Froelich, with Federico Benfer, Willy Birgel, Bruno Decarli,
1940: Kleider machen Leute (Cast), Directed by Helmut Käutner, with Hertha Feiler, Erwin Hoffmann, Olga Limburg,
1940: Wie konntest du, Veronika! (Cast), Directed by Milo Harbich, with Wolf Albach-Retty, Gusti Huber,
1940: Aus erster Ehe (Cast: Professor Skutor), Directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Ursula Abel, Paul Bildt, Ruth Büsing,
1940: Der Feuerteufel (Cast: Kaiser Napoleon Bonaparte), Directed by Luis Trenker, with Elise Aulinger, Carl Balhaus, Toni Bichler,
1939: Schneider Wibbel (Cast), Directed by Victor De Kowa, with Fita Benkhoff, Günther Lüders,
1939: Hallo Janine (Cast: Mr. Pamion), Directed by Carl Boese, with Else Elster, Rudi Godden, Johannes Heesters,
1938: Die vier Gesellen (Cast: Regierungsrat Alfred Hintze ), Directed by Carl Froelich, with Ingrid Bergman, Sabine Peters, Carsta Löck,
1938: Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone (Cast), Directed by Johannes Meyer, with Alexander Golling, Otto Wernicke, Herbert Hübner,
1938: Am seidenen Faden (Cast), Directed by Robert A. Stemmle, with Ina Albrecht, Erich Bartels, Paul Bildt,
1937: Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn (Cast), Directed by Robert A. Stemmle, with Maria Andergast, Louis Brody, Theodor Loos,
1936: Schlussakkord (The Ninth Symphony, The Final Chord) (Cast), Directed by Douglas Sirk, with Carl Auen, Erich Bartels, Johannes Bergfeldt,
1935: Mädchen Johanna (Cast: Lord Talbot), Directed by Gustav Ucicky, with Paul Bildt, Willy Birgel, Paul Dahlke,
1931: Der Mann, der den Mord beging (Cast: Französischer Gesandter Boucher), Directed by Curtis Bernhardt, with Conrad Veidt, Heinrich George, Trude von Molo,

Bibliography
Felix Bucher / Leonhard Gmür: Germany, London and New York 1970

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