Erich Ponto

Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto was a German film and stage actor.

Erich Ponto was born in Lbeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to HamburgEimsbttel, he attended the gymnasium secondary school in Altona and upon his Abitur exam began a study of pharmacy at the University of Munich, where he went to lectures delivered by Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen. Passionate about acting already during his studying, he took drama lessons from 1906.

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