Josef Schaper was born on March 19, 1901 in Ungvár, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for
Othello (1958),
In freier Landschaft (1977) and
Wie ein Hirschberger Dänisch lernte (1968). He died on March 20, 1984 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.