Hans Nielsen was born on November 30, 1911 in Hamburg, Germany as Hans Albert Nielsen. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Titanic (1943), Mistress of the World (1960) and Hocuspocus (1953). He was married to Anna Katharina Elisabeth Novian and Annemarie Giersch. He died on October 11, 1965 in West Berlin, West Germany.