Erich Ponto was born on December 14, 1884 in Lübeck [now Schleswig-Holstein], Germany as Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto. He was an actor and writer, known for The Third Man (1949), Sky Without Stars (1955) and Schneider Wibbel (1939). He was married to Tony Kresse. He died on February 4, 1957 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.