What is Hans Horneff?
{{more sources|date=February 2024}} '''Hans Horneff''' ( March 10, 1917 - April 30, 1995) was a German-born American [[movie actor]] who appearance in both Japanese and US movies. He spoke fluent German and English. Horneff was also a [[radio host]] for the [[CBS|CBS News Radio]] and [[Voice Actor|voice actor]] for [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]]. == Career == He was born in [[Munich|Munich, Germany]] to Alfred Horneff (1883-1960), a [[photographer]] for the [[Bayerische Staatszeitung]] and Lina (1892-1963), an [[elementary school]] [[teacher]]. He had three [[Sibling|siblings]], Frank (1915-1988), Gabriele (1922-2001) and Louise (1924-2013). Horneff grew up and was educated in [[Munich]], before they [[Immigration|immigrated]] to [[New York (state)|New York]], after he graduated from college in 1941. Interested in [[Stage actor|stage]] play, Horneff got a small part in an independently produced [[Grade-B]] Western, but his show business career then crumbled due to lack of budgets. In 1940, he became a stage performer until 1942. In 1944, Horneff moved to [[Century City, California]] and became an actor at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] where he played as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] officer in many [[World War II]] movies, [[US Cavalry|US Cavalry trooper]], [[gangster]], [[US Army]] personnel, [[news reporter]] and [[NATO]] defense soldier. Thereafter, he became a [[character actor]] in both movies and [[television series]] throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He also did live commentary as a [[radio presenter]] in the [[CBS News Radio]] between 1948-1957. In 1958, he married Carla Addison (1923-2006), who was a [[makeup]] artist and had two children, Calvin (1960-) & Caroline (1962-). During the early 1960s, the family moved to [[Tokyo]] on a vacation when movie producers signed him up as a [[Foreign|foreigner]] character for movie studios like [[Toho Company, Ltd.|Toho]] and [[Toei Company|Toei]] from 1961 to 1969. After returning to America in 1969, he worked at [[Hanna Barbera]] Production as a character voice actor. Horneff reti