Hans Wyprächtiger was born on September 29, 1929 in Basel, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for I.O.B. Spezialauftrag (1980), Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (1982) and The House of the Spirits (1993). He was married to Helga Ziegler. He died on May 6, 2006 in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany.