Josef Sommer

• Birthplace: Griefswald, Germany
• Birthday: June 26, 1934

Sturdy, stage-trained character actor who made his debut as the district attorney in "Dirty Harry" (1971) and went on to lend solid support to a number of excellent productions, including "The Front" (1976), "Reds" (1981), "Silkwood" (1983) and "Witness" (1985).

The German-born Sommer made his first stage appearance as a child performer with the Carolina Playmakers in 1943. After a stint in the US Army, he trained in earnest at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, CT, where he gradu…more