Balduin Baas was born on June 9, 1922 in Free City of Danzig as Balduin Baaske. He was an actor and writer, known for playing the lead role in
Federico Fellini's
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978), for
The Magic Mountain (1982) starring
Rod Steiger, as well as for
Doktor Faustus (1982) with
Jon Finch and
Hanns Zischler,
Tatort (1970),
They're Too Much (1965) and
Our Charly (1995). He was married to Ruth Stephan and he was the longtime spouse of Hamburg photographer
Charlotte March. He died on May 22, 2006 in Hamburg, Germany.