Austrian actor/director of silent era adventure and action films. Began on stage in 1894. His career declined after the arrival of sound.
When the talkies rang in a new era in the film business he concentrated to his activity as an actor in the first place. He impersonated impressive support roles in great productions like Alfred Hitchcock's "Mary/Sir John greift ein" (1931).
The actor and director Louis Ralph became an important personality in the time of pioneers of the German silent movie.