Harry Hardt was born on 4 August 1899 in Pola, Küstenland, Austria-Hungary [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was an actor and director, known for It Happened on July 20th (1955), The Making of a King (1935) and Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973). He died on 14 November 1980 in Vienna, Austria.