B. Traven was born on 23 February 1882 in Schwiebus, Prussia, Germany [now Swiebodzin, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Macario and The White Rose. He was married to Rosa Elena Lujan. He died on 27 March 1969 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.