- Felix Basch was born on September 16, 1885 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Desperate Journey (1942), Schicksal (1925) and Schatz, mach' Kasse (1926). He was married to Gretl Basch. He died on May 17, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseGretl Basch(? - May 17, 1944) (his death, 1 child)
- He emigrated together with Grete Freund to the USA in 1933.
- Father of famed photographer Peter Basch.
- When he didn't find the the working circumstances he was used to, he went to Paris via England and wrote scripts which weren't realized.
- The Jewish Basch was forced into exile.
- When the war broke out in Europe he went back to the USA again and inaugurated the restaurant "Grete's Viennese" in New York in 1940. When his plan to inaugurate a restaurant in Hollywood too failed he turned to the film business again. But the working system for American movies gave him problems - like for most of the film working emigrants. In the following years he impersonated many support roles in B movies.
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