Gustav Botz, a renowned German actor, was born on August 4, 1883, in Bremen, German Empire.
He embarked on his cinematic journey with a string of notable films, commencing with "The Foreign Prince" (1918),followed by "The Devil" (1918),"His Majesty the Hypochondriac" (1918),"Ikarus, the Flying Man" (1918),"The Rose of Stamboul" (1919),"The Secret of the American Docks" (1919),"The Head of Janus" (1920),"Monika Vogelsang" (1920),"Battle of the Sexes" (1920),"Mary Magdalene" (1920),"Catherine the Great" (1920),"The Courier from Lisbon" (1921),"Peter Voss, Their of Millions" (1921),"The Eternal Struggle" (1921),"Lola Montez, the King's Dancer" (1922),"Dr. Mabuse the Gambler" (1922),and "Nosferatu" (1922).
Botz's last on-screen appearance was in the 1924 film "My Leopold", after which he retired from the film industry.