Theo Lingen was born on 10 June 1903 in Hanover, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Bir Şehir Katilini Arıyor (1931), Dr. Mabuse'nin Vasiyeti (1933) and Till Eulenspiegel: Wie Eulenspiegel sich einmal erbot, zu fliegen (1936). He was married to Marianne Zoff. He died on 10 November 1978 in Vienna, Austria.