Jakob Gimpel was born on 16 April 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and composer, known for Işıklar sönerken (1944), Şeytanın izinde (1971) and Karanlıkta vuruşanlar (1955). He died on 12 March 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.