Karl Beckersachs was born on September 26, 1886 in Neuenhain, Bad Soden, Hesse, Germany as Karl Nikolaus Beckersachs. He was an actor and director, known for Frauen, die der Abgrund verschlingt (1918), Der Dieb (1918) and Durchlaucht Hypochonder (1918). He was married to Maria Katharina Freiin von Schenk zu Schweinsberg.