Anton Pointner was born on December 8, 1894 in Salzburg, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Geheimpolizisten (1929), Kopf hoch, Charly! (1927) and Der Favorit der Kaiserin (1936). He died on September 8, 1949 in Hintersee bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany.