Hermann Böttcher was born on November 21, 1866 in Königsberg, East Prussia, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Des großen Talma letzte Liebe (1920), Das Handicap der Liebe (1921) and Kasernenzauber (1931). He died on May 27, 1935 in Röblinsee, Brandenburg, Germany.