Actor. After his movie premiere in “Hasenklein kann nichts dafür” (1932) he appeared in over 70 movies including: “Das Kalte Herz” (The Cold Heart, 1950), “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” (1958), “Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse” (In the Steel Cabinet of Dr. Mabuse, 1961), “Der Henker von London” (The Mad Executioners, 1963), and “Der Hund von Blackwood Castle” (The Monster of Blackwood Castle, 1967). He died in Saarbrücken. The lease on his grave at Friedhof Heerstraße ran out in 2008. Afterward the grave was reused and Engel cannnot be visited there anymore.  (bio by: Lutetia)