Ernst Otto Eduard Legal (2 May 1881 – 29 June 1955) was a German actor and opera director of Berlin State Opera.

Born on 2 May 1881 in Schlieben in the Prussian Province of Saxony, he was the father of the actress Marga Legal. He died in Berlin at age 74.

Selected filmography

• The Mayor of Zalamea (1920)
• The Story of Christine von Herre (1921)
• The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
• Friedrich Schiller (1923)
• There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You (1930)
• Love Conquers All (1934)
• Charley's Aunt (1934)
• The Girlfriend of a Big Man (1934)
• Hundred Days (1935)
• One Too Many on Board (1935)
• Augustus the Strong (1936)
• Intermezzo: (1936)
• The Dreamer (1936)
• Maria the Maid (1936)
• Street Music (1936)
• To New S*s (1937)
• The Gl* Ball (1937)
• Diamonds (1937)
• The Divine Jetta (1937)
• Seven Slaps (1937)
• The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
• When Women Keep Silent (1937)
• The Model Husband (1937)
• The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
• The Mountain Calls (1938)
• The Secret Lie (1938)
• My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939)
• The Journey to Tilsit (1939)
• The Leghorn Hat (1939)
• Jakko (1941)
• Andreas Schlüter (1942)
• Rembrandt (1942)
• The Golden City (1942)
• Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
• The Degenhardts (1944)
• Das Mädchen Juanita (1945)
• No Place for Love (1947)
• Thank You, I'm Fine (1948)
• The Marriage of Figaro (1949)
• A Day Will Come (1950)
• Karriere in Paris (1952)
• Jonny Saves Nebrador (1953)
• The Stronger Woman (1953)

External links

• Ernst Legal at IMDb