Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: vienna , austria - caption: franz hobling in 1918 . - imdb id: 1165259 - yearsactive: 1915-1923 -lrb- film -rrb- - death date: 14 february 1965 - birth date: 9 september 1886 - name: franz hobling - image: franz hobling -lrb- 1886 -- 1965 -rrb- 1918.jpg - birth place: vienna , austro-hungarian empire - occupation: film director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of franz hobling .
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franz hobling -lrb- 1886 -- 1965 -rrb- was an austrian actor and film director .he played the lead in the 1921 silent horror film '' the grinning face '' -lrb- 1921 -rrb- .he co-starred several times with magda sonja .