Werner Vorndran was the son of a carpenter and a seamstress and grew up in Hüttensteinach at Sonneberg in Thuringia, where as an adolescent he appeared on a peasant stage.
From 1947 to 1950 Delmare as external pupil finished the drama school of the Hebbel theatre in West Berlin.
In his 50-year career he played roles like Pippig in Naked Among Wolves, the tire dealer Saft in The Legend of Paul and Paula and Enno Kluge in Every Man Dies Alone.
In the 1990s he appeared increasingly in TV series, including in Lindenstraße, in Unser Charly [1][2] and as Friedrich Steinbach in In aller Freundschaft.
His actor career ended in November 2005 with a day of shooting for the series In aller Freundschaft.