Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an Austrian American actor born in Lockenhaus, now Austria, then Hungary.

Later that year, he appeared as a hotel owner in the German comedy Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Stössel was forced to leave Germany because of his Jewish background.

After Hitler's forces took over Austria in the Anschluß of 1938, Stössel was imprisoned several times before he was able to escape Vienna and get to Paris.

Stössel and Grünig were reunited in the Oscar-nominated Kings Row, starring Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan and Claude Rains.

A few months later, at the age of 59, he played Mr. Leuchtag, who is leaving Europe for America with his wife in Casablanca.

Later in 1944, Stössel teamed up with his movie wife from Pride of the Yankees, Elsa Janssen, to play Mr. and Mrs. Steelman, a German couple loyal to America who drive their traitorous pro-Nazi son, played by George Sanders (who is actually working undercover for the U.S. government), out of their house in the spy drama They Came to Blow Up America.

He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason during the series' second season, including the role of Adolph Van Beers in "The Case of the Shattered Dream."

From 1958 to 1960, Stössel played Charles Bronson's father in ABC's television series Man with a Camera.

Stössel became famous for a long series of commercials for Italian Swiss Colony wine producers.

Stössel died on January 29, 1973, in Beverly Hills after a fall just 14 days short of his 90th birthday.