Personal Life
He was married to actress Fanny Normann, who appeared in a few films, often credited as Fanny Schreck.
One of Schreck's contemporaries (Fritz Reiff) recalled that he was a loner with an unusual sense of humor and skill in playing grotesque characters. He also reported that he lived in "a remote and incorporeal world" and that he spent time walking through the forest.
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