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Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 370-371.

External links

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Patrick Bach's official homepage (German)Patrick Bach at Actors Connection (German)
1968 births Living people German male child actors German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors Male actors from Hamburg 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub