High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Herbert Berghof (born September 13, 1909 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian American actor, director and acting coach. He co-founded HB Studio (the Herbert Berghof Studio) in New York City with his wife Uta Hagen in 1945. Some of his famous students include Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Geraldine Page, Fritz Weaver, Anne Bancroft, Donna McKechnie and Matthew Broderick.