Helmut Qualtinger
Actor
Born October 8, 1928 in Vienna, Austria
Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student. Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken, was staged in Graz. Up to 1960, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann.
Filmography
Der Herr Karl
Der Herr Karl
Qualtinger
The Name of the Rose
Remigio da Varagine
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Zauberkönig
End of the Game
Von Schwendi
Grandison
Dr. Ludwig Pfister
Abelard - Die Entmannung
Die Alpensaga
Allinger
MitGift
Huck
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
Ward 6
Ragin
Der Kulterer
Kulterer
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
Weights and Measures
Anselm Eibenschütz
Diary of a Serial Killer
Rudi Böhm
The Castle
Bürgel
Kurzer Prozeß
Inspektor Pokorny
Der Herr Karl
Herr Karl
Radetzkymarsch
Kapturak
Radetzkymarsch
Kapturak
And So to Bed
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Schmitz - ein Ringer
Einen Jux will er sich machen
Melchior - Hausknecht
Mann im Schatten
Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
The Magnificent Rogue
Seppl Reber
Die schöne Lügnerin
Detective Zawadil
Mikosch of the Secret Service
Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Kanzakis
Scherben bringen Glück
Wollner
Hanussen
Ernst Röhm
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
Werbefachmann
Du bist die Richtige
Orientalischer Fürst
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Direktor Pokorny
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
Kraps
April 1, 2000