Helmut Qualtinger

Helmut Qualtinger was born on the 8^th October 1928; he died on the 29^th September 1986. He was an Austrian actor, writer and cabaret performer.

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Biography

Helmut Qualtinger was born in the city of Vienna; he studied medicine but dropped from the University to become a reporter in the newspaper houses of the country and a film critic for the local press of the country, as he started writing text for the performances of the cabarets and the theatre of the country.

Helmut Qualtinger made his first appearance as an actor in the theatre of the country and he attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar. He was seen in the cabaret performances of the country in the starting part of the year 1947. In the year 1949, his first theatrical play called Jugend vor den Schranken and was staged in the city of Graz. He collaborated on many cabarets programmes of the country till the year 1960 with Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann with Namenlosen Ensemble.

He was known for his practical jokes and in the year 1951, he launched a false report in many newspapers of the country announcing a visit to the city of Vienna of a fictional popular Inuit poet of the country called Kobuk.

Filmography

As an Actor

Ø  1986 Das Diarium des Dr. Döblinger

Ø  1986 The Name of the Rose as Remigio da Varagine

Ø  1983 Krimistunde (TV Series) - Die Abrechnung/Die Rettung/Falsche Perlen (1983)

Ø  1981 Die Hinrichtung (TV Movie)

Ø  1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods as Zauberkönig

Ø  1979 Grandison as Dr. Ludwig Pfister

Ø  1978 Feuerwasser (TV Movie) as Sepp O'Brian

Ø  1977 Mulligans Rückkehr (TV Movie) as Mulligan

Ø  1977 Die Dämonen (TV Mini-Series) as Ignaz Lebadkin - Die Brandstiftung (1977) ... Ignaz Lebadkin

Ø  1976-1977 Alpensaga (TV Series) as Allinger - Das große Fest (1977) ... Allinger - Der Kaiser am Lande (1977) ... Allinger - Liebe im Dorf (1976) ... Allinger

Ø  1977 Abelard

Ø  1976 Köznapi legenda (TV Movie) as Áment János

Ø  1976 MitGift as Kommissar Huck

Ø  1975 End of the Game as Von Schwendi

Ø  1975 Ice Age as Fitler / Old Officer

Ø  1975 Des Pudels Kern (TV Movie) as Franz Melanchton

Ø  1974 Krankensaal 6 as Ragin

Ø  1974 Der Kulterer (TV Movie) as Der Kulterer

Ø  1971 Die heilige Johanna (TV Movie) as Ein englischer Soldat

Ø  1971 Das falsche Gewicht (TV Movie) as Anselm Eibenschuetz

Ø  1971 The Business of Plueckhahn (TV Movie) as Erwin Plückhahn

Ø  1971/II König Johann (TV Movie) Johann Plantagenet, König von England

Ø  1970 Die Berufe des Herrn K (TV Series) as Herr K.

Ø  1970 Passion eines Politikers (TV Movie) as Nationalrat Bröschl

Ø  1970 Das weite Land (TV Movie) as Natter (as Helmuth Qualtinger)

Ø  1969 Kurzer Prozeß (TV Movie) as Inspektor Pokorny

Ø  1969 Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht (TV Movie) as Ignaz Trummer

Ø  1969 Tagebuch eines Frauenmörders (TV Movie) as Rudi Böhm

Ø  1968 The Castle as Burgel

Ø  1968 Frühere Verhältnisse (TV Movie) as Anton Muffl

Ø  1968 13 x Makabres (TV Movie)

Ø  1967 Der Paukenspieler as Ferry

Ø  1967 Umsonst (TV Movie) as Pitzl

Ø  1967 Inzwischen (TV Movie) as Herodes

Ø  1967 Freunde und Feinde (TV Movie) as Der Lehrer / Miller

Ø  1966 Der Fall Bohr (TV Movie) as Matzenauer

Ø  1966 Samba (TV Movie) as Capitano Agamemnon Heredia

Ø  1966 Die Hinrichtung (TV Movie) as Engel

Ø  1965 Lumpazivagabundus as Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle

Ø  1965 Radetzkymarsch (TV Movie) as Kapturak

Ø  1965 Der Himbeerpflücker (TV Movie) as Konrad Steisshäuptl

Ø  1964 Das vierte Gebot (TV Movie) as Schalanter

Ø  1963 Biedermann und die Brandstifter (TV Movie) as Schmitz - ein Ringer

Ø  1962 Einen Jux will er sich machen (TV Movie) as Melchior - Hausknecht

Ø  1961 Der Herr Karl (TV Movie) as Herr Karl

Ø  1961 Mann im Schatten as Dr. Radosch, Oberpolizeirat

Ø  1961 Die Kurve (TV Movie) as Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum

Ø  1961 G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald (TV Movie) as Oskar

Ø  1960 The Magnificent Rogue as Seppl Reber

Ø  1959 Die schöne Lügnerin as Geheimpolizist Zawadil / Detective Zawadil

Ø  1959 Mikosch im Geheimdienst as Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew

Ø  1958 Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

Ø  1957 Seven Years Hard Luck as Wollner, Direktor vom Revuetheater

Ø  1957 Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg (TV Movie) as Der Schlechtere

Ø  1955 Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch

Ø  1955 Hanussen as Ernst Röhm

Ø  1955 Du bist die Richtige as Orientalischer Fürst

Ø  1954 Hochstaplerin der Liebe

Ø  1954 König der Manege as Mirko

Ø  1953 Einsteigen bitte! (Short)

Ø  1953 Hab' ich nur deine Liebe as Direktor Pokorny (as Helmuth Qualtinger)

Ø  1953 Drei, von denen man spricht

Ø  1953 Einmal keine Sorgen haben as Kraps

Ø  1953 Fräulein Casanova

Ø  1952 1. April 2000 as Vier im Jeep: Der Russe (uncredited)

Writer

Ø  1997 Qualtingers Wien (sketches)

Ø  1981 Die Hinrichtung (TV Movie) (novel)

Ø  1967 Der Paukenspieler (segment "Die Träne")

Ø  1966 Die Hinrichtung (TV Movie)

Ø  1963 Das große Liebesspiel (play "Reigen 51")

Ø  1963 Alles gerettet (TV Movie)

Ø  1961 Der Herr Karl (TV Movie)

Ø  1954 Pepi Columbus (Documentary)

Ø  1953 Fräulein Casanova (writer)

Self Credit

Ø  1986 The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1976 III nach neun (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 1 August 1976 (1976) ... Himself

Ø  1973 Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1973 Knef '73 - Was sie sagt, was sie singt und wie man über sie spricht (TV Movie) as Himself