Helmut Qualtinger

Personal Info

Birthday

October 8, 1928

Day of Death

1986-09-29

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Helmut Qualtinger

Biography

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.

Known For

The Name of the Rose

Krimistunde

Die Alpensaga

End of the Game

Die Hinrichtung

Kurzer Prozeß

Der Kulterer

Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe

Filmography

1986
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self
The Name of the Rose
as Remigio da Varagine
The Diary of Dr. Döblinger
as Dr. Döblinger
1985
Cat's Game
as Viktor
1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
as Zauberkönig
1978
Feuerwasser
as Sepp O'Brian
End of the Game
as Von Schwendi
Grandison
as Dr. Ludwig Pfister
1977
Mulligans Rückkehr
as Mulligan
1976
Mitgift
as Huck
1975
Eiszeit
as Officer
1974
Ward 6
as Ragin
Der Kulterer
as Kulterer
1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
as Self
Weights and Measures
as Anselm Eibenschütz
1972
Wer war Andre Heller?
as Himself
1971
Die heilige Johanna
as Soldat
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
as Erwin Plückhahn
König Johann
as Johann Plantagenet, König von England
1970
Passion eines Politkers
as Nationalrat Bröschl
Das weite Land
as Natter
1969
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
as Ignaz Trummer
Diary of a Serial Killer
as Rudi Böhm
1968
Das vierte Gebot
as Schalanter
The Castle
as Bürgel
1967
Der Paukenspieler
as Ferry
Kurzer Prozeß
as Inspektor Pokorny
Umsonst
as Pitzl
Der Herr Karl
as Herr Karl
1966
Der Fall Bohr
as Matzenauer
Samba
as Capitano Agamemnon Heredia
Die Hinrichtung
as Scharfrichter Engel
1965
Lumpazivagabundus
as Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle
Der Himbeerpflücker
as Konrad Steisshäuptl
Radetzkymarsch
as Kapturak
1963
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
as Schmitz - ein Ringer
1962
Einen Jux will er sich machen
as Melchior - Hausknecht
1961
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
as Oskar
Mann im Schatten
as Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
Die Kurve
as Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum
1960
The Magnificent Rogue
as Seppl Reber
1959
Die schöne Lügnerin
as Detective Zawadil
Mikosch of the Secret Service
as Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
1958
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
as Kanzakis
1957
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg
as Der Schlechtere
Scherben bringen Glück
as Wollner
1955
Hanussen
as Ernst Röhm
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
as Werbefachmann
Du bist die Richtige
as Orientalischer Fürst
1954
König der Manege
as Mirko
1953
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
as Direktor Pokorny
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
as Kraps