Born Mar 5, 1873 · Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Veteran Austrian character actor, on stage from 1890. In films from 1912, with occasional forays into writing and directing. Mostly used for supporting roles, with the exception of a starring role in Haydns letzter Besucher (1939). The sound movie didn't constitute a problem for the experiences theater actor and he continued his successful career with Alfred Hitchcock's "Mary - Sir John greift ein!" (1930).

Eroica
1949

In the Evening After the Opera
1945

The Woman of My Dreams
1944

Rembrandt
1942

So gefällst Du mir
1941

The Way to Freedom
1941

Falstaff in Wien
1940

Immortal Waltz
1939

A Little Night Music
1939

The Grouch
1939

Marguerite : 3
1939

The Optimist
1938

Darling of the Sailors
1938

Such Great Foolishness
1937

Musik für dich
1937

Unentschuldigte Stunde
1937

Three Girls Around Schubert
1936

Victoria in Dover
1936

A Wedding Dream
1936

The Night with the Emperor
1936

The Young Baron Neuhaus
1934

Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz
1934

Die Herren vom Maxim
1933

The White Demon
1932

Gilgi: One of Us
1932

One Hour of Happiness
1931

The Upright Sinner
1931

A sweet secret
1931

Mary
1931

Die grosse Liebe
1931

Der Herr ohne Wohnung
1925

The Ancient Law
1923

Die Geierwally
1921

Pogrom
1919

Die Ehe der Frau Mary
1919