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Austrian actor (1931–2009)
Heinrich Schweiger
Schweiger as
Schubert in the 1953 film
Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen Born (1931-07-23 ) 23 July 1931Died 14 July 2009(2009-07-14) (aged 77) Occupation Actor Years active 1949–2009 Spouse
Ursula Stenzel (1983–2009)
Heinrich Schweiger (23 July 1931 – 14 July 2009) was an Austrian film and stage actor who played leading roles at the
Burgtheater on the Ring beginning in 1949. Among the plays in which he starred were
Schiller 's
Don Carlos ,
Shakespeare 's
Othello and
Richard III and
Kurt Weill 's
The Threepenny Opera .
The actor's last roles were in
Wallenstein ,
Franz Lehár 's
Das Land des Lächelns and in an
ORF TV series.
Biography
After studying at the
Max Reinhardt Seminar , Schweiger debuted at the Burgtheater at the age of 18. His breakthrough role came at the age of 22 in
Arthur Schnitzler 's Komtesse Mizzi .
He had roles in the 1960s at the Freien Volksbühne in
Berlin under
Erwin Piscator and the city's Theater am Kurfürstendamm under
Leonard Steckel . In the 1970s he played at the
Thalia Theater in
Hamburg under
Boy Gobert .
[1]
Schweiger also took on the roles of the devil and mammon for 12 years in
Jedermann at the
Salzburg Festival and had guest roles at the
Akademietheater and the Perchtoldsdorf Summer Festival.
The actor also had roles in the TV series
Kommisar Rex and
Ringstraßenpalais , in the films
Franz Schubert – ein Leben in zwei Sätzen and
Der Bockerer , and worked with the Austrian filmmaker
Franz Antel .
Schweiger successfully portrayed a variety of characters with leading roles in world literature and at the same time been at home in Vienna coffee-house literature.
[2]
Schweiger married former MEP and current Vienna first district leader
Ursula Stenzel in 1983. It was his third marriage. He died after suffering
circulatory failure and a
cerebral haemorrhage .
An amateur photographer, Schweiger released the photobook Images of an Actor , which was a collection of photographs started in 1983.
Awards
Filmography
1950s
1960s
1970s
Das Bastardzeichen (
a.k.a. Bend Sinister (International: English title)) (1970, TV Movie) as Paduk
Jedermann (1970, TV Movie) as Mammon
Ein gebildeter Hausknecht (1970, TV Movie) as Knitsch
Change (1971, TV Movie) as Antoine
Trotta (1971) as Vater Kovacs
Die heilige Johanna (1971, TV Movie) as
Archbishop of Rheims
Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk (1972, TV Series) as Bretschneider
Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli [
de ] (
a.k.a. Was geschah auf Schloß Wildberg? ) (1972) as Revierinspektor Bröschl
Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich [
de ] (1972) as Professor Rodenburg
À la guerre comme à la guerre [
fr ] (
a.k.a. Le eccitanti guerre di Adeline (Italy)
a.k.a. War Is Hell (US)
a.k.a. War Is War (International: English title)
a.k.a. Wie bitte werde ich ein Held? (West Germany)) (1972) as Pavel
My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972) as Polizeihauptmann Rausch
Cry of the Black Wolves (1972) as Sam Jenkins
Briefe von gestern (1972, TV Movie) as Josef Uhlier
Blue Blooms the Gentian (1973) as Hans-Karl 'Hazy' Morton
Crazy – Completely Mad (
a.k.a. Rudi, laß das Mausen sein ) (1973) as Abdullah
Dream City [
de ] (1973) as Mr. Gautsch
Zwei im siebenten Himmel (
a.k.a. Two in Seventh Heaven ) (1974) as Oskar Ritz
Verurteilt 1910 (1974, TV Movie) as Max Winter
Stayover in Tyrol [
it ] (1974, TV Movie) as Strupp
Tatort (1975–1987, TV Series) as Peischl / Enzo Neumeier / Königsmann / Tornay
Bomber & Paganini [
de ] (1976) as Mr. Dobermann
Die Elixiere des Teufels [
de ] (
a.k.a. The Elixirs of the Devil ) (1976) as the Pope
The Man in the Rushes (1978) as Mostbaumer
Job [
de ] (1978, TV Mini-Series) as Sameschkin
Iphigenia auf Tauris (1978, TV Movie)
Die großen Sebastians (1979, TV Movie) as General Zadok
1980s
Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (1980, TV Movie)
Ringstraßenpalais (1981–1983, TV Series) as Eduard Baumann
Jägerschlacht [
de ] (
a.k.a. Der Rächer vom Schallerhof ) (1982) as J.B. Mayer
Ein Kleid von Dior [
de ] (1982, TV Movie) as Peter Wallace
Milionite na Privalov (
a.k.a. Милионите на Привалов (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title)
a.k.a. Privalov's Millions (Europe: English title)) (1983, TV Series)
The Devil's Lieutenant (1984, TV Movie) as Colonel Imstadt
Flucht ohne Ende (1985, TV Movie) as Iwan
Echo Park (1985) as August's father
Erdsegen (
a.k.a. Blessings of the Earth (US)) (1986, TV Movie) as Dr. von Stein
The Madonna Man [
de ] (1987) as Arthur / Otto Weigand
Heiteres Bezirksgericht (1988, TV Series)
1990s
Die Kaffeehaus-Clique (1990, TV Movie)
Strauss Dynasty (1991, TV Mini-Series)
The Mixer (1992, TV Series)
Kommissar Rex (1994–2005, TV Series) as Bruno Walter / Bruno Landovsky
The Broken Jug (1995, TV Movie)
Ein Richter zum Küssen (1995, TV Movie)
Der Bockerer 2 (1996) as Major Franz Nowotny
The Unfish (1997) as Herr Fink
Die Schuld der Liebe (1997) as Dr. Bredow
Schlosshotel Orth (1999, TV Series)
2000s
Der Bockerer III – Die Brücke von Andau (2000) as Oberst Novotny
Edelweiss (2001, TV Movie) as Erich Dorfmeister
Ein Hund kam in die Küche (2002, TV Movie) as Vater Blum
Der Bockerer IV – Prager Frühling (2003) as Novotny
Der Winzerkönig (2006, TV Series) as Eudard Stickler (final appearance)
References
External links
International National Artists People