Austrian actor
An area next to Austrias national theater, the Vienna Burgtheater, was named "Josef-Meinrad-Platz" in 1997 to commemorate the renowned stage actor.
Keeper of the Iffland Ring, the highest lifetime achievement for a German speaking actor, from 1959 until his death in 1996. His successor is Bruno Ganz.
Received the City of Viennas honor ring in 1983.
While he was type casted as cunning servant or subordinate in his younger years, he later often played the "civil nobleman".
Ensemble member of the famous Vienna Burgtheater from 1946 to 1978, which made him the audiences most popular actor.
As his parents wanted him to become a priest, he visited a seminary until 1929.
After completing his schooling in 1929, he worked as a clerk in an office while taking acting lessons. He made his stage debut the following year.
Softly-spoken, genteel Viennese stage and screen actor.
