Actor
Austrian character actor, who appeared in several prestige Ufa films of the 1930s. He was trained at Viennas Staatsakademie fr Musik und darstellende Kunst in 1918, making his debut on stage in 1921 in the mystical play "Der bse Geist Lumpacivagabundus", by Nestroy. In films from 1932, Hellmer was cast either in oppressed or inconsequential roles, often featured as porters, waiters or assorted lower order employees. He had a few meatier roles in the 1950s and 60s, in East German Defa productions, in television and as a voice actor in radio dramas for station RIAS in Berlin.
He made his stage debut three years later in Vienna, it followed other engagements which finally led him to Berlin in 1926.
The actor Karl Hellmer attended the Vienna state academy for music and performing arts after his final examination at the school for electricity in 1918.
