
Known for
Acting
Born
October 8, 1928
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Died
September 29, 1986 (aged 57)
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. Up to 1960, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann.
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2023
Writer
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Writer
2019
2013
2011
1986
1986
as Remigio da Varagine
1986
as Dr. Döblinger
1985
as Viktor
1985
1982
1981
1979
as Zauberkönig
1978
as Sepp O'Brian
1978
as Dr. Ludwig Pfister
1977
1977
1977
as Mulligan
1976
1976
as Huck
1975
as Officer
1975
as Von Schwendi
1975
1974
as Ragin