Franz Stoss

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Franz Stoss (born May 28, 1909 in Vienna , † June 21, 1995 in Steinbach am Attersee , Upper Austria ) was an Austrian actor , director and theater director .

Life

Shock first attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and then studied law at the University of Vienna between 1928 and 1932 ; At the same time he also attended the Academy for Music and Performing Arts . From 1929 to 1930, Stoss belonged to the Vienna Volkstheater and then spent two years touring through many stages in the Austrian provinces.

1932 we took a shock as a director of the Municipal Theater of Graz and in 1933 he went to the same function at the City Theater Teplice . In 1934 he took over the management of the Stadttheater in Troppau and in 1940 he was promoted to artistic director of the Teplitz-Schönau Municipal Theaters for two years.

From 1942 to 1945, Stoss headed the Berlin artists ' theater and after the end of the Second World War he was appointed director of the Vienna Citizens' Theater . He gave up this post when he took over the management of the theater in der Josefstadt in 1951 . He held this office until 1977; From 1953 to 1958 and again from 1972 to 1977 Ernst Haeusserman stood by his side on an equal footing .

As an actor he shone especially in comic roles, also in film and television, where he often played high officers of the Austro-Hungarian Army, such as B. in the very serious roles of Major Zoglauer in the film adaptation of the novel "Radetzkymarsch" by Michael Kehlmann from 1965 as well as the head of the records office of the Austro-Hungarian Army (defense or military news and secret service) in the television series "Ringstrasse Palace" from 1980 He achieved particular popularity from 1980 through the portrayal of the retired section head Franz Lafite in the ORF cult series Die liebe Familie . In the resynchronization of the restored version of Casablanca He said the role of the head waiter Carl 1975th

In 1984, Stoss received the Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna .

Franz Stoss died on June 21, 1995 at the age of 86 in Steinbach am Attersee. He found his final resting place in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 171).

Filmography (selection)

Awards

literature

  • Andrea Hauer: The theater in the Josefstadt under the direction of Franz Stoss . Dissertation, Vienna 1981.

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personal data
SURNAME Shock, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1995
Place of death Steinbach am Attersee , Upper Austria , Austria