Herbert Propst

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Herbert Propst (born May 21, 1928 in Vienna ; † February 6, 1997 there ) was an Austrian actor.

Life

After graduating from high school , he began to study theology, but then changed his goals and worked for a few years as a civil servant at the Post Office Savings Bank. His decision to pursue acting was followed by a visit to the Krauss drama school . There he passed the final exam on the second attempt.

His next acting positions: two years in Klagenfurt , five years in Graz , one year in Kassel , one year in Salzburg , where director Leon Epp hired him in 1961 for the Vienna Volkstheater . There he belonged to the famous Nestroy Ensemble under Gustav Manker and played, mostly as a partner of Heinz Petters , with Hilde Sochor , Brigitte Swoboda , Rudolf Strobl and Dolores Schmidinger : Florian Fett in " Liebesgeschichten und Heurathssachen " (1964), speculator Goldfuchs in "On the ground floor and first floor "(1967), beer-silver bung in" Der Talisman "(1969), Winkelschreiber Dickkopf in" Heimliches Geld, heimliche Liebe "(1972), Gewürzkrämer Zichori in" Das Gewürzkrämerkleeblatt "(1972), Simplicius Berg in “There is no remedy against folly” (1973), Schuster Pfriem in “ Hell's Angst ” (1977) and Wampl in “ The Bad Boys in School ” (1978). At the Salzburg Festival he played - in Jedermann am Domplatz - the debt servant in 1972 and the fat cousin in 1986 and 1987 .

Propst played the title role at the Volkstheater in Frank Wedekind's " The Marquis von Keith ", Mauler in Bertolt Brecht's " The Holy Johanna of the Slaughterhouses ", Woyzeck in Georg Büchner's " Woyzeck ", Oskar in Ödön von Horváth's " Tales from the Vienna Woods " ( Karl Skraup Prize ) and in the world premiere of Wolfgang Bauer's " Change " (1969). From 1980 Propst played at the Vienna Burgtheater .

Propst not only played on stage, but also on television, for example in Der alten Richter and other Austrian television series such as Oberinspektor Marek . Herbert Propst was the recipient of the Kainz Medal .

Herbert Propst's grave

He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 4, row 82, number 1).

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

  • 1984: Otto Brusatti : The Last Hours of Mankind - Director: Otto Brusatti (ORF / WDR)

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personal data
SURNAME Provost, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Probst, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1997
Place of death Vienna