Karl Merkatz

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Karl Merkatz (2015)

Karl Merkatz (born November 17, 1930 in Wiener Neustadt ) is an Austrian actor . He participated in numerous Austrian film productions and plays.

Life

The son of a firefighter initially completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He later took acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich and took his final exam at the Mozarteum . This was followed by theater engagements in Heilbronn, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich and Vienna ( Theater in der Josefstadt ).

In Heilbronn he met his future wife Martha Metz. The two have been married since 1956 and live in Irrsdorf near Straßwalchen . The marriage has two daughters, Gitta (* July 2, 1958) and Josefine (* April 13, 1962).

Film and theater

Karl Merkatz played numerous roles in film and television. He became known to a large audience as "Mundl" Edmund Sackbauer in the television series A real Viennese does not go under (1975–1979), a milieu study that shows the life of a Viennese working class family . He also had great success in Franz Antel's films about the Bockerer as the Viennese butcher Karl Bockerer, which is shown in the fight against National Socialism , in occupied post-war Austria , during the Hungarian popular uprising and in the Prague Spring . For the first part, Merkatz received the award for best actor at the Moscow Film Festival as well as the gold film band .

Since 2005 he has played the role of Benesch von Diedicz in King Ottokar's Glück und Ende - the production ran at the Salzburg Festival and has been on the program of the Vienna Burgtheater since October 2005 . Karl Merkatz also played in the play Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival 2005 .

music

In the 1970s, Karl Merkatz also sang and put some records on the market.

Awards

Karl Merkatz, Austrian Film Award 2013

Others

Karl Merkatz is committed to the human rights platform SOS Mitmensch , of which he was chairman from 1999 to 2001.

In November 2005, Karl Merkatz sponsored a koala at Schönbrunn Zoo for € 4,800 per year .

On September 19, 2005, Merkatz caused a fatal traffic accident in Henndorf a. W. , who killed a 33-year-old motorcyclist. For this he was found guilty on January 31, 2006 by the Salzburg Regional Court and sentenced to four months' imprisonment on probation for negligent homicide .

Filmography

Songs (selection)

  • 1976: Heis'lratz, should I bite you
  • 1976: As always
  • 1977: I am schiach and you are schiach
  • 1977: Home sweet home, happiness alone

Publications

  • So I am . Autobiography, Styria-Verlag 2005
  • My favorite Christmas stories . Haymon, 2008, ISBN 978-3-85218-567-5

Web links

Commons : Karl Merkatz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b website at the beginning of 80
  2. ^ Karl Merkatz new honorary citizen of Wiener Neustadt. WN24, June 26, 2017, accessed June 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Four months conditionally for Karl Merkatz - orf.at. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Karl Merkatz celebrates his 75th birthday orf.at, accessed on May 15, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Merkatz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt