Oskar Willner
Oskar Willner (born April 30, 1910 in Teplitz-Schönau , Austria-Hungary , † February 13, 1987 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor , theater director , radio play speaker and translator of plays.
Life
Oskar Willner gained his first stage experience while still at school. After graduating from high school, he moved to Vienna and got his first engagement at the Silesian State Theater in Bunzlau . After further engagements at theaters in Aussig , Mährisch-Ostrau and Brünn , Willner first played at the Salzburg State Theater in 1946 . In the same year he returned to Vienna and became a member of the ensemble at the local Volkstheater , to which he belonged for many decades and where he also worked as a director.
In addition, Oskar Willner worked extensively as a translator of plays in various languages such as English, French, Dutch and Czech. Among the more than 50 works are the pieces periphery ( suburbs ) and The Conversion of Ferdy Pistora ( Obrácení Ferdyse Pistora ) of František Langer and The Grass is Greener ( The Grass Is Greener ) by Hugh Williams .
Willner made his debut in front of the camera in the early 1950s and then took part in a large number of productions, as well as on the radio, where he began his work around the same time. Willner also gave acting lessons. His students included Michael Mohapp , Franz Kratochwil and Ronald Rudoll .
In 1977, Willner published a volume with actor anecdotes under the title I never fell , and in 1980 he received the Vienna Silver Medal of Honor. Willner died in February 1987 and was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (23-11-9) in Vienna.
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: The Magic Face
- 1955: The girl from the rectory
- 1956: Asparagus lifeguard
- 1956: The maid of Heiligenblut
- 1958: The priest and the girl
- 1958: The singing angels of Tyrol
- 1962: pillars of society
- 1962: Greetings from Vienna
- 1965: On the beautiful blue Danube
- 1966: Air Cross Southeast - alarm over Wels
- 1969: The old judge - The railway affair
- 1969: Moritat from robber chief Johann Georg Grasel
- 1970: The Turks arrive
- 1970: A camel goes through the eye of the needle
- 1971: Theodor Cardinal Innitzer
- 1972: That's me - the fate of Vienna in the 1930s: Austria between democracy and dictatorship
- 1973: Hello - Hotel Sacher ... porter! - The Poldi
- 1973: Hello - Hotel Sacher ... porter! - The summit conference
- 1976: Jesus von Ottakring
- 1979: Crime scene - murder in the Grand Hotel
- 1981: The student Gerber
- 1983: Ringstrasse Palace - The return
Radio plays
As a speaker (selection)
- 1950: The unforgettable year 1919 - Author: Wsewolod Wischnewski - Director: Franz Josef Engel
- 1950: The Van der Lubbe case - author: Otto Tausig - director: Franz Josef Engel
- 1953: The apartment next door - Author: Johann Vaszary - Director: Otto Ambros
- 1956: The Princess of Condé - Author: Hans Schubert - Director: Ludwig Standl
- 1957: To the Daily Oil - Author: Bert W. Kerr - Director: Alfred Hartner
- 1958: As you want me - Writer: Luigi Pirandello - Director: Herbert Brunar
- 1960: Sir Thomas More - writer: William Shakespeare - director: Herbert Brunar
- 1962: The good-natured devil - author: Johann Nestroy - director: John Olden
- 1964: Giovanni Ravella and the Women - Writer and Director: Alfred Hartner
- 1965: At the imprecise place - Author: Dieter Wellershoff - Director: Herbert Brunar
- 1970: The marriage swindler - author: Karel Čapek - director: Fritz Muliar
- 1971: The Podstawetz case - author: Peter Karvaš - director: Herbert Fuchs
- 1972: Berengar and Berenice - author: György Sebestyén - director: Uwe Berend
- 1972: Necrology on a skinned corpse - Writer: Jan Rys - Director: Robert Horky
- 1974: The Blue People - Author: Karl Wiesinger - Director: Rudolf Kautek
- 1974: The last days of mankind - author: Karl Kraus - director: Hans Krendlesberger
- 1975: The citizens of Calais - author: Georg Kaiser - director: Uwe Berend
- 1978: The Useless Beauty - Writer: Guy de Maupassant - Director: Erich Schwanda
- 1978: Ice Age - author: Tankred Dorst - director: Fritz Zecha
- 1981: Akli, the emperor's court jester - author: Koloman Mikszáth - director: Georg Kövary
- 1983: Die Hutmacher - Author: Günther Stingl - Director: Götz Fritsch
- 1986: Beloved Robot - Writer: Isaac Asimov - Director: Frank Michael Weber
As an author
1981: Everything saved, Imperial Highness - Director: Götz Fritsch
Fonts
- 1977: I've never liked it (actor anecdotes), Paul Neff Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 3-7014-0135-7
Web links
- Oskar Willner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography members.kabsi.at at , accessed on December 7, 2015
- ↑ a b c Oskar Willner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ Salzburg.com (1946) , accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Website of the actor Ronald Rudoll , accessed December 7, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Willner, Oskar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor, theater director, radio play speaker and translator of plays |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Teplitz-Schönau , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1987 |
Place of death | Vienna |