Robert Lindner (actor)

Robert Lindner (born June 19, 1910 in Vienna , Austria ; † June 6, 1967 there ) was an Austrian actor .

Life

After completing his acting training, Lindner had engagements in the 1937/1938 season at the Mährisch-Ostrau City Theater and from 1938 to 1945 at the German People's Theater in Vienna under Walter Bruno Iltz . There he played in Ludwig Anzengruber's Der Meineidbauer (1941), Hans Rehberg's Queen Isabella (1941), Friedrich Hebbel's Demetrius (1942), Johann Karl Anders Fluglegende (1943) and GB Shaw's Die Heilige Johanna (1943, with Inge Konradi , director) : Günther Haenel , set design: Gustav Manker ). From 1946 to 1952 he played at the Wiener Kammerspiele and at the Theater in der Josefstadt . In 1952 Lindner was committed to the Vienna Burgtheater , of which he was a permanent member of the ensemble until his untimely death in 1967. There he appeared in numerous roles, mostly in the role of the elegant lover, the noble gentleman and the well-groomed bon vivant.

For example, in 1959 he played Count Bühl in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Der Schwierige at the castle . In 1960 he appeared in the title role of the play Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler in the Akademietheater and in 1964 there, alongside Susi Nicoletti, as piano teacher Gustav Heink in the grotesque comedy Das Konzert by Hermann Bahr . The prince in the play The Swan by Ferenc Molnár was one of his other leading roles . Lindner was also convincing in smaller roles and formed intense character portraits in these roles, for example as Isolani in Wallenstein by Friedrich von Schiller and as Vatican State Secretary in The Successor by Reinhard Raffalt .

In the 1960s he was seen several times on Austrian and German television in literary adaptations, in theater recordings or in television adaptations of plays. In 1962 he played the role of Anatol , which was one of Lindner's brilliant actors, in a television production of the play directed by Otto Schenk . In 1966 he spoke to the Count in Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen for a record recording directed by Gustav Manker . Lindner had his last television role in 1966 at the side of Ingeborg Hallstein in the operetta adaptation The Dancer Fanny Elßler .

From the 1940s onwards, Lindner also starred in a few movies and television films . Before the end of World War II , he made his debut as a film actor in the music film Schrammeln . He also starred in the film, The Evening After the Opera, which was completed shortly before the end of the war and shot in the Salzkammergut . After the war, in the 1950s and 1960s he also took part in some rather superficial Austrian music films, homeland films and comedies .

Robert Lindner several times as a speaker at radio plays of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation operates, including in 1966 as Count in La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Gustav Manker .

In recognition of his many years of work as an actor, Robert Lindner was awarded the title of Chamber Actor in 1963 .

Shortly before midnight on June 6, 1967, Robert Lindner collapsed dead in the Wiener Stadthalle during the European boxing championship fight Orsolics  - Rudhof (probably as a result of a heart attack).

His grave is located in the Neustifter Friedhof (R-4-23) in Vienna.

Filmography (selection)

• 1944: Schrammeln
• 1945: The evening after the opera
• 1948: The other life
• 1949: The Seal of God
• 1950: The Seelenbräu
• 1952: Lost Melody
• 1952: I've gotten so used to you
• 1953: The regiment daughter
• 1961: Man in the shadows
• 1962: Anatol
• 1963: The merry vagabonds
• 1964: The concert
• 1974: The dancer Fanny Elßler

Web links

• Robert Lindner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Robert Lindner at filmportal.de
• Entry on Robert Lindner (actor) in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Rittweger: Gretl Schörg: my theater life . 1st edition. Wagner-Verlag, Gelnhausen 2004, ISBN 3-935232-22-5 , p. 35 (197 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ^ Isabella Ackerl / Friedrich Weissensteiner: Österreichisches Personenlexikon , pp. 275/276. Publishing house Carl Ueberreuter. Vienna 1992. ISBN 3-8000-3464-6
3. ↑ Arthur Schnitzler Archive Freiburg i.Br.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of Schnitzler films (and radio plays)  
4. ^ Fritz Walden : Lindner: Heart attack at box match . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 8, 1967, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).