Helmuth Lohner in May 2015

Helmuth Lohner (24 April 1933 – 23 June 2015) was an Austrian actor, theatre director, and from 1997 to 2006 director of the Theater in der Josefstadt.[1]

Early life

Born in Vienna, Lohner initially trained as a commercial artist, while also taking private acting lessons. He made his acting début in 1952 at the municipal theatre in Baden bei Wien. He also appeared as operetta buffo at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. From 1953 to 1963 he appeared in various productions of the Theater in der Josefstadt, as well as making numerous film appearances.

Career

Further engagements in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Zurich followed. Between them he appeared at the Burgtheater, and at the Salzburg Festival several times, taking the roles of "Death", "The Devil" and "Jedermann" in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Jedermann (which by tradition is performed every year). He made his film debut in 1955 in Josef von Báky's Hotel Adlon. From 1963 he was active in television as actor and director.

Personal life

Lohner married and divorced the German actress Susanne Cramer twice. Their daughter Konstanze Lohner is a pedagogue in Germany. He then married the German actress Karin Baal, with whom he had a daughter, actress Therese Lohner. In 2011, he married Elisabeth Gürtler-Mauthner. The couple lived together for 19 years before their marriage.[2]

Death

Helmuth Lohner died on 23 June 2015 at the age of 82.[3]

Selected works

As opera director

As theatre actor

Partial filmography

  • Das Licht der Liebe (1954) – (uncredited)
  • An der schönen blauen Donau (1955)
  • Hotel Adlon (1955) – Erzherzog Karl
  • Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1956) Grenadier Richard Hellwig
  • My Sixteen Sons (1956)
  • King in Shadow (1957) – Count Holck
  • Salzburg Stories (1957) – Franz
  • Wie schön, daß es dich gibt (1957) – Rainer
  • Widower with Five Daughters (1957) – Dr. Klaus Hellmann
  • The Spessart Inn (1958) – Felix
  • Stefanie (1958)
  • The House of Three Girls (1958) – Moritz von Schwind
  • Eva (1959) – Ein Student
  • Die schöne Lügnerin (1959) – Martin Graf Waldau / Count Waldau
  • Marili (1959) – Peter Markwart
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession (1960) – Frank Gardner
  • Pension Schöller (1960) – Peter Klapproth
  • Immer will ich dir gehören (1960) – Klaus Stettner
  • My Husband, the Economic Miracle (1961) – Tommy Schiller – ein Journalist
  • Mann im Schatten (1961) – Franz Villinger
  • You Must Be Blonde on Capri (1961) – Hannes Niklas
  • The Last Chapter (1961) – Oliver Fleming
  • Im sechsten Stock (1961) – Jojo, Arbeiter
  • So toll wie anno dazumal (1962) – Susannes Traummann #3 (uncredited)
  • The Bandit and the Princess (1962) – Nikolaus Tschinderle
  • The Seventh Victim (1964) – Gerald Mant
  • Radetzkymarsch (1965, TV film) – Carl Joseph von Trotta
  • Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie (1965, TV film) – Don Juan
  • Babeck (1968, TV Mini-Series) – Manfred Krupka
  • Hannibal Brooks (1969) – Willi
  • Liliom (1971, TV Movie, directed by Otto Schenk) – Liliom
  • Der Paukenspieler (1971) – Friedrich Hofstetter
  • Merry-Go-Round (1973, directed by Otto Schenk) – The Count
  • Derrick (1974, TV Series) – Alfred Balke
  • Aus nichtigem Anlass (1976, TV film) – Ullrich Wältzing
  • The Living Corpse (1981, TV film) – Fedor Protasov
  • Shalom Pharao (1982) – Joseph (voice)
  • Der elegante Hund (1987–1988, TV Series) – Alois Stange
  • Sugar (1989, TV Movie) – Leo Kaminski
  • Mozart und da Ponte (1989) – Narrator
  • The Master of the Day of Judgment (1990, TV film) – Gottfried von Yosch
  • Harms (2013) – Onkel
  • Village of Silence (2015, TV film) – Hans Perner

Decorations and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Der Schauspieler und Regisseur Herbert Föttinger wird ab Saison 2006/07 Nachfolger von Helmuth Lohner". Der Standard (in German). 14 June 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "42 Gäste bei Elisabeth Gürtler: So war die Hochzeit". 24 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Ronald Pohl. "Schauspieler Helmuth Lohner gestorben". derStandard.at.
  4. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1551. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
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