Karl Kneidinger

Karl Kneidinger (30 August 1882 – 14 April 1952), was an Austrian stage and film actor, and a theater director.^[1][2]

Karl Kneidinger
Born	30 August 1882 Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died	14 April 1952 (aged 69) Vienna, Austria
Other names	Carl Kneidinger
Occupation(s)	Actor, theater director
Relatives	Lola Urban Kneidinger (sister) Berta Türk (sister in-law)

Biography

Karl Kneidinger was born 30 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), the son of actress Marie Kneidinger (1857–1908),^[3][4] and actor Rudolf Kneidinger (1862–1935).^[5] His sister was actress Lola Urban Kneidinger.^[5] His parents had been active in the Raimund Theater, in the Mariahilf district of Vienna.^[3][5] By the time he was a teenager, he was acting in stage productions.

In 1944, Kneidinger was included in the Gottbegnadeten list, a list of artists considered crucial to the culture of Nazi Germany by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.^[1]

Filmography

• Konrad Hartls Lebensschicksal [de](1918), directed by Maurice Armand Mondet
• The Fourth Commandment (1920 film) [de] (German: Das vierte Gebot), silent film directed by Richard Oswald
• The Gold Rats (1923) (German: Die Goldratten), directed by Herr. van der Lye
• Befehl zur Ehe (1928), directed by Max Neufeld
• Das Mädel aus der Wachau (1928), directed by Franz Hoffermann
• Die Jugend am Scheideweg (1929), directed by Conrad Wiene
• Wiener Herzen (1930), directed by Fred Sauer
• Money on the Street (1930) (German: Geld auf der Straße), directed by Georg Jacoby; (uncredited)
• Storm in a Water Glass (1931) (German: Sturm im Wasserglas), directed by Georg Jacoby
• Purpur und waschblau (1931), directed by Max Neufeld
• Die große Liebe (1931), directed by Otto Preminger
• When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934) (German: Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt), directed by Richard Oswald
• Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1934), directed by Georg Jacoby
• Eva (1935), directed by Johannes Riemann
• A Mother's Love (1939 film), directed by Gustav Ucicky; as Lehrer
• Linen from Ireland (1939), directed by Heinz Helbig; as accountant^[6][7]
• A Little Night Music (1939 film) [de], directed by Leopold Hainisch
• Love Is Duty Free (1941), directed by E. W. Emo^[8]
• Little Brothers Fine (1942) (German: Brüderlein Fein), directed by Hans Thimig
• The Freckle (1948), directed by Rudolf Carl; as Rusty, the postman

Stage work

• Tschun Tschi (14 April 1930–18 September 1930) at Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus, Vienna^[9]