Herbert Gruber (producer)

{{short description|Austrian film producer}}

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| birth_date = 17 February 1913

| birth_place = Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire

| death_date = 28 January 1999 (aged 85)

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

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| occupation = Producer

| yearsactive = 1954–1965 (film)

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Herbert Gruber (1913 in Vienna – 1999 in Vienna) was an Austrian film producer.Antel & Winkler p.135

After gaineing a doctorate in law from the University of Vienna he worked as a lawyer for some years. Following the Second World War he began working for Austria's biggest film company Sascha Film, and in the mid-1950s he became head of production. Gruber held the position for around a decade, overseeing in particular a number of popular comedies starring Peter Alexander.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Franz Antel & Christian F. Winkler. Hollywood an der Donau: Geschichte der Wien-Film in Sievering. Verlag d. Österr. Staatsdr., 1991.