Karl Kneidinger
{{Short description|Austrian actor (1882–1952)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Karl Kneidinger
| other_names = Carl Kneidinger
| birth_date = 30 August 1882
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
| death_date = 14 April 1952 (aged 69)
| death_place = Vienna, Austria
| occupation = Actor, theater director
| relatives = Lola Urban Kneidinger (sister)
Berta Türk (sister in-law)
}}
Karl Kneidinger (30 August 1882 – 14 April 1952), was an Austrian stage and film actor, and a theater director.{{Cite book |last=Kellenter |first=Theodor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4u9ygEACAAJ |title=Die Gottbegnadeten: Hitlers Liste unersetzbarer Künstler |date=2020 |publisher=Arndt |isbn=978-3-88741-290-6 |pages=316 |language=de}}{{Cite book |last=Glenzdorf |first=Johann Caspar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdRjzwEACAAJ |title=Glenzdorfs Internationales Film-Lexikon: biographisches Handbuch für das gesamte Filmwesen ; hrsg. zum 30jährigen Jubiläum des deutschen Tonfilms. 2 Hed - Peis |date=1961 |publisher=Prominent-Filmverl. |pages=852 |language=de}}
Biography
Karl Kneidinger was born 30 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), the son of actress Marie Kneidinger (1857–1908),{{Cite news |date=17 August 1908 |title=Selbstmord auf dem Friedhofe |trans-title=Suicide in the Cemetery |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=krz&datum=19080817&seite=8 |work=Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung |pages=8 |language=de |via=ANNO}}{{Cite news |date=August 18, 1908 |title=Der Selbstmord der Schauspielerin Marie Kneidinger |trans-title=The suicide of actress Marie Kneidinger |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=iwe&datum=19080818&seite=6 |work=llustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt |pages=6 |language=de |via=ANNO}} and actor Rudolf Kneidinger (1862–1935).{{Cite news |date=January 13, 1935 |title=Rudolf Kneidinger gestorben |trans-title=Rudolf Kneidinger died |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=std&datum=19350113&seite=3 |work=Die Stunde |pages=3 |language=de |via=ANNO}} His sister was actress Lola Urban Kneidinger. His parents had been active in the Raimund Theater, in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. 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.
Filmography
- {{III|Konrad Hartls Lebensschicksal|de|Konrad Hartls Lebensschicksal}}(1918), directed by Maurice Armand Mondet
- {{III|The Fourth Commandment (1920 film)|de|Das vierte Gebot (1920)}} ({{Langx|de|Das vierte Gebot|lit=}}), silent film directed by Richard Oswald
- The Gold Rats (1923) ({{Langx|de|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) ({{langx|de|Geld auf der Straße}}), directed by Georg Jacoby; (uncredited)
- Storm in a Water Glass (1931) ({{Langx|de|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) ({{Langx|de|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{{Cite book |last=Giesen |first=Rolf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLmJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 |title=Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography |date=2015-09-11 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1269-0 |pages=209}}{{Cite book |last=Rockett |first=Kevin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srszAQAAIAAJ |title=The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Red Mountain Media |isbn=978-0-9526698-0-7 |pages=117}}
- {{III|A Little Night Music (1939 film)|de|Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Film)}}, directed by Leopold Hainisch
- Love Is Duty Free (1941), directed by E. W. Emo{{cite book |last=Hake |first=Sabine |title=Popular Cinema of the Third Reich |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-292-73458-6 |location=Austin |pages=252}}
- Little Brothers Fine (1942) ({{Langx|de|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{{Cite book |last1=Leibfried |first1=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UWeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |title=Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work |last2=Lane |first2=Chei Mi |date=2015-05-20 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0932-4 |pages=158–159}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=nm0460654}}
- [https://www.theatermuseum.at/en/onlinesammlung/detail/821197/?offset=356&lv=list Portrait of Karl Kneidinger (1936)] from the Theater Museum, Vienna
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Category:20th-century Austrian male actors
Category:Austrian male film actors