Rudolf Zehetgruber

{{Short description|Austrian film director (1926–2023)}}

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| name = Rudolf Zehetgruber

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|9|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|7|2|1926|9|16|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| occupation = Film director
film producer
screenwriter
actor

| spouse = Barbara Kathrin Zehetgruber

| yearsactive = 1953–1985

}}

Rudolf Zehetgruber (16 September 1926 – 2 July 2023) was an Austrian film director and producer, screenwriter and actor who directed 17 films between 1960 and 1985. He was most known for writing and directing the yellow Volkswagen beetle Superbug "Dudu" comedy film series that also featured his wife, acting under the pseudonym Kathrin Oginski. He also directed, wrote and acted in two entries of the Kommissar X film series.

Zehetgruber, who acted under pseudonyms like Rolf Gruber, Richard Lynn, David Mark, Robert Mark, Rudolf Rittberg and Rolf Zehett, died on 2 July 2023, at the age of 96.{{cite web |title=Rudolf Zehetgruber (96) |url=https://www.bestattung.hans-teufel.at/sterbefall/rudolf-zehetgruber/ |website=Bestattung Hans Teufel |access-date=12 August 2023}}

Rolf Zehetbauer (1929–2022) was an unrelated contemporary German production designer that won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cabaret.