Gunther Philipp


Gunther Philipp was an Austrian film actor, physician and swimmer.
From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scripts.

Education

During World War II, Philipp studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and at the University of Vienna philosophy, majoring in psychology and then medicine. In 1943 he received his doctorate in medicine
He held the Austrian record in the 100-meter breaststroke for 14 years. He was also in the squad of the Austrian Olympic team in Berlin in 1936, but was not nominated for political reasons because he did not want to join the National Socialist-dominated “First Vienna Amateur Sports Club”.
After the war, he ran a practice in Eberstalzell in Upper Austria and was active until in the 1990s at the Vienna University Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry.

Selected filmography

Love on Ice Scandal at the Embassy Der Schuß durchs Fenster Ideal Woman Sought The Mine Foreman Josef the Chaste The Rose of Stamboul Aunt Jutta from Calcutta The Emperor Waltz The Cousin from Nowhere Open Your Window Roses from the South The Big Star Parade The Congress Dances Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol Royal Hunt in Ischl Marriage Sanitarium Request Concert The Beggar Student And Who Is Kissing Me? The Count of Luxemburg Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht The Legs of Dolores The Daring Swimmer The Girl Without Pyjamas Munchhausen in Africa Mikosch, the Pride of the Company Mikosch of the Secret Service Twelve Girls and One Man Yes, Women are Dangerous Bombs on Monte Carlo The White Horse Inn Season in Salzburg Mariandl You Must Be Blonde on Capri Our Crazy Aunts The Adventures of Count Bobby Mariandl's Homecoming No Kissing Under Water Almost Angels The Sweet Life of Count Bobby The Turkish Cucumbers The Merry Widow Die Fledermaus The Phone Rings Every Night Wedding Night in Paradise Our Crazy Nieces Is Geraldine an Angel? The Model Boy Our Crazy Aunts in the South Seas The World Revolves Around You Schweik's Awkward Years Aunt Frieda In Bed by Eight The Sinful Village Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West Charley's Uncle When the Mad Aunts Arrive The Mad Aunts Strike Out Aunt Trude from Buxtehude My Father, the Ape and I Rudi, Behave! The Secret Carrier

Sporting successes

Decorations and awards