Karl Kneidinger


Karl Kneidinger, was an Austrian stage and film actor, and a theater director.

Biography

Karl Kneidinger was born 30 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the son of actress Marie Kneidinger, and actor Rudolf Kneidinger. 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

', directed by Maurice Armand Mondet

Stage work

Tschun Tschi at Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus, Vienna