- Ensemble member at the famous Burgtheater in Vienna from 1950 to 1975.
- Is buried in the Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna.
- Played "Jedermann" (Everyman) at the Salzburg Theater Festival from 1935 to 1938 and 1947 to 1950.
- Grand-uncle of Christian Tramitz and Mavie Hörbiger.
- After the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, he became a member of the Nazi Party.
- Was engaged in a long-standing feud with his brother Paul, finally reconciled near the end of his life.
- Grew up in Budapest and studied acting in Berlin. Made his stage debut in 1919 and appeared in films from 1922. Possessed of a powerful physique, he was often cast in dominant or villainous roles, or as soldiers, mountaineers or adventurers.
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