Biography

In 1912 he realised an ambitious undertaking. He took over the circus Busch and created his own vaudeville theater out of it. But in 1914 he had to close it again because of financial reasons In the next years Turl Wiener appeared at the comedy theater in the Prater, he was a co-director of the Komödienhaus from 1919 and he took part at the Bunte Bühne from 1943.

He reached a huge audience with his often comical lyrics.

He had his greatest successes on stage where he was active as an actor, operetta singer and a vaudeville artist.

There is a detailed report about Turl Wiener at the Wiener Volksliederwerk.

Because of his popularity Turl Wiener also took part in some silent movies as an actor. His first appearance in front of the camera was "Habn's kan Dragoner g'seh'n?" (1918) with Fritzi Rolly.