Paul Hörbiger

Life and work

Personal life

Selected filmography

• Sechs Mädchen suchen Nachtquartier
• Spione, as Chauffeur Franz
• The Great Adventuress, as Detective
• Song, as Sam
• The Gallant Hussar, as Baron von Korporetzky
• Strauss Is Playing Today, as Lamperlhirsch
• The Lady with the Mask, as Michael - ein russischer Bauernknecht
• Dyckerpotts' Heirs
• Tales from the Vienna Woods, as Alois Guschlbauer
• Hungarian Rhapsody, as Kellner
• Das Letzte Souper, as Balletmeister
• Die Räuberbande
• The Weekend Bride, as Sekretær
• The Crazy Countess, as Friseur Kose
• Asphalt, as Ein Dieb
• The Woman Everyone Loves Is You, as Dörsterlein
• Möblierte Zimmer, as Kalinowski
• Ein kleiner Vorschuß auf die Seligkeit, as Theobald Nuddlich, Fabrikant
• Why Cry at Parting?, as Tortoni, ein Illusionist
• The Convict from Istanbul, as Vlastos
• The Green Monocle, as Snyder
• Women on the Edge, as Siegfried Nürnberger, sein Impresario
• Three Around Edith, as Nick
• Never Trust a Woman, as Joachim
• The Immortal Vagabond
• Delicatessen, as Josef, Diener bei Wallis
• Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt, as Ferdinand - ein Kutscher
• Nur Du, as Graf Belmont, his stepfather
• Wie werde ich reich und glücklich?, as Geheimrat Regen
• Das alte Lied, as Xandel
• Two Hearts in Waltz Time
• Three Days Confined to Barracks, as Zippert, secretary
• Der Herr auf Bestellung, as Prof. Amanuel Wielander
• The Forester's Daughter, as Der alte Baron
• Grock, as Ein ungeschickter Geldsucher
• Her Grace Commands, as Hofdetektiv Pipac
• The Merry Wives of Vienna, as Anselm Leitner - Hofrat
• Walzerparadies, as Dr. Pospischill
• Der Stumme von Portici
• The Squeaker, as Josuah Harras, Reporter
• Kyritz - Pyritz, as Otto Rux, Weinhändler
• Mein Herz sehnt sich nach Liebe, as Gehring
• The Unfaithful Eckehart, as Karl Moor
• Der Kongreß tanzt, as Heurigen Singer
• Sein Scheidungsgrund, as Rasmussen, Hellseher
• Der verjüngte Adolar, as Prof. Haselhuhn, Privatgelehrter
• Peace of Mind, as Dr. Egon Breitner
• Poor as a Church Mouse, as Count Friedrich Thalheim
• Distorting at the Resort, as Fritz Garreis
• You Don't Forget Such a Girl, as Direktor Leopold Schrader
• A Tremendously Rich Man, as Linkerton
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions, as Bobby Dodd
• Once There Was a Waltz, as Franz Pirzinger
• A Mad Idea, as Emil
• Quick, as Lademann, Quick's manager
• Viennese Waltz, as Verleger Haslinger
• Zwei glückliche Tage, as Pepi Freisinger
• Drei von der Kavallerie, as Peter, ein Ulan
• A Blonde Dream, as Vogelscheuche
• Scampolo, as Gabriel
• Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie, as Musketier Karl Lehmann
• Trenck, as Löwenwalde, Präsident des österr. Gerichtshofes
• Frederica, as Pfarrer Brion
• Paprika, as Dr. Paul Schröder
• The Secret of Johann Orth, as Lanik
• The Invisible Front, as Kommisssar Borgmann
• The Emperor's Waltz, as Graf Eggersdorf
• The Big Bluff, as Arthur Richman
• Two Good Comrades, as Fritz Lehmann
• No Day Without You, as Bonifazius, der Maler
• Liebelei, as Der alte Weyring - Kammermusiker
• A Song for You, as Schindler
• Greetings and Kisses, Veronika, as Paul Rainer
• Homecoming to Happiness, as Karl Gruber
• Waltz War, as Joseph Lanner
• Pardon, tévedtem, as Murray Pál zongoramûvész
• Scandal in Budapest, as Paul Murray
• Des jungen Dessauers große Liebe, as Der Kaiser
• Miss Madame, as Peter Valentin, Prokurist
• My Heart Calls You, as Director Arvelle
• ...heute abend bei mir, as Baron Denhoff
• The Csardas Princess, as Feri von Kerekes
• Rosen aus dem Süden, as Johann Strauß
• Playing with Fire, as Dr. Alfred Kramer
• Spring Parade, as Kaiser Franz Joseph
• ', as Hubertus Behmer
• An Evening Visit, as Karl Maria Fernebeck, Prokurist
• The Gentleman Without a Residence, as Professor Mangold
• Hearts are Trumps, as Paulsen
• ', as Johann Strauß
• Fresh Wind from Canada, as Meinkel, Angestellter Modehaus Granitz
• Last Stop, as Karl Vierthaler, Straßenbahnschaffner
• Das Einmaleins der Liebe, as Alois Weinberl
• Königswalzer, as König Max II. von Bayern
• If It Were Not for Music, as Florian Mayr, genannt 'Kraft-Mayr'
• Liebeslied, as Pierre
• E lucean le stelle
• Die Puppenfee, as Anton Freiherr von Kautzenbichl
• Three Girls for Schubert, as Franz Schubert
• A Hoax, as Peter Burgstaller, Oberkellner
• His Daughter is Called Peter, as Dr. Felix Sandhofer
• The Cabbie's Song, as Ferdinand Strödl, Fiakerkutscher
• Lumpaci the Vagabond, as Lumpazivagabundus, Knieriem
• Kinderarzt Dr. Engel, as Dr. Engel
• Duvod k rozvodu
• Peter im Schnee, as Dr.Sonthofer
• Cause for Divorce, as Toni Bernhof
• The Vagabonds, as Haselhof
• Florentine, as Peter Russel - Kapitän der 'Florentine'
• Immer wenn ich glücklich bin..!, as Josef 'Pepi' Reinhold, Theaterdirektor
• Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen, as Der Baron
• Heiraten – aber wen?, as Dr. Kramer - Chirurg
• Heimat, as Franz Heffterdingk
• Liebelei und Liebe, as Alexander Settegast - Koch
• The Blue Fox, as Stephan Paulus
• The Stars Shine, as Himself
• Drunter und drüber
• Men Are That Way, as Dody, Musik-Clown
• Salonwagen E 417, as Friedrich Christian Lautenschläger
• I Am Sebastian Ott, as Kriminalrat Baumann
• Immortal Waltz, as Johann Strauß Vater
• Kitty and the World Conference, as Huber
• Hochzeitsreise zu dritt
• Maria Ilona, as Ferdinand V., Kaiser von Österreich
• A Mother's Love, as Notar Dr. Koblmüller
• Opera Ball, as Georg Dannhauser
• Vienna Tales, as Ferdinand
• Falstaff in Vienna, as Hofschneider Josef Sturm
• Beloved Augustin, as Der liebe Augustin - ein Bänkelsänger
• Operetta, as Alexander Girardi
• Herzensfreud - Herzensleid, as Josef Radl - Weinbauer
• Wunschkonzert, as Himself
• Oh, diese Männer, as Eberhard Reitinger
• Wir bitten zum Tanz, as Roublée
• Brüderlein fein, as Franz Grillparzer
• The Great Love, as Alexander Rudnitzky, Komponist
• So ein Früchtchen, as Kurt Ruppert
• Die heimliche Gräfin, as Erzherzog Johann Sylvester
• Whom the Gods Love, as Von Strack
• Laugh Pagliacci, as Canio
• Lache Bajazzo, as Canio
• Black on White, as Prof. Klaus
• Romantische Brautfahrt, as Baron Dagobert Schatzberghe
• Schrammeln, as Hans Schrammel
• Die Zaubergeige, as Violinist Georg Helmesberger
• Der Hofrat Geiger, as Hofrat Franz Geiger
• The Angel with the Trumpet, as Otto Eberhard Alt
• Kleine Melodie aus Wien, as Professor Griebichler
• The Mozart Story, as Strack
• The Prisoner, as Dr. Bianchon - Armenarzt von Paris
• The Third Man, as Karl - Harry's Porter
• Das Tor zum Paradies, as der Tod
• One Night Apart, as Ferdinand Graf Lilienstein
• ', as Dechant von Köstendorf
• The Black Forest Girl, as Domkapellmeister
• The Orplid Mystery, as Musik-Clown 'The Great Teatch'
• ', as Carl Millöcker
• Der Teufel führt Regie, as Pierre Darcy
• Der alte Sünder, as Ferdinand Bauer
• Die Frauen des Herrn S., as Sokrates
• Verklungenes Wien, as Franz Jungwirt
• Veronika the Maid, as Jansen sen.
• Der fidele Bauer, as Matthias Scheichelroither
• When the Evening Bells Ring, as Lehrer Storm
• Hallo Dienstmann, as Professor Ferdinand Godai
• Voices of Spring, as Lukas, Hausmeister
• My Name is Niki, as Hieronymus Spitz
• Mein Herz darfst du nicht fragen, as Geheimrat Hollbach
• The Land of Smiles, as Professor Ferdinand Licht
• Mikosch Comes In, as Dr. Paliwec
• I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg, as Josef Degener
• You Only Live Once, as Karl Heinemann
• 1. April 2000, as Augustin
• ', as Hermann Gerstinger
• Die Fiakermilli, as Honigberger, Pianist
• We'll Talk About Love Later, as Geschäftsführer der 'Fledermaus'
• The Rose of Stamboul, as Mehemed Pascha
• Drei, von denen man spricht, as Präsident
• Young Heart Full of Love, as Landesstallmeister
• Grandstand for General Staff, as Oberst v. Leuckfeld
• The Dancing Heart, as Fürst
• Life Begins at Seventeen, as Jacques Peronne
• The Private Secretary, as Portier Julius
• Die Perle von Tokay, as Ferencz Körös von Köröshazy, General a.D.
• The Abduction of the Sabine Women, as Professor Martin Gollwitz
• The Faithfull Hussar, as Eberhard Wacker
• My Sister and I, as Christines Vater
• The Gypsy Baron, as Barinkay
• The Beautiful Miller, as Albert Krügler
• ', as Bruder Martin
• Schützenliesel, as Kaspar
• A Parisian in Rome, as Professor Roth
• Victoria in Dover, as Prof. Landmann
• Baron Tzigane, as Barinkay
• Secrets of the City, as Herbert Klein
• An der schönen blauen Donau, as Schröder
• Ehesanatorium, as Professor Thomas Eschenburg
• Eine Frau genügt nicht?, as Spielwaren-Ladenbesitzer Schratt
• Die Deutschmeister, as Kaiser Franz Joseph
• Bandits of the Autobahn, as Vater Heinze
• The Happy Wanderer, as Dr. Peters, Tonis Vater
• My Leopold, as Gottlieb Weigelt
• Du mein stilles Tal, as Herr Kramer
• Die Försterbuben, as Michael Schwarzaug, Gastwirt
• Charley's Aunt, as August Sallmann
• Bademeister Spargel, as Engelbert Spargel
• ...und wer küßt mich?, as Bauer
• Lügen haben hübsche Beine
• Hilfe - sie liebt mich, as Brösel, Angestellter bei "Tourist"
• ', as August Knieriem, Schuster
• Her Corporal, as Gottfried Lampl
• Was die Schwalbe sang, as Philipp Meyen
• Das Donkosakenlied, as Professor Hartmann
• Manöverball, as Erzherzog Roderich
• Die Christel von der Post, as Ferdinand Brenneis, Hotelbesitzer
• Der schräge Otto, as Vater Müller
• The Winemaker of Langenlois, as Korbinian Grammelshuber, Verwalter
• … und die Liebe lacht dazu, as Graf Ferdinand von Ausberg
• ', as Gustav Prebichl
• Lemke's Widow, as Fürst Ludwig
• Hoch droben auf dem Berg, as Ferdinand Broneder
• Der schönste Tag meines Lebens, as Direktor
• Heimweh … dort, wo die Blumen blühn, as Abt
• Vienna, City of My Dreams, as Vater Lehnert
• Candidates for Marriage, as Ferdinand Haslinger
• Hello Taxi, as Franz Schwarzl
• ', as Generalfeldmarschall Radetzky
• Sebastian Kneipp, as Erzherzog Joseph
• Heimat – Deine Lieder, as Heimleiter
• Sabine und die 100 Männer, as Schulz
• Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon, as Professor Engelbert
• ', as Berger
• Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien, as Franz Burgmann und Josef Burgmann
• Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol, as Dr. Franz
• Dance with Me Into the Morning, as Johann Ebeseder
• … und ewig knallen die Räuber, as Der nasse Elias
• Die lustigen Vagabunden, as George
• Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir, as Raimund Valentin
• Our Crazy Nieces, as Franz Eierlein
• Im singenden Rößl am Königssee, as Amtsgerichtsrat Zwicker
• Ferien vom Ich, as Blümchen
• Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau, as Mr. Muckenhuber
• I Learned It from Father, as Julius Knackert
• Die große Kür, as Franz Haslinger
• Happy-End am Attersee, as Severin Petermann
• Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, as Astragalus
• Call of the Forest, as Gustl Wegrainer
• Das ist mein Wien
• , as Xaver Doppler

  Awards

• State actor
• Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna
• Kammerschauspieler
• Film Award for many years of excellent work in the German film industry
• Girardi Ring
• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• Honorary Ring of Vienna
• Nestroy Ring