Raoul Retzer
Born: 1919-05-22 in Vienna, Austria
Died: 1974-08-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
Raoul Retzer (born Raoul Richard Karl Pollitzer; May 22, 1919 – August 8, 1974) was an Austrian actor who began his career as a child performer on Vienna’s major stages, including the Burgtheater and Volkstheater, and appeared in film from an early age. After serving as a soldier during World War II, he resumed acting in cabaret, revue theatre, and comedy venues in Vienna. From the early 1950s onward, Retzer became a prolific character actor in Austrian and German cinema and television, often appearing in small, uncredited roles, particularly in comedies directed by Franz Antel. Typically cast as servants, policemen, or petty criminals, he was a familiar face in popular entertainment of the era. Despite his extensive career, Retzer died in modest circumstances in 1974, leaving behind a vast body of stage, film, and television work.
Filmography
1978
- Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da as Bit part
1975
- When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres as Oberstabsarzt
1974
- 2069: A Sex Odyssey as Johann Berger
1973
- Love Bavarian Style as Innkeeper
- The Countess Died of Laughter as Osmin
- Defraudanten as Polizist
- Karussells werden im Himmel gemacht as Herr Sauer
1972
- The Salzburg Connection as Large Man
- Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
- Trubel um Trixie as Zugführer
- Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee as Franz
- Emil, der Seitenspringer as Tobias Wurstfinger
1971
- The Vampire Happening as Graf Bernhard Ochsenstein
- Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um as Pfleger
- Gestrickte Spuren
- Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten as Leopold
- Tante Trude aus Buxtehude as Oskar
- Verliebte Ferien in Tirol as Dr. Türk
- Der Hauptmann as Gendarmerie-Inspektor
1970
- Der Kurier der Kaiserin as Musiker
- Das weite Land
- When the Mad Aunts Arrive as Beppo
- Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft as Herr Mader
- Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf
- Immer die verflixten Weiber as Apotheker
1969
- The Viking Who Became a Bigamist as Raimondo
- Ein Walzertraum as Leiblakai Sigismund
1968
- Die Landstreicher as Feldwebel Staudinger
- Paradies der flotten Sünder as Franz
1967
- Spy Today, Die Tomorrow as Masseur
- The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan as Sergeant
1966
- Wolken über Kaprun as Wirt
- Das Spukschloß im Salzkammergut
- Where Are You Taking That Woman as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- Luftkreuz Südost as Kommissar
- Happy-End am Wolfgangsee as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
1965
- The Great Race as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
- Ruf der Wälder as Zingerl
1964
- Schweik's Years of Indiscretion as Stabsarzt
- Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sales Clerk
- I Learned It from Father as Polizist
- Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
1963
- And So to Bed as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
- Hochzeit am Neusiedler See as Otto Pfeffer
- The Model Boy as Werkmeister Anton
- The Invisible Terror
- Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Herr Funke
- The Black Cobra as Martinez Manuzzo
1962
- Die Försterchristel as Hütl
- Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Fuhrmann
- Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
- Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett as Pepe
- The Sweet Life of Count Bobby as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
- Valnocha, der Koch as Oberleutnant Petrasowits
- Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
- Waldrausch as Der Lange
1961
- The Secret Ways as Special Agent
- Eduard III as Prof. Brecher
- Season in Salzburg as Inspector
- … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
- Mann im Schatten as Weber
- Im schwarzen Rössl as Anton, Hausknecht
- Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel as Fernand
- Schlagerrevue 1962
- Mariandl
1960
- Glocken läuten überall as Der Bürgermeister
- The White Horse Inn as Feuerwehrhauptmann
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
- Kriminaltango as -
- Ich heirate Herrn Direktor as Kellner
- Meine Nichte tut das nicht as Gangster
1959
- Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Hakim
- Mikosch of the Secret Service as Gefreiter
- Mädchen für die Mambobar
- Die Halbzarte as Man with Beard
- Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann as Gentleman Schorsch
- Die unvollkommene Ehe as Karl Linnegger
- Traumrevue as head waiter
- Ich bin kein Casanova as Butler
1958
- Countess Mariza as Istwan
- Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten as Koloman, Rekrut
- Wenn die Bombe platzt as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
- Ooh... diese Ferien as Kellner
- So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Motorradpolizist
- Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
- The Priest and the Girl as Traktorfahrer
- Solang' die Sterne glüh'n as Innkeeper
- Die Straße
- Gefährdete Mädchen as Schiffskapitän
- Wiener Luft
1957
- Almenrausch und Edelweiß as Filmproduzent
- Die Winzerin von Langenlois as Rottenwieser
- Scandal in Bad Ischl as Podlasni
- El Hakim as Basch Tamargy
- Lachendes Wien as Berliner
1956
- Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz as Bargast
- Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Kollege
- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal as Milchwagenfahrer
- Roter Mohn as Mann
- Kaiserball as Kriminalkommissär
1955
- The Last Act as SS-Mann
- Heimatland as Loisl
- Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe as Herr Kunz
- Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Wachtmeister
- The Congress Dances as Wachmann
- Mozart as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
- Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch as Josef Petersiel
1954
- The Sweetest Fruits as Brezo
- Imperial Manoeuvres as Soldier
1952
- Ideale Frau gesucht as Gigantino
- Der Obersteiger as Blasius