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
- Karussells werden im Himmel gemacht as Herr Sauer
- Defraudanten as Polizist
1972
- Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee as Franz
- The Salzburg Connection as Large Man
- Trubel um Trixie as Zugführer
- Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
- Emil, der Seitenspringer as Tobias Wurstfinger
1971
- The Vampire Happening as Graf Bernhard Ochsenstein
- Tante Trude aus Buxtehude as Oskar
- Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten as Leopold
- Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um as Pfleger
- Gestrickte Spuren
- Verliebte Ferien in Tirol as Dr. Türk
- Der Hauptmann as Gendarmerie-Inspektor
1970
- Der Kurier der Kaiserin as Musiker
- 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
- Das weite Land
1969
- The Viking Who Became a Bigamist as Raimondo
- Ein Walzertraum as Leiblakai Sigismund
1968
- Paradies der flotten Sünder as Franz
- Die Landstreicher as Feldwebel Staudinger
1967
- Spy Today, Die Tomorrow as Masseur
- The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan as Sergeant
1966
- Where Are You Taking That Woman as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- Wolken über Kaprun as Wirt
- Das Spukschloß im Salzkammergut
- Happy-End am Wolfgangsee as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
- Luftkreuz Südost as Kommissar
1965
- The Great Race as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
- Ruf der Wälder as Zingerl
1964
- I Learned It from Father as Polizist
- Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
- Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sales Clerk
- Schweik's Years of Indiscretion as Stabsarzt
1963
- And So to Bed as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
- The Black Cobra as Martinez Manuzzo
- The Invisible Terror
- The Model Boy as Werkmeister Anton
- Hochzeit am Neusiedler See as Otto Pfeffer
- Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Herr Funke
1962
- Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett as Pepe
- The Sweet Life of Count Bobby as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
- Waldrausch as Der Lange
- Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
- Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Fuhrmann
- Die Försterchristel as Hütl
- Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
- Valnocha, der Koch as Oberleutnant Petrasowits
1961
- The Secret Ways as Special Agent
- Im schwarzen Rössl as Anton, Hausknecht
- Mariandl
- Season in Salzburg as Inspector
- … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
- Mann im Schatten as Weber
- Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel as Fernand
- Schlagerrevue 1962
- Eduard III as Prof. Brecher
1960
- Kriminaltango as -
- The White Horse Inn as Feuerwehrhauptmann
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
- Ich heirate Herrn Direktor as Kellner
- Glocken läuten überall as Der Bürgermeister
- Meine Nichte tut das nicht as Gangster
1959
- Die Halbzarte as Man with Beard
- Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann as Gentleman Schorsch
- Traumrevue as head waiter
- Die unvollkommene Ehe as Karl Linnegger
- Mikosch of the Secret Service as Gefreiter
- Ich bin kein Casanova as Butler
- Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Hakim
- Mädchen für die Mambobar
1958
- So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Motorradpolizist
- Solang' die Sterne glüh'n as Innkeeper
- Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
- Ooh... diese Ferien as Kellner
- The Priest and the Girl as Traktorfahrer
- Gefährdete Mädchen as Schiffskapitän
- Countess Mariza as Istwan
- Wenn die Bombe platzt as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
- Die Straße
- Wiener Luft
1957
- Die Winzerin von Langenlois as Rottenwieser
- El Hakim as Basch Tamargy
- Scandal in Bad Ischl as Podlasni
- Almenrausch und Edelweiß as Filmproduzent
- Lachendes Wien as Berliner
1956
- Kaiserball as Kriminalkommissär
- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal as Milchwagenfahrer
- Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Kollege
- Roter Mohn as Mann
- Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz as Bargast
1955
- The Last Act as SS-Mann
- Mozart as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
- Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch as Josef Petersiel
- Heimatland as Loisl
- Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe as Herr Kunz
- The Congress Dances as Wachmann
- Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Wachtmeister
1954
- The Sweetest Fruits as Brezo
- Imperial Manoeuvres as Soldier
1952
- Der Obersteiger as Blasius
- Ideale Frau gesucht as Gigantino