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
- Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
- The Salzburg Connection as Large Man
- 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
- Verliebte Ferien in Tirol as Dr. Türk
- Tante Trude aus Buxtehude as Oskar
- Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten as Leopold
- Gestrickte Spuren
- 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
- The Haunted Castle in Salzkammergut
- Where Are You Taking That Woman as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- Luftkreuz Südost as Kommissar
- Happy-End am Wolfgangsee as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
- Wolken über Kaprun as Wirt
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
- Schweik's Years of Indiscretion as Stabsarzt
- Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sales Clerk
1963
- The Model Boy as Werkmeister Anton
- And So to Bed as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
- Hochzeit am Neusiedler See as Otto Pfeffer
- Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Herr Funke
- The Black Cobra as Martinez Manuzzo
- The Invisible Terror
1962
- Die Försterchristel as Hütl
- Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett as Pepe
- Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
- Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Fuhrmann
- Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
- The Sweet Life of Count Bobby as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
- Waldrausch as Der Lange
- Valnocha, der Koch as Oberleutnant Petrasowits
1961
- The Secret Ways as Special Agent
- Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel as Fernand
- … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
- Eduard III as Prof. Brecher
- Season in Salzburg as Inspector
- Im schwarzen Rössl as Anton, Hausknecht
- Mann im Schatten as Weber
- Mariandl
- Schlagerrevue 1962
1960
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
- The White Horse Inn as Feuerwehrhauptmann
- Meine Nichte tut das nicht as Gangster
- Ich heirate Herrn Direktor as Kellner
- Glocken läuten überall as Der Bürgermeister
- Kriminaltango as -
1959
- Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann as Gentleman Schorsch
- Mädchen für die Mambobar
- Ich bin kein Casanova as Butler
- Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Hakim
- Die unvollkommene Ehe as Karl Linnegger
- Die Halbzarte as Man with Beard
- Mikosch of the Secret Service as Gefreiter
- Traumrevue as head waiter
1958
- Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten as Koloman, Rekrut
- Wenn die Bombe platzt as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
- Countess Mariza as Istwan
- So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Motorradpolizist
- Solang' die Sterne glüh'n as Innkeeper
- Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
- The Priest and the Girl as Traktorfahrer
- Ooh... diese Ferien as Kellner
- Gefährdete Mädchen as Schiffskapitän
- Die Straße
- Wiener Luft
1957
- Die Winzerin von Langenlois as Rottenwieser
- Almenrausch und Edelweiß as Filmproduzent
- Scandal in Bad Ischl as Podlasni
- El Hakim as Basch Tamargy
- Lachendes Wien as Berliner
1956
- Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz as Bargast
- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal as Milchwagenfahrer
- Roter Mohn as Mann
- Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Kollege
- Lumpazivagabundus as Festteilnehmer
- Kaiserball as Kriminalkommissär
1955
- The Last Act as SS-Mann
- Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe as Herr Kunz
- Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Wachtmeister
- Mozart as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
- The Congress Dances as Wachmann
- Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch as Josef Petersiel
- Heimatland as Loisl
1954
- The Sweetest Fruits as Brezo
- Imperial Manoeuvres as Soldier
1952
- Ideale Frau gesucht as Gigantino
- Der Obersteiger as Blasius