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
- Trubel um Trixie as Zugführer
- Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
- 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
- Tante Trude aus Buxtehude as Oskar
- Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten as Leopold
- Verliebte Ferien in Tirol as Dr. Türk
- Gestrickte Spuren
- Der Hauptmann as Gendarmerie-Inspektor
1970
- Der Kurier der Kaiserin as Musiker
- When the Mad Aunts Arrive as Beppo
- Das weite Land
- Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft as Herr Mader
- Immer die verflixten Weiber as Apotheker
- Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf
1969
- Ein Walzertraum as Leiblakai Sigismund
- The Viking Who Became a Bigamist as Raimondo
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
- Luftkreuz Südost as Kommissar
- Das Spukschloß im Salzkammergut
- Where Are You Taking That Woman as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- 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
- Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
- Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sales Clerk
- I Learned It from Father as Polizist
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 Black Cobra as Martinez Manuzzo
- Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Herr Funke
- The Invisible Terror
1962
- Die Försterchristel as Hütl
- Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Fuhrmann
- 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
- Waldrausch as Der Lange
- Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
- Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
1961
- The Secret Ways as Special Agent
- Season in Salzburg as Inspector
- Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel as Fernand
- Im schwarzen Rössl as Anton, Hausknecht
- Eduard III as Prof. Brecher
- Mariandl
- Mann im Schatten as Weber
- … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
- Schlagerrevue 1962
1960
- The White Horse Inn as Feuerwehrhauptmann
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
- Glocken läuten überall as Der Bürgermeister
- Ich heirate Herrn Direktor as Kellner
- Kriminaltango as -
- Meine Nichte tut das nicht as Gangster
1959
- Die Halbzarte as Man with Beard
- Mädchen für die Mambobar
- Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Hakim
- Die unvollkommene Ehe as Karl Linnegger
- Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann as Gentleman Schorsch
- Traumrevue as head waiter
- Mikosch of the Secret Service as Gefreiter
- Ich bin kein Casanova as Butler
1958
- Countess Mariza as Istwan
- The Priest and the Girl as Traktorfahrer
- Ooh... diese Ferien as Kellner
- Wenn die Bombe platzt as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
- Solang' die Sterne glüh'n as Innkeeper
- So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Motorradpolizist
- Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten as Koloman, Rekrut
- Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
- Gefährdete Mädchen as Schiffskapitän
- Die Straße
- 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
- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal as Milchwagenfahrer
- Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Kollege
- Kaiserball as Kriminalkommissär
- Roter Mohn as Mann
1955
- The Last Act as SS-Mann
- Mozart as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
- Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe as Herr Kunz
- The Congress Dances as Wachmann
- Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Wachtmeister
- Heimatland as Loisl
- Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch as Josef Petersiel
1954
- Imperial Manoeuvres as Soldier
- The Sweetest Fruits as Brezo
1952
- Ideale Frau gesucht as Gigantino
- Der Obersteiger as Blasius