Fritz Hakl Explained

Fritz Hakl
Birth Date:1 January 1932
Birth Place:Oberfeistritz, Steiermark, Austria
Death Place:Graz, Styria, Austria
Nationality:Austrian
Occupation:Actor

Fritz Hakl (1 January 1932 – 28 February 2012[1]) was an Austrian actor with the honorary title Kammerschauspieler.

Biography

Born in Oberfeistritz, Steiermark to ordinary-size parents, Fritzs Hakl was the small-sized sixth child in a poor family. From 1966 to 1994 he was part of the ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater. In 1978 he played the clown and vaudeville group director Bebra in Volker Schlöndorff's film adaptation of the novel The Tin Drum by Günter Grass.

Since his retirement from the stage in 1994, Fritz Hakl lived again in his native Oberfeistritz. He died in Graz in 2012.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Der letzte Werkelmann Liliputaner
1973 TV movie
1976Derrick Kranz Episode: "Das Superding"
1977Lady Dracula Hotelgast Dr. Kannoft
1977Staatsoperette
1979The Tin Drum Bebra
1979Fremd bin ich eingezogen Zwerg Schubert
1992Metamorphosen Narrator Voice, (final film role)

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References

  1. http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/2959128/fritz-hakl-alter-80-jahren-verstorben.story Kleine Zeitung