Name
Raoul Retzer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-05-22
Deathday
1974-08-08 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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.
Known For
5.4
Vittorio pretends to be gay so he can chaperone a rich man's daughter on vacation in Germa...
4.6
Nikki Moser, a blond womanizer, made a deal with the burgomaster. He gave him money to buy...
6.707
Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with t...
5.727
Consul Keyser, a factory owner, is vacationing with his daughter Marion on a Mediterranean...
6.731
Edward Collins wants nothing more than to live a modest life. But as a millionaire with a ...
5.2
An American actress inherits a Transylvanian castle, unaware that her ancestor was really ...
5.5
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael ...
4.211
Five vixens from Venus are sent to Earth to bring back sperm samples to their planet, whic...
6.591
When the First World War breaks out in 1914, Josef Schwejk, a naive dog dealer in Prague, ...
- 1959 Ich bin kein Casanova as Butler
- 1959 Die Halbzarte as Man with Beard
- 1960 Kriminaltango as -
- 1971 Tante Trude aus Buxtehude as Oskar
- 1963 Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Herr Funke
- 1958 Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
- 1957 Die Winzerin von Langenlois as Rottenwieser
- 1960 The White Horse Inn as Feuerwehrhauptmann
- 1959 Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann as Gentleman Schorsch
- 1962 Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett as Pepe
- 1961 The Secret Ways as Special Agent
- 1958 Wiener Luft
- 1969 The Viking Who Became a Bigamist as Raimondo
- 1971 Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um as Pfleger
- 1963 The Model Boy as Werkmeister Anton
- 1961 Im schwarzen Rössl as Anton, Hausknecht
- 1970 Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft as Herr Mader
- 1972 Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee as Franz
- 1972 Trubel um Trixie as Zugführer
- 1971 Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten as Leopold
- 1964 Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sales Clerk
- 1958 Countess Mariza as Istwan
- 1965 Ruf der Wälder as Zingerl
- 1955 Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch as Josef Petersiel
- 1963 And So to Bed as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
- 1974 2069: A Sex Odyssey as Johann Berger
- 1957 Scandal in Bad Ischl as Podlasni
- 1962 Die Försterchristel as Hütl
- 1961 Mariandl
- 1954 Imperial Manoeuvres as Soldier
- 1958 The Priest and the Girl as Traktorfahrer
- 1958 Die Straße
- 1957 El Hakim as Basch Tamargy
- 1958 Wenn die Bombe platzt as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
- 1963 Hochzeit am Neusiedler See as Otto Pfeffer
- 1970 When the Mad Aunts Arrive as Beppo
- 1973 Love Bavarian Style as Innkeeper
- 1956 Roter Mohn as Mann
- 1964 I Learned It from Father as Polizist
- 1966 The Haunted Castle in Salzkammergut
- 1971 Verliebte Ferien in Tirol as Dr. Türk
- 1958 Solang' die Sterne glüh'n as Innkeeper
- 1965 The Great Race as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
- 1962 Valnocha, der Koch as Oberleutnant Petrasowits
- 1956 Kaiserball as Kriminalkommissär
- 1961 Season in Salzburg as Inspector
- 1962 Waldrausch as Der Lange
- 1961 Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel as Fernand
- 1968 Die Landstreicher as Feldwebel Staudinger
- 1962 Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
- 1966 Happy-End am Wolfgangsee as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
- 1958 Ooh... diese Ferien as Kellner
- 1969 Ein Walzertraum as Leiblakai Sigismund
- 1961 Eduard III as Prof. Brecher
- 1958 Gefährdete Mädchen as Schiffskapitän
- 1967 Spy Today, Die Tomorrow as Masseur
- 1971 The Vampire Happening as Graf Bernhard Ochsenstein
- 1957 Lachendes Wien as Berliner
- 1954 The Sweetest Fruits as Brezo
- 1971 Der Hauptmann as Gendarmerie-Inspektor
- 1958 So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Motorradpolizist
- 1962 Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
- 1961 Schlagerrevue 1962
- 1972 The Salzburg Connection as Large Man
- 1953 Ein tolles Früchtchen
- 1972 Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
- 1967 The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan as Sergeant
- 1955 The Last Act as SS-Mann
- 1962 Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Fuhrmann
- 1960 Ich heirate Herrn Direktor as Kellner
- 1959 Die unvollkommene Ehe as Karl Linnegger
- 1973 Karussells werden im Himmel gemacht as Herr Sauer
- 1975 When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres as Oberstabsarzt
- 1973 The Countess Died of Laughter as Osmin
- 1973 Defraudanten as Polizist
- 1972 Emil, der Seitenspringer as Tobias Wurstfinger
- 1971 Gestrickte Spuren
- 1970 Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf
- 1968 Paradies der flotten Sünder as Franz
- 1959 Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Hakim
- 1978 Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da as Bit part
- 1961 … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
- 1970 Das weite Land
- 1966 Where Are You Taking That Woman as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
- 1955 Mozart as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
- 1970 Immer die verflixten Weiber as Apotheker
- 1955 Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe as Herr Kunz
- 1959 Traumrevue as head waiter
- 1961 Mann im Schatten as Weber
- 1960 Meine Nichte tut das nicht as Gangster
- 1956 Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz as Bargast
- 1955 The Congress Dances as Wachmann
- 1955 Heimatland as Loisl
- 1955 Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Wachtmeister
- 1952 Der Obersteiger as Blasius
- 1952 Ideale Frau gesucht as Gigantino
- 1956 Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Kollege
- 1956 Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal as Milchwagenfahrer
- 1957 Almenrausch und Edelweiß as Filmproduzent
- 1960 Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
- 1960 Glocken läuten überall as Der Bürgermeister
- 1959 Mikosch of the Secret Service as Gefreiter
- 1962 The Sweet Life of Count Bobby as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
- 1964 Schweik's Years of Indiscretion as Stabsarzt
- 1963 The Black Cobra as Martinez Manuzzo
- 1959 Mädchen für die Mambobar
- 1964 Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
- 1963 The Invisible Terror
- 1953 Heute nacht passiert’s
- 1958 Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten as Koloman, Rekrut
- 1970 Der Kurier der Kaiserin ( 1 episode ) as Musiker
- 1966 Wolken über Kaprun ( 1 episode ) as Wirt
- 1966 Luftkreuz Südost ( 3 episodes ) as Kommissar
