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name: "Helmut Qualtinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helmut-qualtinger"
fi1m_id: "helmut-qualtinger"
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tmdb_id: 2367
wikidata_id: "Q45233"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 October 1928"
died: "29 September 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:47:55.182556+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Helmut Qualtinger

## Identity

Helmut Qualtinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helmut-qualtinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helmut-qualtinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0702818
- **TMDB ID:** 2367
- **Wikidata ID:** Q45233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Qualtinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2367

Actor. Born 8 October 1928 in Vienna, Austria. Died 29 September 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 October 1928, Vienna, Austria
- **Died:** 29 September 1986
- **Also known as:** Helmut Gustav Friedrich Qualtinger, Helmuth Qualtinger
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Qualtinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2367

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## Biography

Helmut Qualtinger (also credited as Helmut Gustav Friedrich Qualtinger or Helmuth Qualtinger) was an Austrian actor, cabaret performer, writer and reciter. Born in Vienna in 1928, he briefly studied medicine and literature before working as a newspaper reporter and film critic. He began writing for cabaret and appeared in performances from 1947, later attending the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student.

Qualtinger collaborated with the Namenlosen Ensemble on cabaret programmes until 1960. In 1961, the one-man play *Der Herr Karl*, written with Carl Merz, brought him widespread recognition across German-speaking countries. His final screen role was as Remigio da Varagine in the 1986 film *The Name of the Rose*. He died in Vienna in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, as Remigio da Varagine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Der Herr Karl* (2023), Writer
- *Der Herr Karl* (2022), Writer
- *Qualtinger* (2011), Actor
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), as Remigio da Varagine — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *The Diary of Dr. Döblinger* (1986), as Dr. Döblinger
- *Cat's Game* (1985), as Viktor
- *Helmut Qualtinger liest Mein Kampf* (1985), Actor
- *Krimistunde* (1982), series, as Harry Beggs
- *Die Hinrichtung* (1981), Actor
- *Tales from the Vienna Woods* (1979), as Zauberkönig
- *Feuerwasser* (1978), as Sepp O'Brian
- *Grandison* (1978), as Dr. Ludwig Pfister
- *The Devils* (1977), series, as Hauptmann Ignaz Lebädkin
- *Abelard - Die Entmannung* (1977), Actor
- *Mulligans Rückkehr* (1977), as Mulligan
- *Die Alpensaga* (1976), series, as Allinger
- *MitGift* (1976), as Huck
- *Eiszeit* (1975), as Officer
- *End of the Game* (1975), as Von Schwendi
- *Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger* (1975), Actor
- *Ward 6* (1974), as Ragin
- *Der Kulterer* (1974), as Kulterer
- *Weights and Measures* (1973), as Anselm Eibenschütz
- *Die heilige Johanna* (1971), as Soldat
- *Geschäfte mit Plückhahn* (1971), as Erwin Plückhahn
- *König Johann* (1971), as Johann Plantagenet, König von England
- *Passion eines Politkers* (1970), as Nationalrat Bröschl
- *Das weite Land* (1970), as Natter
- *Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht* (1969), as Ignaz Trummer
- *Diary of a Serial Killer* (1969), as Rudi Böhm
- *Das vierte Gebot* (1968), as Schalanter
- *The Castle* (1968), as Bürgel
- *Der Paukenspieler* (1967), as Ferry · Writer
- *Kurzer Prozeß* (1967), as Inspektor Pokorny
- *Umsonst* (1967), as Pitzl
- *Der Herr Karl* (1967), as Herr Karl · Writer
- *Der Fall Bohr* (1966), as Matzenauer
- *Samba* (1966), as Capitano Agamemnon Heredia
- *Die Hinrichtung* (1966), as Scharfrichter Engel
- *Lumpazivagabundus* (1965), as Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle
- *Der Himbeerpflücker* (1965), as Konrad Steisshäuptl
- *Radetzkymarsch* (1965), series, as Kapturak
- *And So to Bed* (1963), Writer
- *Biedermann und die Brandstifter* (1963), as Schmitz - ein Ringer
- *Einen Jux will er sich machen* (1962), as Melchior - Hausknecht
- *Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald* (1961), as Oskar
- *Mann im Schatten* (1961), as Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
- *Die Kurve* (1961), as Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum
- *The Magnificent Rogue* (1960), as Seppl Reber
- *Die schöne Lügnerin* (1959), as Detective Zawadil
- *Mikosch of the Secret Service* (1959), as Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
- *Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein* (1958), as Kanzakis
- *Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg* (1957), as Der Schlechtere
- *Scherben bringen Glück* (1957), as Wollner
- *Hanussen* (1955), as Ernst Röhm
- *Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch* (1955), as Werbefachmann
- *Du bist die Richtige* (1955), as Orientalischer Fürst
- *König der Manege* (1954), as Mirko
- *Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe* (1953), as Direktor Pokorny
- *Einmal keine Sorgen haben* (1953), as Kraps
- *April 1, 2000* (1952), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Helmut Qualtinger](https://film.one/media/person/5549204/gallery-8f3fd36e48d0.jpg) Helmut Qualtinger — Georg Biron, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Qualtinger_und_Biron.jpg/1280px-Qualtinger_und_Biron.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Helmut Qualtinger](https://film.one/media/person/5549204/gallery-1d0c32c6d915.jpg) Helmut Qualtinger — Image via TMDB

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