Raoul Retzer

from Vienna, Austria

Artwork for The Great RaceImage of Raoul Retzer

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.

Timeline

1978Aged 59

  • Poster for Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da

    Bit part

1975Aged 56

  • Poster for When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres

    Oberstabsarzt

1974Aged 55

  • Poster for 2069: A Sex Odyssey

    Johann Berger

1973Aged 54

1972Aged 53

1971Aged 52

1970Aged 51

1969Aged 50

1968Aged 49

  • Poster for Die Landstreicher

    Feldwebel Staudinger

  • Poster for Paradies der flotten Sünder

    Franz

1967Aged 48

  • Poster for The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan

    Sergeant

  • Poster for Spy Today, Die Tomorrow

    Masseur

1966Aged 47

  • Poster for Where Are You Taking That Woman

    Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Happy-End am Wolfgangsee

    Chefrezeptionist Schwab

  • Poster for Das Spukschloß im Salzkammergut

    (Unknown)

1965Aged 46

  • Poster for The Great Race

    Mayor-Domo (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ruf der Wälder

    Zingerl

1964Aged 45

  • Poster for Schweik's Years of Indiscretion

    Stabsarzt

  • Poster for Hilfe, meine Braut klaut

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for I Learned It from Father

    Polizist

  • Poster for Liebesgrüße aus Tirol

    Sales Clerk

1963Aged 44

  • Poster for The Black Cobra

    Martinez Manuzzo

  • Poster for The Model Boy

    Werkmeister Anton

  • Poster for The Invisible Terror

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Maskenball bei Scotland Yard

    Herr Funke

  • Poster for And So to Bed

    Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)

  • Hochzeit am Neusiedler See

    Otto Pfeffer

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol

    Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb

  • Valnocha, der Koch

    Oberleutnant Petrasowits

  • Poster for The Sweet Life of Count Bobby

    Mann hinter Türen im Zug

  • Poster for Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen

    Oberbootsmaat Zauck

  • Poster for Waldrausch

    Der Lange

  • Poster for Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett

    Pepe

  • Poster for Und ewig knallen die Räuber

    Fuhrmann

  • Poster for Die Försterchristel

    Hütl

1961Aged 42

  • Eduard III

    Prof. Brecher

  • Poster for The Secret Ways

    Special Agent

  • Poster for Season in Salzburg

    Inspector

  • Poster for … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Mariandl

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Mann im Schatten

    Weber

  • Poster for Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel

    Fernand

  • Poster for Schlagerrevue 1962

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Im schwarzen Rössl

    Anton, Hausknecht

1960Aged 41

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for Die Halbzarte

    Man with Beard

  • Poster for Mikosch of the Secret Service

    Gefreiter

  • Poster for Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond

    Hakim

  • Poster for Mädchen für die Mambobar

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Die unvollkommene Ehe

    Karl Linnegger

  • Poster for Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann

    Gentleman Schorsch

  • Poster for Ich bin kein Casanova

    Butler

  • Poster for Traumrevue

    head waiter

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for Die Straße

    (Unknown)

  • Wenn die Bombe platzt

    Kriminalinspektor Grotinger

  • Poster for Gefährdete Mädchen

    Schiffskapitän

  • Wiener Luft

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Solang' die Sterne glüh'n

    Innkeeper

  • Poster for Trees Are Blooming in Vienna

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ooh... diese Ferien

    Kellner

  • Poster for Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten

    Koloman, Rekrut

  • Poster for Countess Mariza

    Istwan

  • Poster for So ein Millionär hat's schwer

    Motorradpolizist

  • Poster for The Priest and the Girl

    Traktorfahrer

1957Aged 38

1956Aged 37

  • Poster for Lifeguard in the women's bathroom

    Kollege

  • Poster for Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

    Bargast

  • Poster for Kaiserball

    Kriminalkommissär

  • Poster for Roter Mohn

    Mann

  • Poster for Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal

    Milchwagenfahrer

1955Aged 36

  • Poster for Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe

    Herr Kunz

  • Poster for The Last Act

    SS-Mann

  • Poster for Mozart

    Gerl, actor of the Sarasto

  • Poster for Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch

    Josef Petersiel

  • Poster for Heimatland

    Loisl

  • Poster for The Congress Dances

    Wachmann

  • Poster for Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone

    Wachtmeister

1954Aged 35

  • Poster for The Sweetest Fruits

    Brezo

  • Poster for Imperial Manoeuvres

    Soldier

1953Aged 34

  • Poster for Heute nacht passiert’s

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ein tolles Früchtchen

    (Unknown)

1952Aged 33

  • Poster for Ideale Frau gesucht

    Gigantino

  • Poster for Der Obersteiger

    Blasius

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