Helmuth Lohner

[1] Born in Vienna, Lohner initially trained as a commercial artist, while also taking private acting lessons.

He made his acting début in 1952 at the municipal theatre in Baden bei Wien.

Between them he appeared at the Burgtheater, and at the Salzburg Festival several times, taking the roles of "Death", "The Devil" and "Jedermann" in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Jedermann (which by tradition is performed every year).

He made his film debut in 1955 in Josef von Báky's Hotel Adlon.

Lohner married and divorced the German actress Susanne Cramer twice.

Helmuth Lohner in May 2015