Karl Kneidinger (30 August 1882 – 14 April 1952), was an Austrian stage and film actor, and a theater director.
[5] His sister was actress Lola Urban Kneidinger.
[5] His parents had been active in the Raimund Theater, in the Mariahilf district of Vienna.
[3][5] By the time he was a teenager, he was acting in stage productions.
In 1944, Kneidinger was included in the Gottbegnadeten list, a list of artists considered crucial to the culture of Nazi Germany by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.