Werner Schneyder (25 January 1937 – 2 March 2019) was an Austrian kabarett performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter.

[1] Schneyder studied publicism (Publizistikwissenschaft) and art history in Vienna from 1954, and worked at the same time as a freelance journalist for sports and local news, and as a singer in bars.

In 1973, Kurt Weinzierl saw Schneyder, and recommended him as a partner for Dieter Hildebrandt, whose political kabarett Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft had been dissolved the previous year.

They formed a duo in April 1974 and presented five programs in eight years: Talk täglich, Lametta & Co., Wie abgerissen, Keine Fragen mehr, Ende der Spielzeit.

[3][8] Schneyder appeared a final time on 25 January 2017, his 80th birthday, playing Das war's von mir at the Akademietheater of the Vienna Burgtheater.

[8] During his years with Hildebrandt, he was goalkeeper for the FC Schmiere [de], a football team of the kabarett, and small theatre scene of that time.