!!!Hörbiger, Paul

b. Budapest (Hungary), April 29, 1894, 
d. Vienna, March 5, 1981, Kammerschauspieler, son of Hanns  Hoerbiger, 
brother of Attila  Hoerbiger. 1919 debut in Reichenberg, 1926-1940 
engagements in the M.  Reinhardt company in Berlin, an earthy and 
popular comedy actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna until 1943 and from 
1965. Films included "Der Kongress tanzt" 1931, "Liebelei" 1933, 
"Fiakerlied" 1936, "Wr. G´schichten" 1940; from 1929 often 
partnered H.  Moser) in films as a comedy duo. From 1943 in Austrian 
resistance movement, 1945 imprisoned, after the war guest performances 
and film work ("Der Hofrat Geiger", 1947; "Der Engel mit der Posaune", 
1948; "Der dritte Mann", 1950; "Hallo Dienstmann", 1952; 
"Lumpazivagabundus", 1956). Awards: 1972 Girardi Ring, 1980 Nestroy 
Ring.

!Works
G. Markus (ed.), Ich habe fuer euch gespielt, 1994 
(autobiography).

!Literature
G. Pichl, P. und A. H., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1950; 
M. Horowitz, P. H. Lebensbilder, 1994; H. Wuertz (ed.), 
P. H. - H. Moser, exhibition catalogue, Wr. Stadt- u. 
Landesbibl., 1994.



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