Peter Weck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Peter Weck

Austrian director and actor

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1930

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Profession: screenwriter, television director, stage actor, film director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Peter Weck

  • Peter Weck (12 August 1930) is an Austrian film director and actor.
  • In addition to his about 130 film and television acting credits between 1954 and 2015, he worked as a director on more than 50 productions between 1969 and 2007. Weck studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
  • He made his film debut in 1954 and became well-known for his supporting role as Karl Ludwig of Austria in the 1955 historical drama Sissi (1955) with Romy Schneider.
  • Weck found himself typecast in comedic and romantic roles in light entertainment films.
  • He also appeared in a number of international film productions, as choir conductor Max Heller in the music film Almost Angels (1962) and as Romy Schneider's brother in Otto Premingers monumental drama The Cardinal (1963).
  • In the 1980s, Weck achieved his greatest popularity with his leading role as the family father in the German television sitcom Ich heirate eine Familie. Starting with the comedy film Help, I Love Twins, Weck also regularly worked as a film and television director until the 2000s.
  • He directed his own sitcom Ich heirate eine Familie and a number of Tatort episodes.
  • He was also successful as a stage director for a number of theatres which work together in the organization Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, co-founded by Weck in 1987.
  • As a Theater manager in Vienna during the 1980s, he was responsible for the German-language premieres of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.
  • He also produced the original production of Elisabeth in 1992.

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