Richard Eybner

Austrian actor, born 17 March 1896 in St. Pölten, Austria, died 20 June 1986 in Vienna, Austria. He first studied economies till he decided to focus on acting in 1930. He learned at the Max Reinhard Seminar and started to play in movies in 1931. He was performing on theatres like Burgtheater Wien, Volksoper and Theater Berlin. Eybner was one of the first Austrian members of the NSDAP and was a nazi of the first hour. That helped him through the war and like always in Austria brought him a lot of medals and honor for his acting after the war. He got lots of Doctor titles and honorship fonctions till his death. To his well-known post-war movies belong among others "Hallo Dienstmann" (52), "Drei Männer im Schnee" (55), "Sissi" (55), "Die Deutschmeister" (55), "Scherben bringen Glück" (57) and "Gustav Adolfs Page" (60). He also was profesor at the University in Vienna. The nazi time was never topic in public.