Viktor Staal

Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian actor. He was trained at a drama school in Vienna and was active as a stage actor at the Vienna Volksoper and provincial theaters in Austria during his early career. In 1935 he joined the roster of actors signed to the Germany motion picture company UFA. He was one of Germany's most popular film actors of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. After this he performed with less frequency into the 1970s. He died in 1982 at the age of 73.

Selected filmography

Everything for the Company (1935) Eva, the Factory Girl (1935) Lessons in Love (1935) The World's in Love (1935) Waltz Around the Stefanstower (1935) Donogoo Tonka (1936) - Pierre Lamendin Winter in the Woods (1936) - Walter Peters, Schriftsteller A Girl from the Chorus (1937) - Hans Reuter Ride to Freedom (1937) - Jan Wolski To New Shores (1937) - Henry Hoyer Diamonds (1937) - Piet Maartens A Night in May (1938) - Poldi Sonnleitner Capriccio (1938) - Fernand de Villeneuve Fortsetzung folgt (1938) - Viktor Bork - Schriftsteller Storms in May (1938) - Willy Prinz Women for Golden Hill (1938) - Douglas Detours to Happiness (1939) - Mathias Holberg The Right to Love (1939) - Vinzenz Brunner Ursula Under Suspicion (1939) - Klaus Ramin Twilight (1940) - Walter Gruber Liebesschule (1940) - Heinz Wölfing, Schriftsteller Lightning Around Barbara (1941) - Anton Walcher Heimaterde (1941) The Great Love (1942) - Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt Love Me (1942) - Andreas Rüdiger Du gehörst zu mir (1943) - Dr. Groone (1943) - Peter Niklas Nora (1944) - Dr. Robert Helmer Via Mala (1945) - Andreas von Richenau Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947) - Rolf Ebeling Verführte Hände (1949) - Gorg Reinhart Einmaleins der Ehe (1949) - Dr. Johannes Kellmann (1949) - Gidi Mathilde Möhring (1950) - Hugo Großmann Everything for the Company (1950) - Herr Knesing Trouble in Paradise (1950) - Hans Soltau Eine Frau mit Herz (1951) Das fremde Leben (1951) - Werftbesitzer Jürgen Fredersen Veronika the Maid (1951) - Richard Im Banne der Madonna (1951) - Michael Trautner The Last Shot (1951) - Thomas Scharrer House of Life (1952) - Willi Kuschitzky The Exchange (1952) - Simon Gigl When the Heath Dreams at Night (1952) - Karl Odewig Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953) - Karlheinz Reiling Aunt Jutta from Calcutta (1953) - Dr. Hans Hannemann, Rechtsanwalt / Lawyer The Postponed Wedding Night (1953) - Christian Möbius The Beginning Was Sin (1954) - Jacob, Bauer Marriage Impostor (1954) - Ernest Harrington The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae (1955) - Thomas The Dark Star (1955) - Casseno Closed Exit (1955) - Juan The Mistress of Solderhof (1955) - Dr. Stefan Heim Regine (1956) - Friedrich Wentland Spy for Germany (1956) - Oberst Sommerfeld (1957) - Friedrich Harkort Wetterleuchten um Maria (1957) - Mayor The Fox of Paris (1957) - Col. Toller Taiga (1958) - Weber Der schwarze Blitz (1958) - Lehrer Thalhammer (1958) - Kara Ben Nemsi Hunting Party (1959) - Jakob Reinhard Wild Water (1962) - Förster Böhmel Trompeten der Liebe (1962) - Supt. Mank Die drei Scheinheiligen (1964) - Dr. Ebert Freddy, Tiere, Sensationen (1964) - Zirkusdirektor Help, I Love Twins (1969) - Dr. Peters The Hunter of Fall (1974) - Förster The Standard (1977) - Anton (final film role)

Television Quadrille (1961, TV Movie) - Axel Diensen Interpol (1963) - Arthur Redgrave Alarm in den Bergen (1965) Die Tintenfische (1966) - Dr. Hellerer Landarzt Dr. Brock (1967-1968) - Dr. Kurt Vielhaber Pater Brown (1972) - Oberst