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Austrian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gunther Philipp (8 June 1918 – 2 October 2003) was an Austrian film actor, physician and swimmer.[2]
Gunther Philipp | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gunther Placheta 8 June 1918 |
| Died | 2 October 2003 (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Melaten-Friedhof |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, television actor, physician |
| Years active | 1949–2002 |
From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scripts.
During World War II, Philipp studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and at the University of Vienna philosophy, majoring in psychology and then medicine. In 1943 he received his doctorate in medicine (Dr. med. univ.) He held the Austrian record in the 100-meter breaststroke for 14 years. He was also in the squad of the Austrian Olympic team in Berlin in 1936, but was not nominated for political reasons because he did not want to join the National Socialist-dominated “First Vienna Amateur Sports Club”. After the war, he ran a practice in Eberstalzell in Upper Austria and was active until in the 1990s at the Vienna University Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry.
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