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Karl Merkatz
Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor.
Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a toolmaker. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notably in Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Vienna.
During his later career he starred in several roles in television and motion pictures. In the role of Edmund Sackbauer (Mundl) in the 1970s, he became famous as the typical Viennese. Another big success came with the films "Bockerer" starring as a naive Viennese during the Second World War in Vienna (the later films are set in the subsequent years to 1945).
From 1999, Merkatz was chairman of the human rights group SOS Mitmensch.
Merkatz died in Straßwalchen on 4 December 2022, at the age of 92.
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As actor
Little Big Voice
Der Blunzenkönig
Franz Antel - Meister der Unterhaltung
Move On
Coming of Age
Echte Wiener 2 - Die Deppat'n und die Gspritzt'n
Karl Merkatz - Vom Tischler zum echten Wiener
Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
The Secret of Loch Ness
Da wo es noch Treue gibt
König Ottokars Glück und Ende
Frechheit siegt
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
Zwei Väter einer Tochter
Summer With The Ghosts
Ein Hund kam in die Küche
Ein himmlisches Weihnachtsgeschenk
On the Other Side of the Bridge
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
Drei Herren
The Unfish
Das ewige Lied
Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
Der Mann von La Mancha
Mundl - Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung
Mord im Wald
Der Bienenkönig