
Karl Merkatz
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1930-11-17
- Died
- 2022-12-04
- Place of birth
- Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Oberinspektor Glauber / Berti Hawratil

A Case For Two
1981
as Karl Lohse
German Film Award
1951
as Self

Der Bergdoktor
1992
as Ludwig Breinfalk

Schlosshotel Orth
1996
as Hubert Prohaska
Romy Award
1990
as Self
Stöckl
2013
as Self

Der Bulle von Tölz
1996
as Hofrat Rudolf Matuschek
Club 2
1976
as Self
Erlesen
2010
as self

Thema
2018
as Self

Polizeifunk ruft
1966
as Kurt Narwitz

Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009
as Magnus

Stockinger
1996
as Gendarm Alois Schefel

Klinik unter Palmen
1996
as Nestor Gomez
Zwischen den Flügen
1973
as Krause

Im Auftrag von Madame
1972

Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1975
as Edmund „Mundl“ Sackbauer

Die Neue - Eine Frau mit Kaliber
1998
as Archivar

Irgendwie und Sowieso
1986
as Kerschbaumer

Der Ochsenkrieg
1987
as Runotter
Hafenkrankenhaus
1968
as Karl Schiefert

Aus dem Archiv
2012
as Self
Im Schatten der Gipfel
1992
as Vinzenz Kerschbaume
Die fünfte Jahreszeit
1982

Lenz oder die Freiheit
1986
as Böning
Aufgspielt wird... in Joschi's Beisl
1993
as Joschi
Der Spritzen-Karli
1995
as Spritzen-Karli
Österreichische Fernsehjuwele
2022
as self
Easy Radler - Abenteuer in Australien
1979
as Karl Roitinger
Movies (51)

The Unfish
1997
as Herr Johler

Move On
2012
as Anton

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
as Hubi Förster

Feuer!
1979
as Anzenberg

The Living Corpse
1981
as Iwan

On the Other Side of the Bridge
2002
as Old Roland

The Butcher
1981
as Karl Bockerer

Lethal Obsession
1987
as Josef Blach

The Secret of Loch Ness
2008
as Opa Bender

Summer With The Ghosts
2003
as Otto

Ein himmlisches Weihnachtsgeschenk
2002
as Willi Unger

Das ewige Lied
1997
as Angerer Wirt

König Ottokars Glück und Ende
2006
as Benesch von Diedicz

Doppelagent George Blake
1969

Frechheit siegt
2004
as Paul Weinstein

Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
2009
as Einstein

The Lenz Papers
1986
as Böning

Zwei Väter einer Tochter
2003
as Paul Weinstein

Der Blunzenkönig
2015
as Blunzenkönig“ Franz König senior

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
2003
as Karl Bockerer

Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
2000
as Karl Bockerer

Little Big Voice
2015
as Siegried

Mord im Wald
1992
as Sandler
In Zeiten wie diesen
1989
as Herr Milanovits

Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat
1983
as Bremer Sepp
Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung
1993
as Pettifer

Totstellen
1975
as Capo
Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder - Skurriles aus dem schönen Wien
1978
Franz Antel - Meister der Unterhaltung
2013
as Himself

Der Rausschmeisser
1989
as Filialleiter

Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
2008
as Edmund „Mundl” Sackbauer

Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
1996
as Karl Bockerer

Jakob der Letzte
1976
as Rodel
Die hundertste Nacht
1966
as Fujima
Das Duell
1964
as 2. Sekundant

Drei Herren
1998
as Ezechiel Dölken

Echte Wiener 2 - Die Deppat'n und die Gspritzt'n
2010
as Edmund Sackbauer („Mundl“)
Egmont
1967

Ein Hund kam in die Küche
2002
as Inspektor Ludwig

Junger Frühling
1986
as David O. Bluhm
König Johann
1971
as Leopold, Herzog von Österreich
Romeo und Julia
1964
as Erster Musikant

Coming of Age
2011
as Bruno

Der Bienenkönig
1990
as uncle Rudi
Die Erben des tollen Bomberg
1969
as Der Pfarrer
Esch oder Die Anarchie
1979
as Korn - Zolladjunkt

Mundl - Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1994
as Edmund Sackbauer

Da wo es noch Treue gibt
2007
as Pfarrer
Karl Merkatz - Vom Tischler zum echten Wiener
2010
as self

Young Dr. Freud
1976
as Dr. Josef Breuer
Der Mann von La Mancha
1994
as Don Quixote / Cervantes
About 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 Sac… With 81 credits spanning from 1951 to 2022, Karl Merkatz has appeared in 51 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Karl Merkatz Movies
- The Unfish (1997) — as Herr Johler
- Move On (2012) — as Anton
- Ene mene muh – und tot bist du (2001) — as Hubi Förster
- Feuer! (1979) — as Anzenberg
- The Living Corpse (1981) — as Iwan
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