Foto: Ernst Förster (1879-1943)

1883 - 1971

He made his theaterdebut in 1904 at the Intimes Theater in Munich, only two years later he gained a foothold in his hometown Vienna.
At the beginning of the 20's he became a very busy actor both in Berlin and Vienna.

His first film appearance was in 1911 in "Der Unbekannte" (11), it followed the movies "Das Opfer" (18) and "Der Eid des Stephan Huller" (19). 
He had his greatest successes on the big screen in the 20's, to his most popular productions belong "Gräfin Walewska" (20), "Hazard" (21), "Phantom" (22), "Die Strasse" (23), "Die Prinzessin Suwarin" (23), "Artisten" (27) and "Sensationsprozess" (28).

Anton Edthofer was normally engaged in bigger support roles in the talkies of the 30's, to these movies belong "Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus" (31), "Moral und Liebe" (33), "Pygmalion" (35), "Die Leuchter des Kaisers" (36) and "Die unentschuldigte Stunde" (37).

After the war however, he only appeared in few more movies, among them "Der Engel mit der Posaune" (48) and "Wiener Mädeln" (49), but his theater career lasted till brief to his death.

To his numerous awards belong the Max Reinhardt-Ring which he got as the first actor at all as well as the Josef Kainz medal in 1960.

Anton Edthofer was married with the actress Helene Thimig.
 

Other movies with Anton Edthofer:
Tiefland (18) Maria Magdalena (18) Gespenster (19) Die Augen der Welt (20) Moj (20) Eine Frau mit Vergangenheit (20) Der Liebeskorridor (20) Das Geheimnis von Bombay (20) Das Spielt mit dem Feuer (21) Kämpfende Herzen/Die Vier um die Frau (21) Papa kann's nicht lasen (21) Bardame (22) Erniedrigte und Beleidigte (22) Schatten der Vergangenheit (22) Nora (23) Bob und Mary/Eine Fahrt ins Glück (23) Fridericus Rex - 3. Sanssouci (23) Pension Groonen (24) Der Leibgardist (25) Das brennende Herz (29) Das Schicksal einer schönen Frau (32) Der träumende Mund (32) Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will (34) Früchtchen (34) Die Pompadour (35) Der Hampelmann (38) Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht (45) Das andere Leben/Der 20. Juli 1944 (48)