He was engaged by Max Reinhardt in 1924 and acted in Vienna and from 1925 in Berlin where he was convincing in a string of plays.
The actor Richard Romanowsky got his first theater engagement at the Stadttheater Znaim in 1911, it followed appearances in Linz, Graz and at the Deutsches Theater in Prague.
The film came late into the life of Richard Romanowsky. He made his film debut as a comedian in "Zwei in einem Auto" (1932) and became a popular support actor in the next years, often at Hans Moser's side.
Richard Romanosky had to fight with a serious eye disease after the war which led to working interruptions time and again. In 1954 he even went blind but was cured after an operation.