The theater was his great passion and he already appeared on the stage as a child at the legendary "Wiener Burgtheater" where he appeared regularly.
As an adult followed soon engagements for other well-known theaters like the "Volkstheater" and at the "Wiener Kammerspiele". At the burgtheater - his first domain - he was a member from 1938 to 1991.
He continued his film career after the war, first for the motion-picture theater, later television as well.