Rudolf Lenz
Rudolf Lenz ( born May 25, 1920 in Graz, † July 12, 1987 in Inzell ) was an Austrian actor and appeared in numerous home movies.
Life
Lenz was the son of the engineer Rudolf Lenz and his wife Antonia, née Weiser. He studied engineering and was from 1941 to 1945 marine engineer in the Navy. After the Second World War in Vienna took Lenz lessons with Professor Kirchner and stood since 1950 on stages in Graz and Klagenfurt and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.
He received his first movie starring role in the film The forester home from Silver Forest ( 1954), who suddenly made him a star. Lenz was still playing then in around thirty films like blank - eg in Ganghoferstrasse adaptations - with that built on the original success. Regularly embodied Rudolf Lenz in these films the noble, restrained, nature-loving young man.
As the home movie wave subsided in the German-speaking countries, also decreased the success of Star Rudolf Lenz. He was still playing in some of Fassbinder's films of the 1970s supporting roles, such as Fontane Effi Briest and expulsion from paradise. Since 1980, he ran together with his ex- wife and her husband, a naturopathic practice in Munich, since 1985, the Naturopathy hotel " Vita Nova " in Gschwall at Inzell, where he worked until recently as a medical practitioner. Lenz was twice divorced and has one daughter.
Lenz died in 1987 of a heart attack. His grave is in the cemetery in Inzell.