Peter Weck (born 12 August 1930) is an film director and actor.
Biography
Weck studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Max Reinhardt Seminar. He made his film debut in 1954 and had a supporting role as Karl Ludwig of Austria in the 1955 historical drama
Sissi (1955) with
Romy Schneider. Weck found himself typecast in comedic and romantic roles in light entertainment films.
[Peter Weck: War’s das? Erinnerungen. Amalthea, Wien 2010, S. 98.] He also appeared in a number of international film productions, as choir conductor
Max Heller in the music film
Almost Angels (1962) and as Romy Schneider's husband in
monumental drama
The Cardinal (1963). In the 1980s, Weck had a leading role as the family father in the German television sitcom
Ich heirate eine Familie (I Marry a Family).
Starting with the comedy film Help, I Love Twins, Weck also regularly worked as a film and television director until the 2000s. He directed his own sitcom Ich heirate eine Familie and a number of Tatort episodes. He was also successful as a stage director for a number of theatres which work together in the organization Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, co-founded by Weck in 1987. As a Theater manager in Vienna during the 1980s, he was responsible for the German-language premieres of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.
Selected filmography
Actor
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Victoria in Dover (1954)
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Sissi (1955)
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The Stolen Trousers (1956)
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Her Corporal (1956)
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Paradise for Sailors (1959)
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I Will Always Be Yours (1960)
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The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961)
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Mariandl (1961)
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Almost Angels (1962)
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Mariandl's Homecoming (1962)
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The Bird Seller (1962)
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(1962)
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The Forester's Daughter (1962)
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(1963, TV film)
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Is Geraldine an Angel? (1963)
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The Cardinal (1963)
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Marry Me, Cherie (1964)
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When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube (1965)
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Always Trouble with the Teachers (1968)
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Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969)
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Our Doctor is the Best (1969)
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The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (1971)
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Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best (1971)
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My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972)
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Trouble with Trixie (1972)
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Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972)
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(1973)
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Ich heirate eine Familie (1983–1986, TV series)
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I Desire You (1995, TV film)
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(1996, TV film)
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Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
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(2007, TV film)
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Germaine Damar – Der tanzende Stern (2011)
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(2012, TV film)
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The 7th Dwarf (2014)
Director
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Help, I Love Twins (1969)
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(1970)
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(1971)
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Don't Get Angry (1972)
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Kolportage (1980, TV film) — (based on Kolportage by Georg Kaiser)
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(1982, TV film) — (based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris)
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Ich heirate eine Familie (1983–1986, TV series)
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I Desire You (1995, TV film)
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(1996, TV film) — (Remake of Der Hofrat Geiger and Mariandl)
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(2007, TV film)
Decorations and awards
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1980: Title of Professor (awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Education)
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1984: Bambi Award
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1984: Golden Camera Award for Best Director for Ich heirate eine Familie ( I married a family)
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1985: Golden Europe ( Goldene Europa)
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1985: Golden Camera Award in the category of Most Popular TV Series pair (1st place HÖRZU reader's choice) (with Thekla Carola Wied)
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1985: Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna
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1988: Telestar
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1990: Bambi Award
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1990: Title Kammerschauspieler
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1990: Heinrich Abelé Award
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1990: Golden Romy as Favoured series Star
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1991: Karl Valentin Order
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1991: Tourism Award of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce for the musical Cats
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1992: Golden Europe
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1992: Golden Rathausmann
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1993: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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1993: Year of the Gourmet
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1993: Bacchus
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1996: Germany International Musical Award for his outstanding service to the German-language musical
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2000: Great Gold Medal for services to the province of Lower Austria
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2001: Gold Medal of Vienna
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2004: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria ( Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen)
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2005: Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement
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2012: Crown of folk music for life work
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