Background
Albach-Retty was the son of actress Rosa Albach-Retty and K. University
Albach-Retty was the son of actress Rosa Albach-Retty and K. University
He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider. K. officer Karl Albach. He trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and at the age of twenty played his first role at the Vienna Burgtheater.
He was a young man when he first appeared in a silent film role in 1927.
During the Third Reich, he made romance films and musicals. After World World War II, his acting career soured as his past successes were no longer remembered and he was only able to find supporting acting roles in films.
He returned to the Burgtheater and starred in, among other things, Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler. He died in Vienna and is buried in Vienna"s Zentralfriedhof.
In 1933 Albach-Retty became a patron member of the Steamship and in 1940 he joined the NSDAP.