Peter Alexander

Acting

Peter Alexander

Born — Died

1926-06-30 — 2011-02-12

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria

Known for

Acting

Credits

90 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

1960s · 21 titles

Das Liebeskarussell poster
3.3

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.

Das Liebeskarussell

1965

The White Horse Inn poster
6.7

Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the owner of the restaurant, Josepha. But she's only interested in the lawyer Dr. Siedler. Jealous, Leopold comes up with a plan to gain Josepha's attention.

The White Horse Inn

1960

Schweik's Years of Indiscretion poster
7.4

Shortly before the First World War, the son of a Prague butcher is called up for military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army of Emperor Franz Joseph, proving to be a very incompetent recruit.

Schweik's Years of Indiscretion

1964

Zum Teufel mit der Penne poster
5.5

Pepe Notnagel (who inexplicably had his name changed from the first movie's Nietnagel) and his classmates scheme to get around doing any actual school work by cheating or sending their teachers to the sanatorium. A Swiss documentary film maker disguises himself as his brother in law, who got a position as an exchange teacher, to aid his project of making a movie about the current youth.

Zum Teufel mit der Penne

1968

Hurra, die Schule brennt poster
5.4

A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.

Hurra, die Schule brennt

1969

How to Seduce a Playboy? poster
6.8

A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.

How to Seduce a Playboy?

1966

The Model Boy poster
4.7

Since Benno Geyer fails to pass his Abitur due to his panicky exam anxiety, Dr. Fritz Geyer enrolls in high school under his brother's name. As a model student, he has no trouble getting good grades, but he quickly becomes unpopular among the students. From then on, he tries to impress with the craziest pranks.

The Model Boy

1963

Charley's Aunt poster
4.8

An Austrian version of the famous farce Charley's Aunt. A man impersonates his own aunt.

Charley's Aunt

1963

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby poster
5.0

Count Bobby assumes the identity and dresses of his sick aunt because they desperately need the money for chaperoning Mary, a wealthy American heiress, on her trip through Europe. Bobby falls in love with Mary, but his dress is a handicap.

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby

1961

Die Fledermaus poster
6.5

Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...

Die Fledermaus

1962

Count Bobby, the Terror of the Wild West poster
6.3

An Austrian earl learns that he has inherited land in Arizona, in the American wild west. The count and his friend journey to America to claim the inheritance. There, they encounter danger, desperados, and the none-too-friendly daughter of the local sheriff.

Count Bobby, the Terror of the Wild West

1965

... und sowas muß um 8 ins Bett poster
6.2

The kind-hearted but slightly awkward Dr. Eduard Frank is transferred to a girls' boarding school in Carinthia. He soon finds out that his upper class consists of a bunch of cheeky rebels led by the bright Princess Margret. With their pranks, the girls bring poor Dr. Frank to the brink of despair. He cannot expect any help from the spinsters' teaching staff. The only one that Dr. Frank keeps at the boarding school is the courageous sports teacher Angelika. When Margret notices this sympathy, she fakes a fiery love exchange between the two...

... und sowas muß um 8 ins Bett

1965

Season in Salzburg poster
6.2

The actors Heinz Doll, Hans Stiegler and Werner Mack have failed to look after the end of the last season in time for a new commitment and are now unemployed. Since they are just right that the Salzburg mountain hotel "Zum Blaue Enzian" staff looking for.

Season in Salzburg

1961

Hilfe, meine Braut klaut poster
5.8

Valentin Hase (Peter Alexander) falls in love with the rich but cleptomanic society girl Babs (Connie Froboess) without knowing her true identity as the daughter of a chocolate company owner.

Hilfe, meine Braut klaut

1964

I Daily Count My Sorrows poster
5.7

For business reasons, Rosemary is supposed to marry Peter, a stranger to her, according to her father's wishes. However, while fleeing from America back to Europe, Rosemary and Peter meet under assumed names and fall in love.

I Daily Count My Sorrows

1960

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby poster
3.9

Graf Bobby and Baron Mucki founded the detective bureau Pfiff and Greif to finally make money. Shortly before the bankruptcy of their company, they receive a lucrative order from Benevenuto Socrates Socre regarding a gang of girl traders.

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby

1962

Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies poster
6.0

Operetta star Ulrich Hansen wants to return to his original profession as a doctor and announces his engagement to Regine Röders, the daughter of an industrialist, at his farewell performance. His stage partner and former girlfriend, Ilonka, isn't about to accept his decision to marry another woman without a fight. Jealous, she hatches a plan to prevent the wedding. Ulrich and Regine marry as planned and go on their honeymoon to Venice. Ilonka follows the newlyweds to Venice with her new admirer, Gustav Säuerling, and continues to try to break them up.

Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies

1962

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Jetzt schlägt's 13

1967

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NR

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Wien nach Noten

1969

The Merry Widow poster
5.3

Peter Alexander in a starring role: Franz Lehár's operetta presents him in a comedy with plenty of music! Bon vivant Danilo enjoys Paris to the fullest. He's the nephew of a wealthy factory owner and can therefore afford it. But he's supposed to concentrate on his uncle's company in the city on the Seine. When he doesn't, Uncle André devises a ruse. Hanna, who becomes André's "merry widow," is also involved in this...

The Merry Widow

1962

Kriminaltango poster
5.8

Peter, a young, bankrupt homeowner, wants to sell his house and move in with his aunt Agathe in the countryside. In the meantime, his friend Albert and his niece Inge are supposed to guard the house. When he learns that the three crooks Boxer-Franz, Taschen-August, and Klau-Maxe are already living there, he breaks into his own house, where he encounters the three burglars, who mistake him for a "colleague." The crooks expect him to pretend to be the homeowner and want to keep the proceeds for themselves.

Kriminaltango

1960

1950s · 18 titles

Salto Mortale poster
8.0

After some initial difficulties, the daughter of a circus director who died in an accident follows in her father’s footsteps and takes over the business.

Salto Mortale

1954

Verliebte Leute poster
5.2

An engineer, a musician, and a salesman are heading off on summer vacation in an old VW and a rented caravan. The confirmed bachelors want to enjoy their freedom. But the musician falls in love with a hotel telephone operator, and the engineer with a merchant's daughter. This leads to turmoil, with lots of fun and music!

Verliebte Leute

1954

Liebe, Jazz und Übermut poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe, Jazz und Übermut

1957

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs

1955

Ich bin kein Casanova poster
6.0

Peter Keller is hired as a butler by the wealthy Pirkner couple to teach them good manners, which leads to all sorts of complications.

Ich bin kein Casanova

1959

So ein Millionär hat's schwer poster
6.7

Edward Collins wants nothing more than to live a modest life. But as a millionaire with a luxurious villa, chauffeur, and everything his heart desires, women are desperately after him. This time, however, Edward wants to play it safe and, together with his devoted butler, Alfons Heinz Erhardt, hatches a plan. The sweet waitress Ninette Germaine Damar, whom he meets by chance, tells Edward that he is completely penniless. Ninette promptly gets him a temporary job as a parking attendant. But that's only when the complications really begin.

So ein Millionär hat's schwer

1958

Peter schießt den Vogel ab poster
6.3

Peter schießt den Vogel ab is a German film comedy first released in 1959.

Peter schießt den Vogel ab

1959

Musikparade poster
7.5

Greta Lund leads her own jazz band with charm and flair, but she’s not interested in romantic entanglements with her musicians. Then the popular trumpeter and singer Peter joins her band and falls in love with her. He tries in creative ways to convince her that musicians are real men after all. After a chaotic concert, a brawl, and a series of mix-ups, the two finally find their way to each other.

Musikparade

1956

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10.0

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Königin der Arena

1952

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen poster
6.5

Peter wants to practice for an upcoming jazz competition with his friends Willi, Oskar, and Jupp. But his uncle Tobias, on whose farm Peter lives, must not find out about it.

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen

1958

Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein

1956

Schlag auf Schlag poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Schlag auf Schlag

1959

The Sweetest Fruits poster
7.0

In two fictional states bureaucracy and political intrigue provoke social unrest. Beppo learns that his nation's president is his twin. Mistaken identities lead to comical chaos as the twins propose a treaty that will benefit both nations.

The Sweetest Fruits

1954

Münchhausen in Afrika poster
4.5

The adventures of Baron Münchhausen jr. in Africa.

Münchhausen in Afrika

1958

Das haut hin poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Das haut hin

1957

Hello Kathrin poster
6.3

Kathrin, Sylvio, and Pierre are music students in Paris. Due to their financial difficulties, the bailiff Fogar is even forced to seize their musical instruments. However, he allows them to continue practicing with them in his warehouse. There, the trio meets the composer Duval, who is also struggling financially.

Hello Kathrin

1956

Große Starparade poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Große Starparade

1954

Salem Aleikum poster
5.5

Musician Peter Karmann, whose main profession is teaching Asian languages, goes on a grand tour of Africa with a ballet troupe. Unfortunately, the well-behaved Peter looks very much like the notorious smuggling baron Jack Castillo. As soon as he arrives in Tangier, he soon ends up in captivity. Rescue comes in the form of the beautiful and clever Marcella, who is madly in love with Peter.

Salem Aleikum

1959

Series credits

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Die Drehscheibe

1964

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

Wetten, dass..? poster
5.6

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

Wetten, dass..?

1981

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

No artwork available
NR

The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager.

Die ZDF-Hitparade

1969

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7.3

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Was bin ich?

1955

No artwork available
7.0

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Einer wird gewinnen

1964

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Der große Preis

1974

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Romy Award

1990

Musik aus Studio B poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Musik aus Studio B

1961

Stars in der Manege poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Stars in der Manege

1959

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NR

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ECHO-Verleihung

1992

No artwork available
NR

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Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde

1969

No artwork available
NR

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Musik liegt in der Luft

1991

No artwork available
NR

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Melodien für Millionen

1985

No artwork available
8.0

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Der goldene Schuß

1964

No artwork available
6.0

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Musik ist Trumpf

1975

No artwork available
NR

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Das Sonntagskonzert

1969

Travelling Man poster
6.5

After completing a two-year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, former DI Alan Lomax wants answers. With at least one luxury left - a narrowboat, and it's on the canals, among the day trippers and travellers, that he means to seek revenge. Not an easy task for an ex-detective isolated on the wrong side of the law.

Travelling Man

1984

Am laufenden Band poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Am laufenden Band

1974

Die Rudi Carrell Show poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Die Rudi Carrell Show

1965

No artwork available
NR

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Lebens-Künstler

1995

No artwork available
7.0

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Drei mal neun

1970

No artwork available
7.0

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Zwischenmahlzeit

1963

No artwork available
9.0

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Vergißmeinnicht

1964

No artwork available
NR

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Unvergessene Legenden

2020

No artwork available
8.0

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Nase vorn

1988

No artwork available
NR

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Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

1969

No artwork available
NR

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Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

1969

No artwork available
NR

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Treffpunkte

1970

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NR

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Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren

1979

No artwork available
NR

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Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren

1979

No artwork available
1.5

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Die Caterina-Valente-Show

1966

No artwork available
9.0

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Hotel Victoria

1961

No artwork available
NR

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Zwischenstation

1964

Die Peter Alexander Show poster
NR

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Die Peter Alexander Show

1987

No artwork available
NR

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Peter Alexander: Spaziergänge

1963