Born in
Oberfeistritz,
Steiermark to ordinary-size parents, Fritzs Hakl was the small-sized sixth child in a poor family. From 1966 to 1994 he was part of the ensemble of the Vienna
Burgtheater. In 1978 he played the clown and vaudeville group director
Bebra in
Volker Schlöndorff's film adaptation of the novel
The Tin Drum by
Günter Grass. Since his retirement from the stage in 1994, Fritz Hakl lived again in his native Oberfeistritz. He died in
Graz in 2012. == Filmography ==