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Son of Josef Danegger and brother of Mathilde Danegger.

Versatile Austrian character actor and opera singer. Began his career well into middle-age. He enjoyed long residencies at Vienna's Burgtheater (1905-13) and at the Münchner Kammerspielen (1934-1939) and acted regularly in films from 1932, often as porters, waiters, postal workers or tradesmen, occasionally as noblemen.

The actor Theodor Danegger began his acting career at the theater,only at the age of 41 he made his film debut ( with an exception of a small role in a movie in 1919) with "So ein Mädel vergisst man nicht" (1932).

Theodor Danegger became a very busy actor from the 40's he he was active as an actor till to his death.

He was the son of actor and director Josef Danegger (1865-1933) and brother of actress Mathilde Danegger (1903-1988).

After the end of the second world war, he had soon new small film engagements, first in Austrian, and by 1949, also often in West German productions.

Theodor Danegger was arrested temporarily because of homosexual acts. during the shooting of the movie Der weiße Traum (1943), because of homosexual acts.

Danegger died in Vienna in 1959 and was buried at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.