- An area next to Austria's national theater, the Vienna Burgtheater, was named "Josef-Meinrad-Platz" in 1997 to commemorate the renowned stage actor.
- While he was type casted as cunning servant or subordinate in his younger years, he later often played the "civil nobleman".
- As his parents wanted him to become a priest, he visited a seminary until 1929.
- Softly-spoken, genteel Viennese stage and screen actor.
- Keeper of the Iffland Ring, the highest lifetime achievement for a German speaking actor, from 1959 until his death in 1996. His successor is Bruno Ganz.
- Received the City of Vienna's honor ring in 1983.
- Ensemble member of the famous Vienna Burgtheater from 1946 to 1978, which made him the audience's most popular actor.
- After completing his schooling in 1929, he worked as a clerk in an office while taking acting lessons. He made his stage debut the following year.
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