Biography
Willy Hagara (4 June 1927 – 15 May 2015) was an Austrian schlager pop singer and actor.
Born in Vienna, he worked for the Austrian postal service before winning a talent competition in the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1946. Credited at the time as "the best jazz singer in Vienna", he took singing and acting lessons and began a career as a popular baritone singer and entertainer. His song "Casetta in Canada" reached number 3 on the German pop chart in 1958. He made numerous television appearances, and appeared in popular West German films such as Weißer Holunder, Der Haus-Tyrann, and Paprika.He largely gave up his career in entertainment in the late 1960s after the deaths of both his wife and father, from whom he received a large inheritance. He lived quietly in retirement, and made his final public appearance in 2002. He died in 2015, aged 87.
Filmography
all 21
TV Shows 13
self 12
Movies 8
Melodien für Millionen (1985)
Musik ist Trumpf (1975)
Ein Mädchen von heute (1966)
Musik und Information (1966)
Mode-Cocktail (1964)
Zwischenmahlzeit (1963)
Ramona (1961)
Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin (1961)
Musik aus Studio B (1961)
Treffpunkt Telebar (1961)
Kleine Stadt - ganz groß (1961)
Laß mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959)
Paprika (1959)
Der Haustyrann (1959)
Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik (1959)
Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten (1958)
Weißer Holunder (1957)
Zum blauen Bock (1957)
Melodie der Welt (1956)
Was bin ich? (1955)
Wer gegen wen - ferngesehen (1953)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-06-04
Deathday2015-05-15 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
CitizenshipsAustria
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