- He began acting at a theatre in Innsbruck, then moved to Volkstheater in Vienna.
- From 1959 to 1979, Schiel was active in Burgtheater productions.
- Schiel was born in Vienna in 1914, and studied law at the University of Graz before becoming an actor.
- From 1946 he was involved in many radio productions by RAVAG Vienna, Radio Innsbruck and Rot-Weiss-Rot Vienna.
- As a voice actor, he lent his voice to Don Ameche.
- He took on guest roles in television series and series such as: 'Hallo - Hotel Sacher ... Portier!', 'Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk' and 'Tatort'.
- In 2004, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, he self-published Memories of an Actor's Life (Erinnerungen aus einem Schauspielerleben).
- He acted alongside his wife, the editor Irmgard E. Walter (+ March 2017), as co-editor of editions of works by Adalbert Stifter, William Shakespeare and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.
- In 1949 he made his feature film debut as "SS-Standartenfuhrer Rainer" in Paul May's drama 'Duell mit dem Tod'.
- Hannes Schiel came from the "Seiden-Schiels" family of manufacturers.
- Since his 101st birthday on May 31, 2015, he has been the oldest member of the Austrian 'Burgtheater'.
- After the end of World War II and his return from captivity, Schiel found a new artistic home in his native town Vienna. He played at the Renaissance Theater, at the "Island" (Insel), and at the People's Theater(Volkstheater).
- After completing secondary school, Schiel first studied four semesters of law at the University of Graz, where he also took private acting lessons from 1936 to 1938 with Franz Scharwenka.
- In 1938 he made his stage debut as "Thomas Hüttenbrenner" in a performance of Max Mell's play von den Deutschen Ahnen in Moravia-Ostrau. In the following year he moved to the Innsbruck Theater, where he was primarily cast as a hero and as a lover. He played Benedict in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Petrucchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Count Leicester in Friedrich Schiller's Maria Stuart and Primislaus in Franz Grillparzer's Libussa.
- Schiel played in Géza von Radványi's historical comedy 'Der Kongress amusiert sich', embodied "Don Pizarro" in Walter Felsenstein's adaptation of Fidelio, was seen in the third part of the '08/15' film series as "Oberst Hauk" and in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's war film 'The Last Act' (Der letzte Akt) as Hitler's adjutant Otto Günsche.
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