Schwejk, which was filmed in German and broadcast by the Austrian state TV (ORF) in 1972. Muliar was a committed Social Democrat who publicly supported various Austrian Social Democratic politicians during their election campaigns. He was married from 1955 to Franziska Kalmar, Austria's first television presenter. In January 2006 he was elected to the position of a public advisor in the Austrian state TV (ORF). He died in Vienna, aged 89. Awards Decoration for Services to the Liberation of Austria Gold Medal for services to the City of Vienna Medal of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Professor by the Republic of Austria (1975) Merit Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1977) Kainz Medal for Peachum in Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera (1978) Nestroy Ring (1984) Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1984) Gold Medal of Styria (1985) Kammerschauspieler ("Chamber actor") (1985) Gold Medal of Salzburg (1989) Naming of a street in Grossenzersdorf after Fritz Muliar in 1994 Honorary member of the Burgtheater (1995) Honorary member of the Theater in der Josefstadt (1996) Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna (1999) European Culture Prize (2001) Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2002) Grand Golden Decoration for services to the province of Lower Austria (2002) Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement (2004) Ferdinand Raimund-Ring 2008 Ring of honour of Grossenzersdorf References External links 1919 births 2009 deaths Austrian male stage actors Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors Kabarettists Jews and Judaism in Vienna People from Neubau Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Liberation of Austria Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria Recipients of the Romy (TV award) 20th-century Austrian male actors