An area next to Austria's national theater, the Vienna Burgtheater, was named "Josef-Meinrad-Platz" in 1997 to commemorate the renowned stage actor.
As his parents wanted him to become a priest, he visited a seminary until 1929.
Ensemble member of the famous Vienna Burgtheater from 1946 to 1978, which made him the audience's most popular 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.
While he was type casted as cunning servant or subordinate in his younger years, he later often played the "civil nobleman".