Josef Meinrad was born on April 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Josef Moucka. He was an actor and director, known for Sissi impératrice (1956), Dulcinea del Toboso (1964) and Don Juan de Mozart (1955). He was married to Germaine Renée Clement. He died on February 18, 1996 in Großgmain bei Salzburg, Austria.