- Father of Romy Schneider and Sacha Darwin.
- Son of Rosa Albach-Retty
- Book with references to Wolf Albach-Retty: "Geliebter Kintopp -Sämtliche deutsche Spielfilme von 1929 bis 1945 - Künstlerbiographieren A.- K.) Authors: Helga Wendtland, Karlheinz Wentland Publisher: Verlag Medium Film (1994) ISBN: 3-926945-13-3.
- Book with references to Wolf Albach-Retty: "Die Gesichte der UFA - Starportraits einer Epoche" Author: Friedemann Beyer Publisher: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag (1992) ISBN: 3-453-05971-9.
- He has an entry in Kay Weniger's "Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films (Erster Band A. - C.)", published in Berlin in 2001 by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf (ISBN: 3-89602-340-3).
- He has an entry in Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz's "Lexikon der deutschen Film - und TV - Stars", published in Berlin in 2000 by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf (ISBN: 3-89602-229-6).
- His real breakthrough came with the sound. He was signed on by the Ufa in 1931 where he normally impersonated the Viennese womanizer.
- He attended the Viennese Academy for music and performance art and appeared as an actor for the first time during a school show.
- When he took part in the movie "Kind, ich freu' mich auf dein kommen" (33) he met the actress Magda Schneider. They got married in 1936. There was the actress Romy Schneider of this marriage.
- Wolf Albach-Retty and Magda Schneider appeared together in seven more movies and became a so-called dream couple.
- In the post-war time he still appeared in many movies but the role typus he impersonated did no longer correspondend with the spirit of the age.
- Till the end of war he continued to play in operettas and entertainment movies.
- In 1933 Albach-Retty became a patron member of the SS and in 1940 he joined the Nazi Party.
- He returned to the Burgtheater in 1959 and appeared only seldom in movies. To his last cinematically works belong "Die grosse Kür" (1964), "Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler" 19(65) and "Leinen aus Irland" (1966).
- In 1936 he married Magda Schneider and temporarily took up German citizenship.
- When he made his debut at the Burgtheater in 1926, this was the begin of a great career which he continued successful in the next 40 years.
- Wolf Albach-Retty was married in second marriage with the actress Trude Marlen.
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