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Giuseppe Weidmann (1742–1810) was an Austrian drama actor.

He was born in Vienna to a poor family. He interrupted his studies to become an actor, and specialized in playing the grotesque stock characters, perhaps a Hanswurst for the theater in Brünn. After a spell in theaters in Vienna and Salzburg; in 1765, he began reciting comic parts for audiences in Prague. He produced a single drama, titled Sipper; he performed then in Linz and Gratz; but was called by Emperor Joseph II to perform in Vienna. Weidmann was named one of five inspectors of the court theater.

References

1. Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 1089.

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