Austrian-born Max Grießer was a famous Bavarian folk-play actor and has played many roles on "Komödienstadel", a famous Bavarian folk-play that usually is performed in the "Kleine Komödie" in Munich, Germany. For some years he personified "Father Barnabas" during the famous Salvator celebrations on Nockherberg in Munich where Bavarian and German politicians are mocked each March when the new brand of the strong beer "Salvator" is issued.