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Carl Esmond was an Austrian film and stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria. Although his age was given as 33 in the passenger list when he arrived in the USA in January 1938, in his naturalization petition his birth year is stated as 1902. His birth name was Karl Simon with his stage names being Willy Eichberger and Charles Esmond and finally to Carl Esmond. He trained at Vienna's State Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his film debut in the operetta The Emperor's Waltz in 1933. He was highly active in the Viennese genre of shallow romantic comedies so popular in the Austria of the interwar period.
Birth Name
Willy Eichberger
Born
Saturday, 14 June 1902
Died
Saturday, 04 December 2004
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | General Von Helmuth | 1985 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Kolbe | 1977 |
McMillan & Wife | Zeiss | 1971 |
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | August Werner | 1971 |
To Rome with Love | Kurt | 1969 |
Garrison's Gorillas | German General | 1967 |
Agent for H.A.R.M. | Professor Jan Stefánik / Prof. Jan Stefánik | 1966 |
Convoy | Field Marshal Von Speer | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Marquis de Lacaise | 1965 |
Run for Your Life | Otto Hiltz | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | General Von Helmuth | 1985 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Kolbe | 1977 |
McMillan & Wife | Zeiss | 1971 |
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | August Werner | 1971 |
To Rome with Love | Kurt | 1969 |
Garrison's Gorillas | German General | 1967 |
Agent for H.A.R.M. | Professor Jan Stefánik / Prof. Jan Stefánik | 1966 |
Convoy | Field Marshal Von Speer | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Marquis de Lacaise | 1965 |
Run for Your Life | Otto Hiltz | 1965 |
Morituri | Busch | 1965 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Baron Freddy De Chasseur | 1964 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Baron Pyrrhos | 1963 |
The Kiss of the Vampire | Anton (US TV version) | 1963 |
The Virginian | Alex Huber | 1962 |
Hitler | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel | 1962 |
Brushfire | Martin | 1962 |
Hawaiian Eye | von Steuben | 1959 |
Five Fingers | Marcuse | 1959 |
The Deputy | Dimitri | 1959 |
Thunder in the Sun | Andre Dauphin | 1959 |
One Step Beyond | Emile | 1959 |
From the Earth to the Moon | Jules Verne | 1958 |
77 Sunset Strip | Kurt Von Paulus | 1958 |
Behind Closed Doors | Dr. Haas | 1958 |
Maverick | Comte de Lisle | 1957 |
The Adventures of McGraw | Baron Von Schekt | 1957 |
Lola Montès | Doctor | 1955 |
Crossroads | Major Alexander Zuntz | 1955 |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Vail | 1955 |
Cheyenne | Col. Picard | 1955 |
Soldiers of Fortune | Helmut Van Dorn / Nicholas Van Loon | 1955 |
Climax! | Paul Ehrenhardt | 1954 |
Regina Amstetten | Prof. Werner Grüter | 1954 |
General Electric Theater | Nikolas Bethlen | 1953 |
Biff Baker, U.S.A. | Maj. Morovik | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Maurice de Szekely | 1952 |
The World in His Arms | Prince Semyon | 1952 |
Chevron Theatre | Baron de Sarnac--Chief of Police | 1952 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Count Borselli | 1951 |
Mystery Submarine | Lt. Heldman | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | Victor Laszlo / Pierre | 1950 |
Stars Over Hollywood | Baron de Sarnac--Chief of Police | 1950 |
The Desert Hawk | Kibar | 1950 |
Walk a Crooked Mile | Dr. Ritter von Stolb | 1948 |
Slave Girl | El Hamid | 1947 |
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Dr. Lorenz | 1947 |
Lover Come Back | Paul Millard | 1946 |
The Catman of Paris | Charles Regnier | 1946 |
Her Highness and the Bellboy | Baron Zoltan Faludi | 1945 |
This Love of Ours | Uncle Robert / Uncle Bob | 1945 |
Without Love | Paul Carrell | 1945 |
Experiment Perilous | John Maitland / Maitland | 1944 |
The Master Race | Senior Lt. Andrei Krestov / Andrei | 1944 |
Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Maj. von Behn - Nazi Commandant | 1944 |
Address Unknown | Baron von Friesche | 1944 |
Ministry of Fear | Willi Hilfe | 1944 |
The Story of Dr. Wassell | Lt. Dirk Van Daal | 1944 |
First Comes Courage | Maj. Paul Dichter | 1943 |
Margin for Error | Baron Max von Alvenstor | 1943 |
Seven Sweethearts | Carl Randall / Cornelius Van Maaster | 1942 |
The Navy Comes Through | Richard 'Dutch' Kroner | 1942 |
Panama Hattie | Lucas Kefler | 1942 |
Pacific Rendezvous | Andre Leemuth | 1942 |
Sundown | Jan Kuypens | 1941 |
Sergeant York | German Major | 1941 |
Little Men | Prof. Bhaer / Professor Bhaer | 1940 |
Thunder Afloat | U-Boat Captain | 1939 |
The Dawn Patrol | Hauptmann Von Mueller / Von Mueller | 1938 |
Romance | Graf Eduard Romanel | 1936 |
Burg Theatre | Josef Rainer | 1936 |
All for Veronica | Paul Schmidt | 1936 |
Der Favorit der Kaiserin | Fähnrich Alexander Tomsky | 1936 |
Der König lächelt - Paris lacht | Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau | 1936 |
Die Pompadour | Francois Boucher | 1935 |
Invitation to the Waltz | Carl | 1935 |
Evensong | Archduke Theodore / Count Ehrenburg | 1934 |
April Blossoms | Count Rudi Von Hohenberg | 1934 |
Inge and the Millions | Walter Brink, Angestellter der Spedition / Walter Brink | 1933 |
Kleines Mädel - großes Glück | Georg Hellwig | 1933 |
Playing at Love | Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser | 1933 |