Carl Esmond

Personal Info

Birthday

June 14, 1902

Day of Death

2004-12-04

(102 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Also Known As

Willy Eichberger

Charles Esmond

Willy Eichberger-Esmond

Карл Эсмонд

Karl Simon

Carl Esmond

Biography

Carl Esmond (born Karl Simon June 14, 1902 – December 4, 2004) was an Austrian-born American film and stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. 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 stage names were Willy Eichberger and Charles Esmond and finally Carl Esmond. He trained at Vienna's State Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his film debut in the operetta The Emperor's Waltz (1933).

Known For

Maverick

One Step Beyond

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

McMillan & Wife

Lux Video Theatre

Sergeant York

Lola Montès

Morituri

Filmography

1985
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
as General Von Helmuth
1977
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)
as Kolbe
1966
Agent for H.A.R.M.
as Professor Jan Stefánik
1965
Morituri
as Busch
1962
Hitler
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Brushfire
as Martin
1959
Thunder in the Sun
as Andre Dauphin
1958
From the Earth to the Moon
as Jules Verne
1955
Lola Montès
as Doctor
1954
Regina Amstetten
as Prof. Werner Grüter
1953
Liebeserwachen
as Michael Rainer
1952
The World in His Arms
as Prince Semyon
1950
Mystery Submarine
as Heldman
The Desert Hawk
as Kibar
1948
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Dr. Ritter von Stolb
1947
Slave Girl
as El Hamid
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Dr. Lorenz
1946
Lover Come Back
as Paul Millard
The Catman of Paris
as Charles Regnier
1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy
as Baron Zoltan Faludi
This Love of Ours
as Uncle Bob
Without Love
as Paul Carrell
1944
Experiment Perilous
as John Maitland
The Master Race
as Andrei
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Maj. von Behn - Nazi Commandant
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Lt. Dirk Van Daal
Address Unknown
as Baron von Friesche
Ministry of Fear
as Willi Hilfe
1943
First Comes Courage
as Maj. Paul Dichter
Margin for Error
as Baron Max von Alvenstor
1942
Seven Sweethearts
as Carl Randall
The Navy Comes Through
as Richard 'Dutch' Kroner
Panama Hattie
as Lucas Kefler (uncredited)
Pacific Rendezvous
as Andre Leemuth
1941
Sundown
as Jan Kuypens
Sergeant York
as German Major
1940
Little Men
as Professor Bhaer
1939
Thunder Afloat
as U-Boat Captain
1938
The Dawn Patrol
as Hauptmann Von Mueller
1936
Burg Theatre
as Josef Rainer
Romance
as Graf Eduard Romanel
Prater
as Fred
All for Veronica
as Paul Schmidt
The Empress's Favourite
as Fähnrich Alexander Tomsky
The Postman from Longjumeau
as Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau
1935
Invitation To The Waltz
as Carl
Blood Brothers
as Mirko, der Herr
1934
Die Liebe siegt
as Willy Schneider
Evensong
as Count Ehrenburg / Archduke Theodore
Blossom Time
as Count Rudi von Hohenberg
1933
Inge and the Millions
as Walter Brink
Kleines Mädel, großes Glück
as Georg Hellwig
Liebelei
as Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser
Kaiserwalzer
as Viktor Eggersdorf