Carl Möhner

Austrian actor

Carl Möhner
Möhner in The Fall of Rome (1963)
Born	(1921-08-11)11 August 1921 Vienna, Austria
Died	14 January 2005(2005-01-14) (aged 83) McAllen, Texas, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1976

Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter.^[1] He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 1955 French heist film Rififi^[2] and as Captain of Battleship Bismarck in the film Sink the Bismarck!

Möhner retired from filming in 1976. He married Wilma Langhamer, a German painter in 1978. In 1979 the couple settled down in McAllen, Texas, where Carl died from Parkinson's disease in 2005. He had two sons, Gunther and Gernot (also actors) from a previous relationship.

Selected filmography

Vagabonds (1949) – (uncredited)
Anna Louise and Anton (1953) – Höllriegel, Rennfahrer
The Last Bridge (1954) – Martin Berger
Rififi (1955) – Jo "le Suédois"
The Vulture Wally (1956) – Bärenjosef
Where the Ancient Forests Rustle (1956) – Klaus Baumgartner
He Who Must Die (1957) – Lukas
Weißer Holunder [de] (1957) – Gerhard
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) – Piet Van Elst
The Key (1958) – Van Barger (scenes deleted)
Passionate Summer (1958) – Louis
Behind the Mask (1958) – Carl Romek
Moonwolf (1959) – Peter Holm
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) – Captain Lindemann
The Challenge (1960) – Kristy
The Kitchen (1961) – Peter
Inshalla, Razzia am Bosporus (1962) – Inspektor Peter Hartwig
The Fall of Rome (1963) – Marcus
Cave of the Living Dead (1964) – The Village Doctor
Jim il primo (1964) – Guitar
L'uomo di Toledo (1965) – Don Ramiro
Doc, Hands of Steel (1965) – Doc MacGregor
30 Winchester per El Diablo (1965) – Jeff Benson
The Murderer with the Silk Scarf (1966) – Boris Garrett
Carmen, Baby (1967) – Medicio
Hell Is Empty (1967) – Carl Schultz
Assignment K (1968) – Inspector
Death and Diamonds (1968) – Bloom
Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten [de] (1968) – Mac
The Last Mercenary (1968) – Steinmann
Birdie (1971) – Birdie's Father
Zu dumm zum... (1971)
Der neue heiße Sex-Report (1971) – Hübner (uncredited)
Eine Armee Gretchen (1973) – Felix Kuhn
Ein Käfer auf Extratour [de] (1973) – Ivan Leskovich
Callan (1974) – Schneider
Užička republika (1974) – Generalmajor
Wanted: Babysitter (1975) – Cyrus Franklin
Derrick (1975, Season 2, Episode 12: "Alarm auf Revier 12") – Oberinspektor Matthes
Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976) – von Pahlen