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

Sergeant York

as German Major

Ministry of Fear

as Willi Hilfe

Lola Montès

as Doctor

Morituri

as Busch

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

as Baron Freddy De Chasseur

The Dawn Patrol

as Hauptmann Von Mueller

Maverick

as Comte de Lisle

Experiment Perilous

as John Maitland

The World in His Arms

as Prince Semyon

Liebelei

as Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser