Carl Esmond
Date of birth: 1902-06-14
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Willy Eichberger, Charles Esmond, Willy Eichberger-Esmond, Карл Эсмонд, Karl Simon
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).
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Ministry of Fear
1944-05-19
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so san
Experiment Perilous
1944-12-18
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him tha
Agent for H.A.R.M.
1966-01-05
The head of the Human Aetiological Relations Machine pits an agent against a flesh-to-fungus spore g
Without Love
1945-03-22
In World War II Washington DC, scientist Pat Jamieson's assistant, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless ma
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948-09-02
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that t
Margin for Error
1943-02-10
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodygu
Liebelei
1933-03-10
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end
From the Earth to the Moon
1958-11-26
Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new sourc
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
The Dawn Patrol
1938-12-24
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen g
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947-03-01
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
All for Veronica
1936-08-21
Veronika, a saleswoman at the Tutzinger department store, is in love with Paul, who also works there
Burg Theatre
1936-12-25
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his lo
The World in His Arms
1952-10-09
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russian
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to esca
Sundown
1941-10-31
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and en
The Catman of Paris
1946-04-20
When author Charles Regnier returns to Paris with a best-selling book that criticizes the government
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Hitler
1962-03-21
Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in
Pacific Rendezvous
1942-05-21
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire
First Comes Courage
1943-07-29
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When
The Navy Comes Through
1942-10-30
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Address Unknown
1944-06-01
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted t
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985-01-21
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944-08-01
A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germa
Thunder in the Sun
1959-04-08
A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put dow
The Desert Hawk
1950-08-05
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daug
Mystery Submarine
1950-12-01
Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U. S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidna
Slave Girl
1947-07-17
Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becomi
This Love of Ours
1945-11-02
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Tar
Lover Come Back
1946-06-21
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
The Master Race
1944-09-22
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British com
Blossom Time
1934-07-06
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on
Evensong
1934-09-03
Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
Kleines Mädel, großes Glück
1933-10-23
A hilarious comedy of errors starring Dolly Haas: Annie, the locksmith's daughter, and Georg, a car
Die Liebe siegt
1934-11-22
The Postman from Longjumeau
1936-01-14
La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extens
Brushfire
1962-03-01
Group of farmers go to the rescue of a couple kidnapped by rebels, who want to exchange them for wea
The Empress's Favourite
1936-03-12
Comedy about the love life of the Russian emperor.
Prater
1936-09-10
Invitation to the Waltz
1935-10-01
As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England
Little Men
1940-11-29
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tou
Blood Brothers
1935-03-15
An enhanced and sentimentalized story of love, honor, rivalry, and retreat. The traditional laws of
Romance
1936-12-09
Morituri
1965-08-24
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS offi
Liebeserwachen
1953-11-22
Inge and the Millions
1933-12-22
A well scripted and captivating thriller about the owners of a small private bank in Berlin, squeezi
Kaiserwalzer
1933-01-24
Regina Amstetten
1954-02-02
Panama Hattie
1942-09-30
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Lola Montès
1955-12-23
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945-11-11
In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls i
Seven Sweethearts
1942-11-13
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival.