Carl Möhner
{{Short description|Austrian actor (1921–2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carl Möhner
| image = Il crollo di Roma (1963) Carl Möhner.jpg
| caption = Möhner in The Fall of Rome (1963)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|8|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|1|14|1921|8|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = McAllen, Texas, USA
| yearsactive = 1949–1976
| occupation = Actor
}}
Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/382886/carl-mohner |title=Carl Möhner|publisher=unifrance.org|accessdate=19 April 2014}} 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{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/carl-moehner_45171718488744bf80bd7c165b8039ab |title=Carl Möhner |work=Film Portal |accessdate=24 August 2020}} 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
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- 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
- {{Interlanguage link multi|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
- {{Interlanguage link multi|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
- {{Interlanguage link multi|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
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0617846|name=Carl Möhner}}
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Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in Texas
Category:Austrian male film actors
Category:20th-century Austrian male actors
Category:Male actors from Vienna
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