Carl Esmond

Willy Eichberger (born Carl Cäsar Willy Simon; June 14, 1902 He then starred as Prince Albert in the West End stage play Victoria Regina (replacing Vincent Price), to great critical success.

In January 1938, Esmond came to Hollywood to play a German World War I pilot in The Dawn Patrol. While in America, he received threats to his family from Das Schwarze Korps, a newspaper run by the Nazi SS.

He appeared in over 50 films and numerous television programs. During World War II, he often portrayed a Nazi villain, though he also played more sympathetic roles in films like Little Men (1940) and The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944). Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1960) as Emile The Deputy (1960) as Duke Dmitri Maverick (1961) as Comte deLisle Hawaiian Eye (1961) as Von Steuben Brushfire (1962) as Martin Hitler (1962) as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel Kiss of Evil (1963) as Anton (US TV version) The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964) as Baron Pyrrhos Morituri (1965) as Busch Run for Your Life (1965) as Otto Hiltz Convoy (1965) as Field Marshal Von Spear Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) as Professor Jan Stefánik The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966, TV Series) as Baron Freddy de Chasseur Garrison's Gorillas (1967, TV Series) as German General Insight (1967, TV Series) The Big Valley (1967, TV Series) as Marquis de Laccaise To Rome With Love (1970, TV Series) as Kurt O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972, TV Series) as August Werner McMillan & Wife (1972, TV Series) as Zeiss The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977, TV Series) as Kolbe My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985, TV Movie) as General Von Helmuth (final film role)