Carl Möhner

Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter. 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 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 (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 The Last Gun (1964) – Guitar L'uomo di Toledo (1965) – Don Ramiro Doc, Hands of Steel (1965) – Doc MacGregor Gold Train (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 (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 (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