Eduard Linkers

Eduard Linkers (11 October 1912 – 3 April 2004) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1936 and 1988.

Life He was born as Eduard Linker to a family of Jewish descent in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary. He studied acting in Vienna, where he also started his acting career. After Anschluss he escaped to Czechoslovakia. He made his living by teaching English. That's how he met a Czech director František Čáp, who cast him in his movie Men Without Wings (1946). In 1952 he moved to Germany, where he acted in American productions. He spoke Romanian, German, English, Czech, French and Italian.

Selected filmography

Catherine the Last (1936) - Steinschneider, Braun's secretary Peter im Schnee (1937) - Theobald Flambach Men Without Wings (1946) - Ullmann Nadlidé (1946) Uloupená hranice (1947) - Czapan Nobody Knows Anything (1947) - SS-man Fritz Heinecke Krakatit (1948) - Carson Getting on in the World (1948) - Banker Antonín Klika Zelená knížka (1949) - Salesman Karel Bocan Pětistovka (1949) Soudný den (1949) Křížová trojka (1948) - Dr. Hadrbolec Cuba Cabana (1952) - Honneg Dutch Girl (1953) - Polizeiwachtmeister Das Licht der Liebe (1954) - Gläubiger Walter Zellers They Were So Young (1954) - M. Albert Jackboot Mutiny (1955) - SS-Mann The Double Husband (1955) - Bachwitz Mr. Arkadin (1955) - Second Policeman - Munich (1955) - Finanzminister Bollemann Kitty and the Great Big World (1956) - Gastjaiswort Das Mädchen Marion (1956) - Sawatzki, Pferdehändler (1957) - Zahlmeister Kranz A Farewell to Arms (1957) - Lieutenant Zimmerman Escape from Sahara (1958) (1958) (1958) The Domestic Tyrant (1959) - Prosecutor Heiße Ware (1959) - Ludwig Klein Labyrinth (1959) - Jacques Orientalische Nächte (1960) - Tomaides Himmel, Amor und Zwirn (1960) I Aim at the Stars (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Last Pedestrian (1960) - Herr im Mercedes (uncredited) Question 7 (1961) - Otto Zingler - Werkmeister The Festival Girls (1961) - Jerome A Matter of WHO (1961) - Linkers I Must Go to the City (1962) - Bankdirektor Sieper Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) - Dr. Torsch (uncredited) Als ich noch der Waldbauernbub war... (1963) - Narrator (voice) Aus meiner Waldheimat (1963) - Narrator (voice) Als ich beim Käthele im Wald war (1963) - Narrator (voice) Encounter in Salzburg (1964) The Defector (1966) - Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited) Jack of Diamonds (1967) - Geisling Before Winter Comes (1969) - Businessman Deep End (1970) - Cinema Owner Hurra, ein toller Onkel wird Papa (1970) Bloody Friday (1972) - Dr. Gutwein (uncredited) The Salzburg Connection (1972) - Tour Guide All People Will Be Brothers (1973) - Mann mit Bart Steppenwolf (1974) - Mr. Hefte The Marquise of O (1976) - Der Arzt Derrick (1976-1994) - Kellner / Älteres Ehepaar / Hotelportier / Herr Renz (Last appearance) (1977) Son of Hitler (1978) - Postmaster - Season 1, Episode 2: "Le Tramway Fantôme" (1980) - Mme. Kirsh Malevil (1981) - Fabrelatre Lovec senzací (1989) - Kishuv otec