Gunnar Möller

Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a television and film actor of German-Swedish descent. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1950s, especially with his role in I Often Think of Piroschka with Liselotte Pulver. He later turned to character roles and worked for a number of years in England, including the supporting role of Hans van Broecken in World War II drama series Secret Army.

He was married to the actress Brigitte Rau until her death in 1979, when he killed her during an argument in London. He was sentenced to five years in prison in England, but served only two and was able to continue his career in Germany.

In 2003, he married actress Christiane Hammacher, with whom he had performed in "Loriots Dramatische Werke" ("Loriot's Dramatic Works") at Frankfurt's Fritz Rémond Theater and on tour during the 1980s.

Möller died on 16 May 2017 in his hometown Berlin, aged 88.

Selected filmography

Our Miss Doctor (1940) - Ernst Schultze, Sextaner Kopf hoch, Johannes! (1941) - Wilhelm Panse Immer nur Du (1941) - Blumenjunge Her Other Self (1941) - Boy His Son (1942) - Willi, Herberts Sohn Between Heaven and Earth (1942) My Friend Josephine (1942) - Bote The Old Boss (1942) - Willy, Stalljunge A Flea in Her Ear (1943) - Jungknecht Willi Circus Renz (1943) - Willi, Bäckerjunge Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln (1943) - Orje Meine vier Jungens (1944) - Ulf Mertens Junge Adler (1944) - Spatz The Degenhardts (1944) Ein Blick zurück (1944) - Botenjunge Max The Green Salon (1944) - Jörgeli The Noltenius Brothers (1945) - Jürgen Noltenius, Sohn Leb' wohl, Christina (1945) - Schüler Kälble Wozzeck (1947) - Student Thank You, I'm Fine (1948) - Günther Holk Heimliches Rendezvous (1949) - Fritzchen Where the Trains Go (1949) - Gustav Dussmann I'll Make You Happy (1949) - Franz After the Rain Comes Sunshine (1949) - Polizist Otto Hans im Glück (1949) Five Suspects (1950) - Ole Klimm Gabriela (1950) - Peter Hoyer Abundance of Life (1950) - Felix Engler, Student The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950) Die Jungen vom Kranichsee (1950) - Schulhelfer Heider Taxi-Kitty (1950) - Boy Fritz A Heidelberg Romance (1951) - William Edwards jr The Imaginary Invalid (1952) - Peter A Thousand Red Roses Bloom (1952) - Himpemax Until We Meet Again (1952) - Pamelas Freund Holiday From Myself (1952) - Michael Matz, genannt Thomas Marriage for One Night (1953) - Putzi Salto Mortale (1953) - Kurt Dutch Girl (1953) - Jan The Dancing Heart (1953) - Viktor Wedding Bells (1954) - Klaus Eckhoff

Love and Trumpets (1954) - Nikolaus von Laffen The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954) - Hans, der Flieger A House Full of Love (1954) - Lutz Hoheit lassen bitten (1954) - Leutenant von Wörth Son Without a Home (1955) - Berthold Müller I Often Think of Piroschka (1955) - Andreas Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest (1956) - Willy Sanders My Brother Joshua (1956) - Christoph Wiesner Was die Schwalbe sang (1956) - Peter Hansen Das Donkosakenlied (1956) - Dr. Heinz Stark The Tour Guide of Lisbon (1956) - Sebastian, Art Painter The Winemaker of Langenlois (1957) - Jörg Strasser, Volksschullehrer Wie schön, daß es dich gibt (1957) - Dr. Hubert Hinz The Daring Swimmer (1957) - Dr. Richard Moebius At Green Cockatoo by Night (1957) - Knut Peters, Medizinstudent Ist Mama nicht fabelhaft? (1958) - Axel Meinrad Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958) - Walter Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959) - Leutnant Fuhrmann SOS Pacific (1959) - Krauss Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1960) - Kurt Reiser Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960) - Burg The True Jacob (1960) - Jimmy Drei weiße Birken (1961) - Maler Fritz Mauschner Season in Salzburg (1961) - Dr. Erich Elz Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific (1962) - Hein The Post Has Gone (1962) - Franz Zwei blaue Vergissmeinnicht (1963) - Ronny (1963) - Der Freund Apartmentzauber (1963) - Thomas Butterfield jr. If You Go Swimming in Tenerife (1964) - Jens The Girl from the Islands (1964) - Jochen Liselotte of the Palatinate (1966) - Herzog von Kurland Eine große Familie (1970, TV Movie) - Dr. Durst Days of Betrayal (1973) - Adolf Hitler The Odessa File (1974) - Karl Braun The Liberation of Prague (1977) - Adolf Hitler (1983, TV Movie) - Journalist Kaiser Die Nacht der vier Monde (1984) - Peter Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989) - Kommissar (2005) - Edmund (2015) - Ralf Kromberger The Confessions (2016) - (final film role)