Hannes Schmidhauser

Hannes Schmidhauser (9 September 1926 – 29 January 2000) was a Swiss actor and footballer.

Football career Born in Ticino, Schmidhauser began playing football with local side FC Locarno. He also was a competitive cyclist and worked as an actor.

He made his senior footballing debut with Locarno at age 15. He would sign with Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1942, and also played for FC Lugano, FC Young Fellows and German side Mannheim. He made his debut in 0–3 friendly international loss to England.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1954 Uli the Farmhand Uli 1955 Uli the Tenant Uli, der Pächter 1956 S'Waisechind vo Engelberg Calix 1956 The Mountains Between Us Beat Matter 1959 SOS Gletscherpilot Charly 1959 The Model Husband Edi Leuenberger 1959 Hinter den sieben Gleisen Hartmann 1961 William Tell Arnold von Melchtal 1963 Seelische Grausamkeit Nick Merk 1963 The Invisible Terror Dr. Max Vogel a.k.a. Der Unsichtbare1967 Spy Today, Die Tomorrow Flugzeugträger-Kapitän 1967 No Diamonds for Ursula Fangio 1988 Klassezämekunft Albert Ehrensperger 1991 Family Express 1998 Fondovalle 1999 General Sutter John A. Sutter (final film role)