Mini-Biography:
Karl John was born on March 24, 1905 in Köln. He was a German Actor, known for Sorcerer (1977), Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben ? (1959), An heiligen Wassern (1960), Karl John's first movie on record is from 1932. Karl John died on .7, 1977 in Gütersloh. His last motion picture on file dates from 1977.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1977: Sorcerer (Wages of Fear) (Cast: Angerman), Directed by William Friedkin, with Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Bruno Cremer,
1972: Der Kommissar: Mykonos (Cast), Directed by Jürgen Goslar, with Irmgard Först, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fred Haltiner,
1970: Der Kommissar: Dr. Meinhardt's trauriges Ende (Cast), Directed by Michael Verhoeven, with Reinhard Glemnitz, Ilona Grübel,
1967: Wenn der junge Wein blüht (Cast: Propst Hall ), Directed by Ettore Cella, Hans Deppe, with Hans Paetsch, Inge Meysel, Karin Lieneweg,
1965: Neues vom Hexer (Cast), Directed by Alfred Vohrer, with Eddi Arent, René Deltgen, Heinz Drache,
1964: Der Hexer (The Mysterious Magician, The Ringer) (Cast: Shelby), Directed by Alfred Vohrer, with Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Drache, Sophie Hardy,
1964: Der Kreis (Director), Directed by Heribert Wenk, with Gerhard Friedrich, Ernst F. Fürbringer, Hans Leibelt,
1961: The longest day (Cast: Luftwaffe General), Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew V. Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Elmo Williams, with Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty,
1961: Fabrik der Offiziere (Cast: Major Frey), Directed by Frank Wisbar, with Helmut Griem, Horst Frank, Carl Lange,
1960: Madame Sans-Gêne (Cast: Lefèbvre ), Directed by John Olden, with Inge Meysel, Richard Häussler,
1960: An heiligen Wassern (Cast), Directed by Alfred Weidenmann, with Hansjörg Felmy, Gustav Knuth,
1959: Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben ? (Cast: Hoth), Directed by Frank Wysbar, with Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Peter Carsten, Armin Dahlen,
1959: Zweimal Adam, einmal Eva (Cast), Directed by Franz M. Lang, with Alfred Balthoff, Heidi Brühl, Walter Buschhoff,
1955: Hotel Adlon (Cast: von Malbrand), Directed by Josef von Baky, with Nelly Borgeaud, Hans Caninenberg, René Deltgen,
1955: Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (Cast), Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with Claus Biederstaedt, Reinhard Kolldehoff,
1954: Des Teufels General (The Devil's General) (Cast: Ingenieur Oderbruch), Directed by Helmut Käutner, with Erica Balqué, Victor De Kowa, Werner Fuetterer,
1953: Wege ohne Umkehr (Cast), Directed by Victor Vicas, Beate von Molo, with René Deltgen, Ivan Desny,
1951: The Lost One (Cast: Hoesch / Nowak), Directed by Peter Lorre, with Josef Dahmen, Johanna Hofer, Alexander Hunzinger,
1948: Die letzte Nacht (Cast), Directed by Eugen York, with Catja Görner, Margarete Haagen,
1948: Liebe '47 (Cast: Beckmann), Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with Albert Florath, Erwin Geschonneck, Dieter Horn,
1947: In jenen Tagen (Seven Journeys) (Cast: Peter), Directed by Helmut Käutner, with Erica Balqué, Ida Ehre, Erwin Geschonneck,
1941: Zwei in einer grossen Stadt (Two in a big city) (Cast: Feldwebel Bernd Birckhoff), Directed by Volker von Collande, with Käte Haack, Paul Henckels,
1941: Mein Leben für Irland (Cast), Directed by Max W. Kimmich, with Hans Bergmann, Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Claus Clausen,
1941: Der Weg ins Freie (Cast), Directed by Rolf Hansen, with Zarah Leander, Julius Eckhoff, Karl Etlinger,
1940: Die unvollkommene Liebe (Cast: Kristas Bruder Bastl), Directed by Erich Waschneck, with Willy Fritsch, , Liane Haid,
1939: Fahrt ins Leben (Cast: Gerhard Barthels, ihr Sohn, Seekedatte (AKA Carl John)), Directed by Bernd Hofmann, with Herbert Hübner, Karl Ludwig Schreiber, Walter Werner,
1932: Der weisse Dämon (Cast), Directed by Kurt Gerron, with Alfred Abel, Hans Albers, Raoul Aslan,
Bibliography
Felix Bucher / Leonhard Gmür: Germany, London and New York 1970