---
name: "Carl Esmond"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-esmond"
fi1m_id: "carl-esmond"
imdb_id: "nm0260722"
tmdb_id: 87546
wikidata_id: "Q87145"
roles: []
born: "14 June 1902"
died: "4 December 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:03:44.741788+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Esmond

## Identity

Carl Esmond

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-esmond
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-esmond
- **IMDb ID:** nm0260722
- **TMDB ID:** 87546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q87145
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Esmond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0260722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87546

Actor. Born 14 June 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Died 4 December 2004.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 June 1902, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
- **Died:** 4 December 2004
- **Active:** 1941–1955
- **Also known as:** Willy Eichberger, Charles Esmond, Willy Eichberger-Esmond, Карл Эсмонд, Karl Simon
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 66 (1), 1950s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Esmond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0260722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87546

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Lola Montès*](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md) (81)

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## Biography

Carl Esmond was an Austrian-born actor, credited in English-language productions as Carl Esmond and also known as Willy Eichberger. Born Carl Cäsar Willy Simon in Vienna on 14 June 1902, he trained at the State Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vienna and made his film debut in the 1933 German operetta *Kaiserwalzer* (*The Emperor's Waltz*). He worked in German and Austrian cinema before emigrating to the United States in the late 1930s.

In Hollywood he appeared in films including *Sergeant York* (1941), *Ministry of Fear* (1944), *The World in His Arms* (1952) and *Morituri* (1965). He played the Doctor in Max Ophüls's *Lola Montès* (1955), billed as Willy Eichberger. Esmond also had roles in television series such as *Maverick* (1957) and *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), and his final screen work was in the 1985 television film *My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn*. He died in Brentwood, California, on 4 December 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lola Montès* (1955), Fi1m 81, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)
- *Sergeant York* (1941), Fi1m 66, as German Major — [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn* (1985), as General Von Helmuth
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, as Zeiss
- *Agent for H.A.R.M.* (1966), as Professor Jan Stefánik
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Otto Hiltz
- *Morituri* (1965), as Busch
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Baron Freddy De Chasseur
- *Hitler* (1962), as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- *Brushfire* (1962), as Martin
- *Thunder in the Sun* (1959), as Andre Dauphin
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Emile
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1958), as Jules Verne
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Comte de Lisle
- *Lola Montès* (1955), as Doctor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)
- *Passport to Danger* (1954), series, as Fabian
- *Regina Amstetten* (1954), as Prof. Werner Grüter
- *Liebeserwachen* (1953), as Michael Rainer
- *The World in His Arms* (1952), as Prince Semyon
- *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor
- *Mystery Submarine* (1950), as Heldman
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Pierre
- *The Desert Hawk* (1950), as Kibar
- *Walk a Crooked Mile* (1948), as Dr. Ritter von Stolb
- *Slave Girl* (1947), as El Hamid
- *Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman* (1947), as Dr. Lorenz
- *Lover Come Back* (1946), as Paul Millard
- *The Catman of Paris* (1946), as Charles Regnier
- *Her Highness and the Bellboy* (1945), as Baron Zoltan Faludi
- *This Love of Ours* (1945), as Uncle Bob
- *Without Love* (1945), as Paul Carrell
- *Experiment Perilous* (1944), as John Maitland
- *The Master Race* (1944), as Andrei
- *Resisting Enemy Interrogation* (1944), as Maj. von Behn - Nazi Commandant
- *The Story of Dr. Wassell* (1944), as Lt. Dirk Van Daal
- *Address Unknown* (1944), as Baron von Friesche
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), as Willi Hilfe
- *First Comes Courage* (1943), as Maj. Paul Dichter
- *Margin for Error* (1943), as Baron Max von Alvenstor
- *Seven Sweethearts* (1942), as Carl Randall
- *The Navy Comes Through* (1942), as Richard 'Dutch' Kroner
- *Panama Hattie* (1942), as Lucas Kefler (uncredited)
- *Pacific Rendezvous* (1942), as Andre Leemuth
- *Sundown* (1941), as Jan Kuypens
- *Sergeant York* (1941), as German Major — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)
- *Little Men* (1940), as Professor Bhaer
- *Thunder Afloat* (1939), as U-Boat Captain
- *The Dawn Patrol* (1938), as Hauptmann Von Mueller
- *Burg Theatre* (1936), as Josef Rainer
- *Romance* (1936), as Graf Eduard Romanel
- *Prater* (1936), as Fred
- *All for Veronica* (1936), as Paul Schmidt
- *The Empress's Favourite* (1936), as Fähnrich Alexander Tomsky
- *The Postman from Longjumeau* (1936), as Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau
- *Invitation to the Waltz* (1935), as Carl
- *Blood Brothers* (1935), as Mirko, der Herr
- *Love Conquers* (1934), as Willy Schneider
- *Evensong* (1934), as Count Ehrenburg / Archduke Theodore
- *Blossom Time* (1934), as Count Rudi von Hohenberg
- *Inge and the Millions* (1933), as Walter Brink
- *Kleines Mädel, großes Glück* (1933), as Georg Hellwig
- *Liebelei* (1933), as Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser
- *Kaiserwalzer* (1933), as Viktor Eggersdorf

## Gallery

- ![Carl Esmond](https://film.one/media/person/1232669/gallery-df98e12ce6d4.jpg) Carl Esmond — Film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Carl_Esmond_in_Sundown_%281941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carl Esmond](https://film.one/media/person/1232669/gallery-f32051b5e6e2.jpg) Carl Esmond — Image via TMDB

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