---
name: "Karl Etlinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-etlinger"
fi1m_id: "karl-etlinger"
imdb_id: "nm0262134"
tmdb_id: 46736
wikidata_id: "Q86293"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1879"
died: "8 May 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:17:58.056407+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."
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# Karl Etlinger

## Identity

Karl Etlinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-etlinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-etlinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0262134
- **TMDB ID:** 46736
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86293
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Etlinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262134/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46736

Actor. Born 16 October 1879 in Vienna, Austria. Died 8 May 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1879, Vienna, Austria
- **Died:** 8 May 1946
- **Active:** 1929–1931
- **Also known as:** Karl Franz Etlinger
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Etlinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262134/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46736

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Pandora's Box*](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md) (88)

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## Biography

Karl Etlinger, also credited as Karl Franz Etlinger, was an Austrian-born German actor. Born in Vienna on 16 October 1879, he trained under Joseph Lewinsky and began his stage career in 1898, later specialising in Austrian folk plays by Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund while working in theatres including Berlin.

Etlinger appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946, mostly in supporting roles. His credits include uncredited parts in F. W. Murnau’s *Nosferatu* (1922) and G. W. Pabst’s *The Joyless Street* (1925), as well as the defense attorney in Pabst’s *Pandora’s Box* (1929) and Gallison in *One Night at the Grand Hotel* (1931). He also worked briefly in Hollywood in the early 1930s and contributed as a screenwriter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pandora's Box* (1929), Fi1m 88, as Defense attorney — [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

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

- *Erzieherin gesucht* (1950), as Dr. Bernhard Pettenkammer
- *The Trombonist* (1949), Actor
- *Eine alltägliche Geschichte* (1948), as Hausnachbar
- *Philharmonic* (1944), as Weidner
- *The Woman of My Dreams* (1944), as Oberkellner im Bahnhofsrestaurant
- *The Enchanted Day* (1944), as Geschwander
- *Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich* (1944), as Philipp, Hausdiener
- *The Punch Bowl* (1944), as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde
- *Gabriele Dambrone* (1943), as Anton
- *A Man with Principles?* (1943), as Ein Professor, ehemaliger Lehrer Christls
- *Romance in a Minor Key* (1943), as Branch director
- *Carnival of Love* (1943), Actor
- *Damals* (1943), as Journalist am Tatort (uncredited)
- *My Wife Theresa* (1942), Actor
- *Anushka* (1942), Actor
- *The Way to Freedom* (1941), as Oginskis Diener Clemens
- *Happiness Is the Main Thing* (1941), as Juwelier
- *Hochzeitsnacht* (1941), Actor
- *Small Town Poet* (1940), as Sanitätsrat
- *Das leichte Mädchen* (1940), as Theaterdirektor
- *Herz – modern möbliert* (1940), as Antikhändler
- *Dream Music* (1940), as Musikprofessor im Konservatorium
- *Polterabend* (1940), as Dr. Krause
- *My Aunt, Your Aunt* (1939), Actor
- *Opera Ball* (1939), Actor
- *Ein ganzer Kerl* (1939), as Friseur
- *Summer, Sunshine, Erica* (1939), Actor
- *A Little Night Music* (1939), as Maschek, Gârtner
- *Maria Ilona* (1939), as Karl Etlinger
- *Irrtum des Herzens* (1939), as Dr. Leitgerber
- *Ein Lied verklingt* (1939), Actor
- *Spaßvögel* (1939), as Weiße
- *Scheidungsreise* (1938), as Stiller Herr
- *An Enemy of the People* (1937), as Apotheker
- *Heiratsinstitut Ida & Co.* (1937), Actor
- *The Glass Ball* (1937), as Mr. Duval
- *Savoy-Hotel 217* (1936), Actor
- *Traumulus* (1936), as Fabrikant Meier
- *Varieté* (1935), as Nax
- *Variety* (1935), as Max
- *When Hearts Meet* (1932), as Adalbert Pfefferkorn
- *The Ringer* (1932), as Dieb Sam Hackitt
- *Right to Happiness* (1932), as Lillis Vater
- *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1932), as Zeitungsredakteur
- *Wrong Number, Miss* (1932), Actor
- *A sweet secret* (1931), as Kargel
- *One Night at the Grand Hotel* (1931), as Gallison
- *The concert* (1931), as Herr Pollinger
- *Bombs Over Monte Carlo* (1931), as Konsul von Pontenero
- *The mute of Portici* (1931), as Hausfreund
- *Demon of the Sea* (1931), as Simon
- *The Costume Falls* (1931), Actor
- *Kismet* (1931), Screenplay
- *Wie wohne ich gut und billig?* (1931), Actor
- *Olympia* (1930), as Police Commander Karl Krehl
- *The Twelfth Hour* (1930), as Port Inspector (Archive footage)
- *Two Hearts in Waltz Time* (1930), as Der Kassierer Schlesinger
- *Liebeswalzer* (1930), as Dr. Popper
- *Napoleon at St. Helena* (1929), as Buchhändler Simon
- *The Brandenburg Arch* (1929), as Emil Lauter
- *The Woman One Longs For* (1929), as Poitrier
- *Pandora's Box* (1929), as Defense attorney — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)
- *Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein* (1927), as Moritz Igel
- *The Bordellos of Algiers* (1927), as Notar Bernasquez
- *One Does Not Play with Love* (1926), Actor
- *Adventures of a Ten Mark Note* (1926), as chauffeur
- *Zigano* (1925), as Prälat
- *Joyless Street* (1925), as Generaldirektor Rosenow
- *Der Mann um Mitternacht* (1925), Actor
- *What Belongs to Darkness* (1922), as Professor
- *Phantom* (1922), as Buchbinder Starke / Bookbinder Starke
- *Das Logierhaus für Gentleman* (1922), Actor
- *Nosferatu* (1922), as Sailor / Inspector at the Quay (uncredited)
- *Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten - 2. Der Smaragd des Badjah von Panlanzur* (1921), Actor
- *Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten, 1. Teil - Die Flucht aus dem Leben* (1921), Actor
- *Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen* (1920), Actor

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