---
name: "Karl John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-john"
fi1m_id: "karl-john"
imdb_id: "nm0424186"
tmdb_id: 30936
wikidata_id: "Q97349"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 March 1905"
died: "22 December 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T08:11:41.048638+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."
---

# Karl John

## Identity

Karl John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424186
- **TMDB ID:** 30936
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97349
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_John_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30936

Actor. Born 24 March 1905 in Cologne, Germany. Died 22 December 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 March 1905, Cologne, Germany
- **Died:** 22 December 1977
- **Active:** 1962–1977
- **Also known as:** Carl John
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 68 (1), 1970s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_John_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30936

## Biography

Karl John (24 March 1905 – 22 December 1977) was a German actor. He was born in Cologne and trained in Berlin, appearing on stage from 1931. He worked in film and television from the early 1930s until his death.

John appeared in more than 50 films. He is known for roles including Gen. Wolfgang Häger in *The Longest Day* (1962), Inspector Kleiber in *The Man Between* (1953), Shelby in *The Mysterious Magician* (1964) and 'Marquez' in *Sorcerer* (1977). He often played Wehrmacht officers in the post-war period and later worked frequently in radio and television, including episodes of *Derrick* (1976) and *Tatort* (1977).

*Sources: imdb.com, gateway.ipfs.io.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, as 'Marquez' — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, as Gen. Wolfgang Häger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *Spannende Geschichten* (1978), series, as Obrist
- *Sorcerer* (1977), as 'Marquez' — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *Entführung* (1976), as v. Weizsaecker
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Euler
- *Dandelions* (1974), as Ricks Vater
- *Sabine* (1974), as Dr. Gerd Hesse
- *Land* (1972), as Albrecht Rotter
- *So zärtlich war Suleyken* (1971), series, Actor
- *Drüben bei Lehmanns* (1970), series, as Herr Arend
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Bornimann
- *Peenemünde* (1970), as General von Axthelm
- *So war Mama* (1969), as Onkel Chris
- *Der spanische Bürgerkrieg* (1969), as Largo Caballero
- *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Dr. Crantz, Herr Kerk
- *Babeck* (1968), series, as Hohmann
- *Die Flucht nach Holland* (1967), as Bill Drews
- *Wenn der junge Wein blüht* (1967), as Propst Hall
- *Verbotenes Land* (1967), as Dr. Joseph Breuer
- *Hinter diesen Mauern* (1966), as Rees Mathry
- *Oberst Wennerström* (1965), as Verteidiger
- *Die Heirat* (1965), Director
- *Again the Ringer* (1965), as Dr. Mills
- *The Mysterious Magician* (1964), as Shelby
- *Detective Story* (1963), as Lieutenant Monoghan
- *Das Kriminalmuseum* (1963), series, as Herbert Mansfeld
- *The Longest Day* (1962), as Gen. Wolfgang Häger — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *This Time it Must Be Caviar* (1961), as Debras
- *Hermann und Dorothea* (1961), as Apotheker
- *Hoffnung ist ein Ding mit Federn* (1961), as Steve
- *Fabrik der Offiziere* (1960), as Major Frey
- *Sacred Waters* (1960), as Seppi Blatter
- *Madame Sans-Gêne* (1960), as Lefèbvre
- *Schatten der Helden* (1960), as László Rajk
- *Es geschah an der Grenze* (1960), series, as Karl Haberschlag
- *2 x Adam, 1 x Eva* (1959), as Wickström
- *Die gute Sieben* (1959), as Jonny Roland
- *Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?* (1959), as Generaloberst Hoth
- *Sie schreiben mit* (1958), series, Actor
- *Möwen über Sorrent* (1956), as Cleland
- *Schiff ohne Hafen* (1956), as Schiffarzt Richters
- *Furlough on Word of Honor* (1955), as Köhler
- *Das heilige Experiment* (1955), as Ladislaus Oros
- *The Devil's General* (1955), as Ingénieur Karl Oderbruch
- *Jeden die Seine* (1954), as Lorenz, der Schauspieler
- *No Way Back* (1954), as Friedrich Schultz
- *The Man Between* (1953), as Inspector Kleiber
- *Inspektor Tondi* (1952), Actor
- *Smuggler's Ball* (1952), as Hans
- *The Lost One* (1951), as Hösch, alias Nowak
- *Love '47* (1949), as Beckmann
- *The Last Night* (1949), as Harald Buchner, Oberleutnant
- *Unser Mittwochabend* (1948), Actor
- *In Those Days* (1947), as Peter Keyser
- *Melody of a Great City* (1943), as Klaus Nolte
- *Andreas Schlüter* (1942), as Bildhauer Martin Böhme, ihr Bräutigam
- *Two in a Big City* (1942), as Bernd Birckhoff
- *Stukas* (1941), as Oberleutnant Lothar Loos
- *U-Boat, Course West!* (1941), as Matrosenobergefreiter Drewitz
- *The Way to Freedom* (1941), as Fritz
- *Über alles in der Welt* (1941), as Oberleutnant Hassenkamp
- *My Life for Ireland* (1941), as Raymond Davitt
- *Kora Terry* (1940), as Chef der Kraftmännertruppe
- *Die unvollkommene Liebe* (1940), as Gustl
- *Bal paré* (1940), as Franz Stanglmayer
- *Fahrt ins Leben* (1940), as Seekadett Gerhard Bartels
- *The Laugh Doctor* (1937), as Peter Karst
- *The Private's Job* (1937), as Leutnant Hassenkamp
- *White Slaves* (1937), as Graf Kostja Wolfgoff
- *When the Cock Crows* (1936), as Piepers Gustav
- *Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming* (1933), Actor
- *The White Demon* (1932), Actor

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