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name: "Karl Scheydt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-scheydt"
fi1m_id: "karl-scheydt"
imdb_id: "nm0771260"
tmdb_id: 2742
wikidata_id: "Q3193464"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 May 1940"
died: "30 April 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:01:30.997938+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 Scheydt

## Identity

Karl Scheydt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-scheydt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-scheydt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0771260
- **TMDB ID:** 2742
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3193464
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2742

Actor. Born 3 May 1940. Died 30 April 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 May 1940
- **Died:** 30 April 2009
- **Also known as:** K. Scheydt
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2742

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fox and His Friends*](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) (78)

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## Biography

Karl Scheydt was a German actor who appeared in numerous films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning in the early 1970s. He also worked in production roles on some of those films, including as assistant director and production manager.

Among his credited roles are Albert in *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Klaus in *Fox and His Friends* (1975), a sailor in *Querelle* (1982), and Hacker in *In a Year with 13 Moons* (1978). He appeared in other Fassbinder works such as *The Merchant of Four Seasons* (1972) and *World on a Wire* (1973), as well as films by associates including Ulli Lommel.

Scheydt continued acting in television and film after Fassbinder's death in 1982, with credits including appearances in the series *Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Klaus — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Staub vor der Sonne* (1990), as Walter
- *Der Rausschmeisser* (1989), as Karl
- *Money* (1989), as Personalchef
- *Ein naheliegender Mord* (1988), Actor
- *Tür an Tür* (1986), Actor
- *A Strange Love Affair* (1985), as Jim
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Johansson
- *Wenn die Musik aus ist, dann ist auch die Liebe aus* (1984), as Charly
- *Querelle* (1982), as Sailor
- *Neon City* (1982), Actor
- *Today We're Playing Boss* (1981), Actor
- *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980), series, as Mann in der Allee
- *Drei Freundinnen* (1979), as Ottmar
- *In a Year with 13 Moons* (1978), as Hacker · Sound Designer
- *Knife in the Head* (1978), as Kommissar
- *Persil ist auch kein Schnittlauch* (1978), Actor
- *Spiel der Verlierer* (1978), as Fleischgroßhändler
- *The Stationmaster’s Wife* (1977), Actor
- *The American Soldier* (1976), as Ricky
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Klaus — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Jodeln is ka Sünd* (1974), Actor
- *Effi Briest* (1974), as Kruse
- *Martha* (1974), as Marianne's Husband (uncredited)
- *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), as Albert
- *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Inspector Stuhlfahrt
- *Tenderness of the Wolves* (1973), as Kommissar
- *Jail Bait* (1973), as Polizist
- *Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day* (1972), series, as Arbeiter Peter
- *The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant* (1972), Production Manager
- *The Merchant of Four Seasons* (1972), as Anzell · Unit Production Manager
- *Beware of a Holy Whore* (1971), as Manfred
- *The Niklashausen Journey* (1970), Actor
- *Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre* (1967), series, Actor

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