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name: "Rudolf Schündler"
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born: "17 April 1906"
died: "12 December 1988"
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# Rudolf Schündler

Actor. Born 17 April 1906 in Leipzig, Germany. Died 12 December 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 April 1906, Leipzig, Germany
- **Died:** 12 December 1988
- **Also known as:** Рудольф Шюндлер, Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler

## Biography

Rudolf Schündler was a German actor and director. Born Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler on 17 April 1906 in Leipzig, he began his stage career in 1926 and appeared in films from 1924. He worked in Berlin cabarets and theatres during the 1930s, and directed more than two dozen productions in the 1950s and 1960s.

Schündler appeared in over 250 film and television roles, often as a character actor in comedies. Early credits include Hardy in Fritz Lang's *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933). He co-founded the Munich cabaret Die Schaubude after the Second World War. His international roles include Karl in *The Exorcist* (1973) and Professor Milius in *Suspiria* (1977). He was married to actress Christine Laszar and had a son, producer Oliver Schündler. Schündler died of a heart attack on 12 December 1988 in Munich, shortly after completing *The Nasty Girl* (1990).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Exorcist* (1973), Fi1m 89, as Karl — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)

## Also known for

- *Suspiria* (1977), Prof. Milius
- *The American Friend* (1977), Gantner
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), Hardy
- *Kings of the Road* (1976), Robert's Father
- *The Red Queen Kills Seven Times* (1972), Tobias Wildenbrück
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), Göbel, Schürmann sen., Vater Henschel
- *New Mischief by Emil* (1972), Mayor
- *Derrick* (1974), Max Tolpe, Willi Nell, Waldemar Kreuzer, Kunsthändler

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