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Carl Esmond (born Karl Simon; [1] [2] June 14, 1902 [3] [4] [2] – December 4, 2004) was an Austrian-born American film and stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
Carl Esmond. Actor: From the Earth to the Moon. Born Willy Eichberger in Vienna, Austria, he changed his name to the ethnically nondescript Carl Esmond and went on to become a well-regarded actor both here and in Europe, a career that sustained itself for nearly 50 years.
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- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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- Brentwood, California, USA
Dec 9, 2004 · Carl Esmond, 97, a versatile actor who appeared in more than 50 films in Germany and the United States over a 50-year period, died Saturday of natural causes in his Brentwood home.
The Austrian-born actor Willy Eichberger, who has died aged 97, fled Germany from the Nazi government, only to find himself, as Carl Esmond, playing Nazis in Hollywood.
Dec 4, 2004 · He trained at Vienna's State Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his film debut in the operetta The Emperor's Waltz (1933). Carl Esmond (born Karl Simon June 14, 1902 – December 4, 2004) was an Austrian-born American film and stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
Dec 14, 2004 · Suave and debonair, often sporting a pencil-slim moustache, the Viennese actor Carl Esmond fled the Nazis to continue his career first in England, then in the United States, where he worked for...
Carl Esmond. Actor: From the Earth to the Moon. Born Willy Eichberger in Vienna, Austria, he changed his name to the ethnically nondescript Carl Esmond and went on to become a well-regarded actor both here and in Europe, a career that sustained itself for nearly 50 years.
