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Occupation
  
Actor

Years active
  
1902–66


Name
  
Karl Ehmann

Role
  
Film actor

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Born
  
August 13, 1882 (
1882-08-13
)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Died
  
November 1, 1967, Vienna, Austria

Movies
  
The Trapp Family, The Spendthrift, Beloved Augustin, Fraulein Lilli, Voices of Spring

Similar People
  
Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Maria von Trapp, Hans Behrendt

Karl Ehmann (August 13, 1882 – November 1, 1967) was an Austrian stage and film actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound eras of the film industry.

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Career

Born on August 13, 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he became interested in acting as a young man, studying in a private master class with the famous Austrian stage actor, Karl Arnau. He made his stage debut at the age of 20 in the municipal theater of Olomouc, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic). Over the next five years he would appear in productions in Meran, South Tyrol, Linz, Upper Austria, and Graz, Austria. In 1908 he would begin a 30-year association with the Deutsche Volkstheater in Vienna.

While he concentrated mostly on the theater during his early career, he did appear in a small role in the Austrian film, Der Unbekannte (The Unknown) in 1912. In 1917, he would again begin performing in films, and during the late 1910s through the mid-20s, he had a successful run of starring and featured roles in silent films. Some of the more notable silent films in which he starred were: Der Doppelselbstmord (1918), Die Ahnfrau (1919), Der tanzende Tod (1920), Der tote Hochzeitsgast (1921), Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923), and Durch Nacht und Eis (1926), which Ehmann also directed. He also directed two other films, Junggesellenwirtschaft (1920) and Faustrecht (1922), as well as penning the scripts for Junggesellenwirtschaft and Verschneit (1920).

In the mid-20s Ehmann would take a hiatus from the film industry, choosing to focus on his theatrical career. In the early 1930s he would return to making films, although with the advent of sound, the size of his roles diminished, and he played mostly small, or featured supporting parts. Over his 50-year film career, he appeared in over 100 films, mostly in Austria, but also from Germany later in his career. Some of the more notable films in which he appeared include: Fräulein Lilli (1936) directed by Hans Behrendt, Robert Wohlmuth and Max Neufeld, and starring Franciska Gaal; 13 Stühle (1938), starring Heinz Rühmann; 1940's Der Postmeister, directed by Gustav Ucicky; Schicksal (1942), directed by Géza von Bolváry, and starring Heinrich George, Werner Hinz and Christian Kayßler; Die Kreuzlschreiber (1950), directed by Eduard von Borsody; and The Forester of the Silver Wood (1954), in which he had one of his infrequent starring roles. In 1956 he would appear in the comedy The Trapp Family, based on the memoirs of Maria von Trapp, which became the inspiration for the hugely successful American Broadway musical, The Sound of Music, and the subsequent American film of the same name.

Towards the end of his career, Ehmann would also appear in several television films for German and Austrian TV. Ehmann died on November 1, 1967, at the age of 85, in his home town of Vienna. He is buried in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

Filmography

Actor
1966
Der Fall Auer/Ranneth - Unschuldig hinter Gittern (TV Movie) as
Zeuge Märzinger
1965
Dem Himmel näher (TV Movie) as
Dick Curtiz
1965
Radetzkymarsch (TV Movie) as
Jacques
1963
Wie es Euch gefällt (TV Movie) as
Adam, Bedienter Olivers
1962
Anatol (TV Movie) as
Kellner
1962
Die Besessenen (TV Movie) as
Alexej Jegorowitsch
1962
Funken in der Asche (TV Movie) as
Boder
1962
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
1962
Professor Bernhardi (TV Movie) as
Professor Cyprian
1962
Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby as
Alter Kellner (uncredited)
1960
Der Degen mit den Genien (TV Movie) as
Stöger-Waldheim
1959
Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee as
Seewirt
1958
Der Priester und das Mädchen as
Dr.Lederbauer
1958
Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch as
Archivdirektor Haiduck
1958
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958
Eva küßt nur Direktoren as
Oberbuchhalter Zippel
1957
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
1957
...und führe uns nicht in Versuchung as
Pfarrer
1957
Wie schön, daß es dich gibt
1956
The Trapp Family as
Diener
1956
Liebe, die den Kopf verliert as
Der Arzt
1956
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe as
Loschek, Diener
1955
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
1955
Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof as
Einödpfarrer
1955
Ihr erstes Rendezvous as
Postbeamter
1955
Oh, diese lieben Verwandten as
Sanitätsrat Scherner
1955
Spionage as
Leopold, Diener bei Lichtenfels
1955
An der schönen blauen Donau as
Karl, ein Küfer
1954
Weg in die Vergangenheit as
Pokorny
1954
Echo der Berge as
Hofrat Otto Leonhard
1954
Bruder Martin
1954
Kaisermanöver
1953
Franz Schubert (uncredited)
1952
1. April 2000 as
Cabinet Chief
1952
Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt as
Justizrat Meyer
1952
Desires (uncredited)
1951
Maria Theresia as
Graf Künigl
1951
Der fidele Bauer as
Lehrer
1951
Verklungenes Wien
1951
Stadtpark
1950
Cordula as
Förster
1950
Der Seelenbräu as
Dr. Kirnberger
1950
Die Kreuzlschreiber as
Anwalt aus Wien (uncredited)
1949
Vagabonds as
Mattek
1948
Ein Mann gehört ins Haus as
Steffl
1947
Am Ende der Welt as
Rechtsanwalt
1944
Das Herz muß schweigen as
Geßner, Diener
1943
Späte Liebe as
Buchhalter
1942
Schicksal as
Alter Kellner
1940
Der liebe Augustin
1940
Ein Leben lang as
Arzt
1940
Wiener G'schichten as
Herr Holzer
1940
Der Postmeister as
Sacha, der alte Hausebewohner
1939
Mother Love as
Kanderl, Geldverleiher
1938
13 Stühle as
Vollstreckungsbeamter (uncredited)
1938
Life's Mirror as
Studienrat Waser
1938
Concert in Tirol as
Ortsgendarm
1937
Liebling der Matrosen as
Jean, Diener
1937
Zauber der Boheme as
Arzt von Denise
1937
Die Stimme des Herzens as
Angestellter der Zimmervermittlung
1937
Premiere as
Mann im Theater (uncredited)
1936
Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber
1936
Harvest as
Bahnhofsvorstand
1936
Fräulein Lilli as
Juwelier Höfer
1936
Mädchenpensionat
1936
Manja Valewska
1936
An Orphan Boy of Vienna as
Der Arzt
1935
Im weißen Rößl
1935
Affairs of Maupassant
1935
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1934
Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel
1933
Mein Liebster ist ein Jägersmann as
Emperor Franz Joseph I.
1933
Frühlingsstimmen
1932
Hochzeitsreise zu dritt as
Johann, Diener
1931
The Great Love
1931
Purpur und Waschblau as
Halling, Musiklehrer
1926
Durch Nacht und Eis
1923
Der Eisenkönig
1923
Hoffmanns Erzählungen as
Puppenhändler
1922
Faustrecht
1922
Der tote Hochzeitsgast as
Narr
1921
Das Abenteuer einer amerikanischen Milliardärin (Short)
1921
Spatzenherz (Short)
1921
Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus
1921
Eine Million Dollar
1921
Sein Lebenslicht
1920
Großstadtgift as
Pangraz Assenhauer
1920
Junggesellenwirtschaft (Short)
1920
Verschneit
1920
Eva, die Sünde as
Abt von St. Bernhard
1920
Winterstürme
1920
Der Leiermann
1920
Wildfeuer as
Pierre
1920
Die Stimme des Gewissens
1920
Herzblut
1920
Der tanzende Tod as
Graf Kürbach
1920
Freut Euch des Lebens
1920
Die gekreuzigt werden... as
Prokurist Beck
1920
Durch Wahrheit zum Narren
1920
Lasset die Kleinen zu mir kommen as
Veidt
1920
Der Herr des Lebens
1919
Das Andreasfest (Short)
1919
Der Hofmeister in tausend Ängsten (Short)
1919
Die Zauberin am Stein
1919
Die Ahnfrau as
Graf Zdenko von Borotin
1919
Der große Kuppler (Short)
1919
Seemannsbraut
1919
Lumpazivagabundus
1919
Seine schwerste Rolle
1919
Maria Magdalena
1918
Die Schlange der Leidenschaft
1918
Don Cäsar, Graf von Irun as
König
1918
Freier Dienst as
Feldzeugmeister
1918
Die Jüdin as
Kardinal Brogni
1918
Gespenster as
Pastor Manders
1918
Der König amüsiert sich as
marquis Saint Vallier
1918
Der Doppelselbstmord as
Leutnerbauer
1917
Der Schandfleck
1917
Der Verschwender
1912
Der Unbekannte (Short) as
Strolch
Director
1926
Durch Nacht und Eis
1925
Das Galitziberg-Lieb (Short)
1925
Du sollst nicht...! (Short)
1925
Seine Frau hat etwas (Short)
1922
Das Schloß des Schreckens (Short)
1921
Das Rätsel der Gerty Sering (Short)
1921
Klein Bobby auf der Fährte (Short)
1921
Spatzenherz (Short)
1921
Hemmungslos (Short)
1920
Die blonde Bestie (Short)
1920
Junggesellenwirtschaft (Short)
1920
Wer das Kleine nicht ehrt (Short)
1920
Die neuen Reichen (Short)
Writer
1921
Klein Bobby auf der Fährte (Short)
1920
Verschneit
Archive Footage
1997
Lokalderby - Eine Stadt im Fußballfieber (TV Movie documentary) as
Self

References

Karl Ehmann Wikipedia