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Carl Esmond

Carl Esmond

Actor · Died December 4, 2004, aged 102 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

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. Although his age was given as 33 in the passenger list when he arrived in the USA in January 1938, in his naturalization petition his birth year is stated as 1902. His stage names were Willy Eichberger and Charles Esmond and finally Carl Esmond. He trained at Vienna's State Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his film debut in the operetta The Emperor's Waltz (1933).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 14, 1902
Died
December 4, 2004 (aged 102)
From
Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Works as
Actor
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 61 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 28% in 30 days

What are Carl Esmond's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Bonds
31%
Survival
15%
Power
9%
Self
7%
Society
4%
Romantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 10 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 4 of 6 analyzed roles.

Shadow
4 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Romantic
8
Thrilling
6
Melancholic
5
Warm
5
Other
15

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Carl Esmond's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Carl Esmond's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

61 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

  • My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn(1985)

    as General Von Helmuth

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • McMillan & Wife(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Zeiss

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Agent for H.A.R.M.(1966)

    as Professor Jan Stefánik

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Otto Hiltz

  • Morituri(1965)

    as Busch

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Baron Freddy De Chasseur

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Hitler(1962)

    as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Brushfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Martin

  • Thunder in the Sun(1959)

    as Andre Dauphin

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • One Step Beyond(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Emile

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • From the Earth to the Moon(1958)

    as Jules Verne

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Maverick(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Comte de Lisle

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Lola Montès(1955)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Passport to Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Fabian

  • Regina Amstetten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Prof. Werner Grüter

  • Liebeserwachen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Michael Rainer

  • The World in His Arms(1952)

    as Prince Semyon

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Racket Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Mystery Submarine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Heldman

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Pierre

  • The Desert Hawk(1950)

    as Kibar

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Walk a Crooked Mile(1948)

    as Dr. Ritter von Stolb

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Slave Girl(1947)

    as El Hamid

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman(1947)

    as Dr. Lorenz

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Lover Come Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Paul Millard

  • The Catman of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Charles Regnier

  • Her Highness and the Bellboy(1945)

    as Baron Zoltan Faludi

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • This Love of Ours(1945)

    as Uncle Bob

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Without Love(1945)

    as Paul Carrell

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Experiment Perilous(1944)

    as John Maitland

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Master Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Andrei

  • Resisting Enemy Interrogation(1944)

    as Maj. von Behn - Nazi Commandant

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944)

    as Lt. Dirk Van Daal

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Address Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Baron von Friesche

  • Ministry of Fear(1944)

    as Willi Hilfe

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • First Comes Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Maj. Paul Dichter

  • Margin for Error (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Baron Max von Alvenstor

  • Seven Sweethearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Carl Randall

  • The Navy Comes Through (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Richard 'Dutch' Kroner

  • Panama Hattie(1942)

    as Lucas Kefler (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Pacific Rendezvous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Andre Leemuth

  • Sundown(1941)

    as Jan Kuypens

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant York(1941)

    as German Major

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Little Men(1940)

    as Professor Bhaer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Thunder Afloat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as U-Boat Captain

  • The Dawn Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Hauptmann Von Mueller

  • Burg Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Josef Rainer

  • Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Graf Eduard Romanel

  • Prater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Fred

  • All for Veronica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Paul Schmidt

  • The Empress's Favourite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Fähnrich Alexander Tomsky

  • The Postman from Longjumeau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau

  • Invitation to the Waltz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Carl

  • Blutsbrüder(1935)

    as Mirko, der Herr

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Love Conquers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Willy Schneider

  • Evensong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Count Ehrenburg / Archduke Theodore

  • Blossom Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Count Rudi von Hohenberg

  • Inge and the Millions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Walter Brink

  • Kleines Mädel, großes Glück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Georg Hellwig

  • Liebelei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser

  • Kaiserwalzer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Viktor Eggersdorf

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 61 titles from 1933 to 1985.

Biggest box office

Ministry of Fear (1944)

$25 worldwide

Highest rated

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Midcredits 85th

Film career

  • 1933Screen debut· Liebelei

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting61 of 61: 61 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57th

By decade

1930s17 · acting1940s23 · acting1950s13 · acting1960s6 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Carl Esmond's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 24; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Blutsbrüder (1935)

87th percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Sergeant York (1941)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Carl Esmond work with?

People who share at least 2 of Carl Esmond's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frank Gross shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers