Paul Hubschmid

Paul Hubschmid (20 July 1917 – 31 December 2001) was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of My Fair Lady. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens of films and television series between 1938 and 1991. Many of these were German and International productions.
Selected filmography
Fusilier Wipf (1938, Swiss) - Reinhold Wipf
Maria Ilona (1939, German) - Imre von Hontos, Maria Ilonas Bruder
Der letzte Appell (1939, German)
Mir lönd nüd lugg (1940, Swiss) - Hans Landolt
Mein Traum (1940, Swiss) - Bob Ellis
Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940, Swiss) - Wilhelm
The Rainer Case (1942, German) - Franz Rainer
Meine Freundin Josefine (1942, German) - Herr Milander
Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943, German) - Willibald Mack
Wilder Urlaub (1943, Swiss) - Fritz Hablützel
Love Letters (1944, German) - Robert Wieland
Der gebieterische Ruf (1944, German) - Ferdinand Hofer
Das seltsame Fräulein Sylvia (1945, German)
Gottes Engel sind überall (1948, German) - Jo, ein amerikanischer Soldat
Arlberg Express - (1948, Austrian) - Hans Leitner
The Heavenly Waltz (1948, German) - Hans Lieven
Mysterious Shadows (1949, Austrian) - Dr. Benn Wittich, Biologe u. Chemiker
Bagdad (1949, US) - Hassan
Law of Love (1949, German) - Premierleutnant Hofstede
The Thief of Venice (1950, US / Italian) - Alfiere Lorenzo Contarini
Palace Hotel (1952, Swiss) - Fredy
No Time for Flowers (1952, US) - Karl Marek
Mask in Blue (1953, German) - Armando Cellini
The Venus of Tivoli (1953, Swiss) - Bölsterli
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953, US) - Prof. Tom Nesbitt
Musik bei Nacht (1953, German) - Robert Ellin
Life Begins at Seventeen (1953, German) - Ramon Montadeau
Hungarian Rhapsody (1954, French / German) - Franz Liszt
Schule für Eheglück (1954) - Justus Schneemann
Glückliche Reise (1954) - Robert Langen
Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells - (1955, German) - Robert - Journalist
The Ambassador's Wife - (1955, German) - John de la Croix
Rommel's Treasure (1955, Italian) - von Brunner
(1956, German) - Paul Heiden & Otto III
Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (1956) - Conrad Hegner
The Golden Bridge (1956) - Stefan
My Husband's Getting Married Today (1956, German) - Georg Lindberg
Salzburg Stories (1957, German) - Georg
Glücksritter (1957) - Alexander Haupt
The Zurich Engagement (1957, German) - Dr. Jean Berner
Meine schöne Mama (1958) - George
Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958, German) - Robert Florian
Scampolo (1958, German) - Roberto Costa
Ihr 106. Geburtstag (1958) - Alfred Franconi
La Morte viene dallo Spazio (1958, Italian / French) - John McLaren
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959, German) - Harald Berger
The Indian Tomb (1959, German) - Harald Berger
Every Day Isn't Sunday (1959) - Karl Brandtstetter
Liebe, Luft und lauter Lügen (1959) - Herr Häggeli
Marili (1959) - Robert Orban
Auskunft im Cockpit (1959)
(1960, German) - Major von Tellheim
The Red Hand (1960) - Johnny Zamaris
Die junge Sünderin (1960) - Alfred Schott
Journey to the Lost City (1960) - Harald Berger
Festival (1961) - Jack Lambert, Filmstar
Napoleon II, the Eagle (1961, French) - Prokesch
Isola Bella (1961) - Götz Renner
Only a Woman (1962) - Martin Bohlen
Eleven Years and One Day (1963, German) - Tony Cameron
(1963, Austrian) - Diplomat
Mission to Hell (1964, Italian / German) - Werner Homfeld
Games of Desire (1964, German / French) - Elliot
(1964, French / German) - Alain Compton - un gangster
Marry Me, Cherie (1964, Austrian) - Dr. Andreas Gollhofer
Mozambique (1964, British / German) - Commaro
Me and the Forty Year Old Man - (1965, French) - Jean-Marc Oesterlin
Le Majordome (1965, French) - Docteur Ventoux / Le 'chat'
(1965, German) - Prof. Dr. Martin Wiegand
The Gentlemen (1965, German) - Pflügeli
Dis-moi qui tuer (1965, French) - Reiner Dietrich
I Am Looking for a Man (1966, German) - Baron Federsen
The Spy with Ten Faces (1966, Italian / German) - Paul Finney, the Upperseven
(1966, German) - Joachim Steigenwald
Living It Up (1966, French) - Francesco Jimenez
Funeral in Berlin (1966, British) - Johnny Vulkan
Ein Gewissen verlangen (1966)
Manon 70 (1968, French) - Simon
In Enemy Country (1968, US) - Frederich
(1968, German) - Parrish
Taste of Excitement (1969, British) - Hans Beiber
(1969, TV film, German) - Van Cleef
Skullduggery (1970, US) - Vancruysen
(1970, TV Mini-Series, German) - Ned Parker
Versuchung im Sommerwind (1972) - Freund des Professors
Bolero (1983) - Malinckroth
(1988, Swiss) - Rolf Zeller
Jolly Joker (1989-1991, TV Series, German) - Arthur Brecht
Linda (1991, German) - Father
References
Halliwell, Leslie (1981) Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. Harper-Collins
Katz, Ephraim The Film Encyclopedia; 5th ed., revised by Fred Klein & Ronald Dean Nolen. New York: Collins
Further reading
Irène Hubschmid: Paul Hubschmid - Geliebter Mann, was nun? Erinnerungen. Militzke Verlag, Leipzig 2006,
External links
Photographs of Paul Hubschmid
1917 births
2001 deaths
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male television actors
20th-century Swiss male actors