John Karlsen

John Karlsen (20 October 1919 – 5 July 2017), sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson, was a New Zealand actor who was active in cinema between 1958 and 2003. He is best known for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), The Black Stallion (1979) and The Sin Eater (2003). In Europe he appeared in mostly Italian films.
Karlsen was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and launched his career in Europe in the late 1950s.
His filmography includes 80 titles, including several works for television.
Karlsen died on 5 July 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 97.
Selected filmography
The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958) as The Security Guard at Jeweller's Shop (uncredited)
The Naked Maja (1958) as Inquisitor
Francis of Assisi (1961) as Friar (uncredited)
Battle of the Worlds (1961) as United Commission Leader (uncredited)
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961) as Old Man
A Difficult Life (1961) as Smoking University Professor (uncredited)
Pontius Pilate (1962) as Roman Senator
The Witch's Curse (1962) as Burgomeister
It Happened in Athens (1962) as King of Greece (uncredited)
Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) as Nazist (uncredited)
The Seventh Sword (1962) as The Old Actor (uncredited)
8½ (1963) as Un uomo in auto (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1963) as High Priest (uncredited)
Il Boom (1963) as Occulist
Crypt of the Vampire (1964) as Franz Karnstein
Un commerce tranquille (1964) as Priest
Le bambole (1965) as Husband (segment "La minestra")
Crack in the World (1965) as Dr. Reynolds
Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965) as Stevenson
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) as Producer
The She Beast (1966) as Count Von Helsing
Modesty Blaise (1966) as Oleg
Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun (1966) as Tereczkov's Boss
Our Men in Bagdad (1966) as Botschafter
El Greco (1966) as Prosecutor
Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) as Franco
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966) as Blossom
Mission Stardust (1967) as Crest
Face to Face (1967) as University Dean (uncredited)
I barbieri di Sicilia (1967) as German Chemist (uncredited)
Your Turn to Die (1967) as Photographer in Nightclub (uncredited)
L'oro di Londra (1968) as Ed
Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen (1968) as Prof. Micklewitz
Spirits of the Dead (1968) as Schoolmaster in Yard (segment "William Wilson") (uncredited)
Galileo (1968)
I See Naked (1969) as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Carnal Circuit (1969) as Fletcher (uncredited)
Fellini Satyricon (1969) as Man in Litter (uncredited)
Juliette de Sade (1969) as The Marchese
Tre nel mille (1971)
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971) as Strongbox Seller (uncredited)
Slaughter Hotel (1971) as Professor Osterman
What? (1972) as Man-Servant Edward (uncredited)
Polvere di stelle (1973) as German Commander (uncredited)
The Kiss (1974) as Friedrich (uncredited)
Footprints on the Moon (1975) as Alfred Lowenthal
Prete, fai un miracolo (1975) as vescovo Ritter
The Messiah (1975) as Caiaphas
Fellini's Casanova (1976) as Lord Talou
I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia (1979)
The Black Stallion (1979) as Archaeologist
The Warning (1980) as Ferdinando Violante
Pronto... Lucia (1982)
Good King Dagobert (1984) as Corbus
Detective School Dropouts (1986) as Museum Guide
I Love N.Y. (1987) as the Butler
La monaca di Monza (1987) as Don Carlo
Stradivari (1988) as Grand Chamberlain
The Little Devil (1988) as Anziano monsignore
The Gamble (1988)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) as Evil Duke
The Church (1989) as Heinrich
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) as Parson
Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) as Il suocero
Count Max (1991) as Il maggiordomo
Killer Rules (1993, TV Movie) as Lord Elston
E.T.A. Hoffmanns Der Sandmann (1993) as Spalanzini
Caro dolce amore (a.k.a. Honey Sweet Love...) (1994) as Sir John Atherton
Screw Loose (1999) as Dr. Caputo
The Sin Eater (2003) (a.k.a. The Order) as Eden's Manservant
Il nascondiglio (2007) (final film role)
References
External links
1919 births
2017 deaths
20th-century New Zealand male actors
21st-century New Zealand male actors
New Zealand male film actors
Actors from Wellington City