Paul Müller (actor)

Paul Konrad Müller (11 March 1923 – 2 September 2016) was a Swiss actor who appeared mostly in Italian films. His motion picture acting career in Europe spanned a period of 51 years.

Acting career

Theatre

In 1941/1942 he studied acting at the "Conservatoire National Supérieur d`Art Dramatique" in Paris. Until 1944 he had different engagements at theatres in Paris, e. g. "Theatre Pigalle", "Salle Pleyel", "Theatre des Ambassadeurs".
From 1944 to 1946 he was called up for military service in the French Army in Indochina shortly before the First Indochina War took place there. He caught malaria during that time and, in consequence of the disease, was left hard of hearing.
From 1947 to 1948 he had different engagements at theatres and touring companies not only in France, but also in the French part of Allied-occupied Germany and in Florence, e. g. "Tournée Spectacles Moyses", Teatro della Pergola. He acted, inter alia, under the direction of Georges Douking. His first film role came at age 25 in ''Ruy Blas'' (1948).

Film

Paul Muller appeared in over 230 films since his first role in 1948. He spent most of his life by working in Italy, his main country of residence.
He worked over more than 60 years with most of the well-known European actresses and actors of classic cinema and with some famous names of the Cinema of Italy like Roberto Rossellini, Carlo Ponti, Federico Fellini, Mario Bava, Sergio Corbucci, Michelangelo Antonioni. He also made his appearance in films under the direction of Veit Harlan, Artur Brauner, Jesús "Jess" Franco, René Clément, Michael Curtiz, Richard Fleischer, Jean-Pierre Mocky and many others. (Jesus Franco alone co-starred him in no less than 18 films).

Personal life and death

Muller died in Tivoli, Lazio on 2 September 2016, at the age of 93.

Selected filmography

* ''Ruy Blas'' (dir. Pierre Billon, 1948)
* ''Une grande fille toute simple'' (dir. Jacques Manuel, 1948)
* ''Buried Alive'' (dir. Guido Brignone, 1949), as Count Federico De Rossi
* '' Fabiola'' (dir. Alessandro Blasetti, 1949)
* ''William Tell'' (dir. Giorgio Pastina and Michał Waszyński, 1949), as Gessler
* '' Il bacio di una morta'' (dir. Guido Brignone, 1949), as Hans
* ''Sicilian Uprising'' (dir. Giorgio Pastina, 1949), as Duke de Saint-Rémy, Governor of Palermo
* '' Il falco rosso'' (dir. Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, 1949), as Baron Goffredo
* '' Romanticismo'' (dir. Clemente Fracassi, 1949), as Cesky
* ''Toto Looks for a Wife'' (dir. Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, 1950), as Carlo
* ''The Transporter'' (dir. Giorgio Simonelli, 1950)
* ''The Black Captain'' (dir. Giorgio Ansoldi and Alberto Pozzetti, 1951), as Giuliano
* ''Four Ways Out'' (dir. Pietro Germi, 1951), as Guido Marchi
* ''Revenge of the Pirates'' (dir. Primo Zeglio, 1951), as Espinosa
* '' Stasera sciopero'' (dir. Mario Bonnard, 1951), as The mad man
* ''Pentimento'' (dir. Mario Costa, 1952), as Berardo Morelli
* ''Viva il cinema!'' (dir. Giorgio Baldaccini and Enzo Trapani, 1952)
* ''La voce del sangue'' (dir. Pino Mercanti, 1952), as Count Franco Sampieri
* ''Abracadabra'' (dir. Max Neufeld, 1952), as Alfredo
* '' Il Tenente Giorgio'' (dir. Raffaello Matarazzo, 1952), as Count Stefano di Monserrato
* ''Fratelli d'Italia'' (dir. Fausto Saraceni, 1952), as Luigi Staffi
* ''I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' (dir. Duilio Coletti, 1953), as Enemy agent
* '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (dir. Giacomo Gentilomo, 1953), as Carlo Basileo
* ''Anna's Sin'' (dir. Camillo Mastrocinque, 1953), as Alberto
* '' I misteri della giungla nera'' (dir. Ralph Murphy and Gian Paolo Callegari, 1954), as Suyodhana
* '' La prigioniera di Amalfi'' (dir. Giorgio Cristallini, 1954), as Baron Cangemi
* ''Two Nights with Cleopatra'' (dir. Mario Mattoli, 1954), as Tortul
* ''Public Opinion'' (dir. Maurizio Corgnati and Goffredo Alessandrini, 1954), as Carlo Leone
* '' La vendetta dei Tughs'' (dir. Ralph Murphy and Gian Paolo Callegari, 1954), as Suyodhana
* ''Schiava del peccato'' (dir. Raffaello Matarazzo, 1954), as Voyager
* ''Journey to Italy'' (dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1954), as Paul Dupont
* ' (dir. Veit Harlan, 1955), as Richard Sorge
* '' Suonno d'ammore'' (dir. Sergio Corbucci, 1955), as Carmelo
* ''Tom Toms of Mayumba'' (dir. Gian Gaspare Napolitano, 1955), as Dr. Assar
* '' Agguato sul mare'' (dir. Pino Mercanti, 1955), as Baron Staratta
* '' Lacrime di sposa'' (dir. Sante Chimirri, 1956), as Toni Icardi
* '' Incatenata dal destino'' (dir. Enzo Di Gianni, 1956), as Piero
* '' Checkpoint'' (dir. Ralph Thomas, 1956), as Petersen
* ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'' (dir. Jacques Becker, 1957), as Rudolf von Kraft
* ''I Vampiri'' (dir. Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava, 1957), as Joseph Signoret
* ''Pirate of the Half Moon'' (dir. Giuseppe Maria Scotese, 1957), as Charles V
* ''Il Conte di Matera'' (dir. Luigi Capuano, 1958), as Filiberto
* ' (dir. Marino Girolami, 1958), as Bevallan
* '' Quando gli angeli piangono'' (dir. Marino Girolami, 1958)
* ''Slave Women of Corinth'' (dir. Mario Bonnard, 1958), as L'Asiatico
* ''The Naked Maja'' (dir. Henry Koster, 1958), as The French ambassador
* ''Captain Falcon'' (dir. Carlo Campogalliani, 1958), as Rusca
* '' Sheba and the Gladiator'' (dir. Guido Brignone, 1959), as High Priest
* '' Un canto nel deserto'' (dir. Marino Girolami, 1959), as Rudi
* '' Due selvaggi a corte'' (dir. Ferdinando Baldi, 1959), as Count Sarzese
* '' Signé Arsène Lupin'' (dir. Yves Robert, 1959), as Attaché at the embassy in Rome
* ''Purple Noon'' (dir. René Clément, 1960), as The blind man
* ''La strada dei giganti'' (dir. Guido Malatesta, 1960), as Count Monza
* ''Queen of the Pirates'' (dir. Mario Costa, 1960), as Duke Zulian
* ''The Conqueror of the Orient'' (dir. Tanio Boccia, 1960), as Sultan Dakar
* ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' (dir. Silvio Amadio, 1960), as Medico di Corte
* '' La grande vallata'' (dir. Angelo Dorigo, 1961)
* ''The Wastrel'' (dir. Michael Cacoyannis, 1961)
* '' Legge di guerra'' (dir. Bruno Paolinelli, 1961), as Interpreter
* ''Capitani di ventura'' (dir. Angelo Dorigo, 1961), as Count Falcino
* ''Pontius Pilate'' (dir. Irving Rapper and Gian Paolo Callegari, 1962), as Mehlik
* ''Avenger of the Seven Seas'' (dir. Domenico Paolella, 1962), as Hornblut
* '' Lasciapassare per il morto'' (dir. Mario Gariazzo, 1962), as The fourth accomplice
* ''It Happened in Athens'' (dir. Andrew Marton, 1962), as Priest
* ''Women of Devil's Island'' (dir. Domenico Paolella, 1962), as Lefèvre
* ''Attack of the Normans'' (dir. Giuseppe Vari, 1962), as Thomas
* ''Street of Temptation'' (dir. Imo Moszkowicz, 1962), as Dr. Salvatori
* ''Torpedo Bay'' (dir. Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati, 1963), as Police Commander
* ''Goliath and the Sins of Babylon'' (dir. Michele Lupo, 1963), as King Rukus of Cafaus
* '' Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance'' (dir. Mario Camerini, 1963), as Botanist Alamian
* ''Desert Raiders'' (dir. Tanio Boccia, 1964), as Yussuf
* ''Cover Girls'' (dir. José Bénazéraf, 1964), as Enrico
* '' Da Istanbul ordine di uccidere'' (dir. Carlo Ferrero, 1965)
* ''Fall of the Mohicans'' (dir. Mateo Cano, 1965), as Colonel Munro
* ''Nightmare Castle'' (dir. Mario Caiano, 1965), as Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith
* ''Von Ryan's Express'' (die. Mark Robson, 1965), as Capt. Josef Sonneberg (uncredited)
* ''Don Camillo in Moscow'' (dir. Luigi Comencini

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