John Karlsen

John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson (20 October 1919 – 5 July 2017), was an actor from New Zealand 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.^[1]

His filmography includes 80 titles, including several works for television.

Karlsen died on 5 July 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand,^[1] at the age of 97.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Naked Maja (1958) as Inquisitor
• Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961) as Old Man
• Crypt of the Vampire (1964) as Franz Karnstein
• Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965) as White
• The She Beast (1966) as Count Von Helsing
• Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun (1966) as Tereczkov's Boss
• Our Men in Bagdad (1966) as Botschafter
• Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) as Franco
• Mission Stardust (1967) as Crest
• Face to Face (1967) as University Dean
• Spirits of the Dead (1968) as Schoolmaster in Yard
• What? (1972) as Edward
• Footprints on the Moon (1972) as Alfred Lowenthal
• Fellini's Casanova (1976) as Lord Talou
• The Black Stallion (1979) as Archaeologist
• The Warning (1980) as Ferdinando Violante
• Good King Dagobert (1984) as Corbus
• I Love N.Y. (1987) as the Butler
• The Church (1989) as Heinrich
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) as Evil Duke
• Killer Rules (1993) as Lord Elston
• Frankenstein Unbound (1990) as Parson
• Count Max (1991) as Il maggiordomo
• 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

References

External links

• John Karlsen on IMDb