Paul Muller (actor)

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Paul Muller
Muller in 1953.
Born	Paul Konrad Muller (1923-03-11) 11 March 1923 (age 98) Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Other names	Paul Müller, Paul Miller, Paul Muler, Paolo Muller, Robert Muller
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2004

Paul Konrad Müller (born 11 March 1923) is a Swiss former actor who has appeared mostly in Italian films. His motion picture acting career in Europe spanned a period of 51 years.

Acting[]

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 Clement, Michael Curtiz, Richard Fleischer, Jean-Pierre Mocky and many others. (Jesus Franco alone co-starred him in no less than 18 films).

Today he lives withdrawn near Rome.

Selected filmography[]

• Ruy Blas (dir. Pierre Billon, 1948)
• (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
• (dir. Guido Brignone, 1949), as Hans
• Sicilian Uprising (dir. Giorgio Pastina, 1949), as Duke de Saint-Rémy, Governor of Palermo
• (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. and , 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. 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. , 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
• (dir. Ralph Murphy and , 1954), as Suyodhana
• (dir. Giorgio Cristallini, 1954), as Baron Cangemi
• Two Nights with Cleopatra (dir. Mario Mattoli, 1954), as Tortul
• Public Opinion (dir. and Goffredo Alessandrini, 1954), as Carlo Leone
• (dir. Ralph Murphy and , 1954), as Suyodhana
• Schiava del peccato (dir. Raffaello Matarazzo, 1954), as Voyager
• Journey to Italy (dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1954), as Paul Dupont
•  [de] (dir. Veit Harlan, 1955), as Richard Sorge
• (dir. Sergio Corbucci, 1955), as Carmelo
• Tom Toms of Mayumba (dir. Gian Gaspare Napolitano, 1955), as Dr. Assar
• (dir. Pino Mercanti, 1955), as Baron Staratta
• (dir. , 1956), as Toni Icardi
• (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
•  [it] (dir. Marino Girolami, 1958), as Bevallan
• (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
• (dir. Marino Girolami, 1959), as Rudi
• (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
• (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
• (dir. , 1961)
• The Wastrel (dir. Michael Cacoyannis, 1961)
• (dir. , 1961), as Interpreter
• (dir. , 1961), as Count Falcino
• Pontius Pilate (dir. Irving Rapper and , 1962), as Mehlik
• Avenger of the Seven Seas (dir. Domenico Paolella, 1962), as Hornblut
• (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. , 1962), as Dr. Salvatori
• Torpedo Bay (dir. Charles Frend and , 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. , 1965)
• Fall of the Mohicans (dir. , 1965), as Colonel Munro
• Nightmare Castle (dir. Mario Caiano, 1965), as Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith
• Don Camillo in Moscow (dir. Luigi Comencini, 1965), as Russian priest
• La vendetta di Lady Morgan (dir. Massimo Pupillo, 1965), as Sir Harold Morgan
• (dir. , 1966), as Jameson Brady
• (dir. , 1967), as Theotocritos
• Three Supermen in Tokyo [it] (dir. Bitto Albertini, 1968)
• Uno di più all'inferno (dir. Giovanni Fago, 1968), as George Ward
• Stuntman (dir. Marcello Baldi, 1968), as Lamb
• Bootleggers (dir. Alfio Caltabiano, 1969), as Pythagoras
• Malenka (dir. Amando de Ossorio, 1969), as Dr. Albert
• Venus in Furs (dir. Jesús Franco, 1969), as Hermann
• How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (dir. Will Tremper, 1970), as The Director
• Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (dir. Jesús Franco, 1970), as Monsieur de Mistival
• Eugenie de Sade ((dir. Jesús Franco, shot in 1970 and released in 1973), as Albert Radeck de Franval
• Count Dracula (dir. Jesús Franco, 1970), as Dr. Seward
• Angeli senza paradiso (dir. Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, 1970), as Hermann Fux
• The Devil Came from Akasava (dir. Jesús Franco, 1971), as Dr. Henry
• Vampyros Lesbos (dir. Jesús Franco, 1971), as Dr. Steiner
•  [lb] (dir. Jesús Franco, 1971), as John Somers
• L'Albatros (dir. Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1971), as President Ernest Cavalier
• Lady Frankenstein (dir. Mel Welles, 1971), as Dr. Charles Marshall
• She Killed in Ecstasy (dir. Jesús Franco, 1971), as Dr. Franklin Houston
• Gang War in Naples (dir. Pasquale Squitieri, 1972), as L'onorevole
• Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (dir. Giulio Petroni, 1972), as Mr. Summitt
• Treasure Island (dir. John Hough, 1972), as Blind Pew
• Tragic Ceremony (dir. Riccardo Freda, 1972), as Doctor
• (dir. Marino Girolami, 1973)
• (dir. Tanio Boccia, 1973), as Albert
• The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (dir. Nina Companeez, 1973), as Brother Hugo
• A Virgin Among the Living Dead (dir. Jesús Franco, 1973), as Ernesto Pablo Reiner
• The Arena (dir. Steve Carver, 1974), as Lucilius
• Miracles Still Happen (dir. Giuseppe Maria Scotese, 1974), as Juliane's father
• Kidnap (dir. Giovanni Fago, 1974), as Jimmy
• Un linceul n'a pas de poches (dir. Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1974), as Minecci
• Heroes in Hell (dir. Joe D'Amato, 1974), as German Soldier
• (dir. Demofilo Fidani, 1975)
• (dir. Georges Friedland, 1975), as Mr. Witson
• Frauengefängnis a.k.a. Barbed Wire Dolls (dir. Jesús Franco, 1976), as Carlos Costa
• (dir. Maurizio Lucidi, 1976), as Stringer
• Mark Strikes Again (dir. Stelvio Massi, 1976), as Austrian inspector
• A Woman at Her Window (dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1976), as Hotel manager
• The Witness (dir. Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1978), as Maurisson's brother-in-law
• The Perfect Crime (dir. , 1978), as Gibson
• Derrick - Season 6, Episode 7: "Lena" (TV, 1979), as Mr. Witte
• Fantozzi contro tutti (dir. Neri Parenti and Paolo Villaggio, 1980), as Visconte Cobram
• Camera d'albergo (dir. Mario Monicelli, 1981), as Hans
• Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (dir. Neri Parenti, 1982), as The hotel butler
• Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (dir. Dan Wolman, 1983), as Xavier
• The Practice of Love (dir. Valie Export, 1985), as French Industrialist
• The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (dir. Mario Monicelli, 1985), as Thief in Monte Carlo
• Fracchia contro Dracula (dir. Neri Parenti, 1985), as The employer of Fracchia
• Let's Hope It's a Girl (dir. Mario Monicelli, 1986), as Priest
• Salome (dir. Claude d'Anna, 1986), as Doctor
• (dir. Massimo Pirri, 1986), as Fontaine
•  [de] (dir. Antonio Margheriti, 1988), as Carbalo
• Fantozzi va in pensione (dir. Neri Parenti, 1988), as Duke Count Francesco Maria Barambani
• La bottega dell'orefice (dir. Michael Anderson, 1989), as Driver
• Fantozzi alla riscossa (dir. Neri Parenti, 1990), as Duke Count Francesco Maria Barambani
• Paprika (dir. Tinto Brass, 1991), as Milvio
• Le comiche 2 (dir. Neri Parenti, 1991), as the Colonel
• Li chiamarono... briganti! (dir. Pasquale Squitieri, 1999), as Bishop of Melfi

Awards and honors[]

In 2009 the German film production company Anolis published a Collector's Edition of Mario Bava's and Ricardo Freda's masterpiece I Vampiri (Der Vampir von Notre-Dame) on a 2-DVD-Set. That item includes, inter alia, three different versions of the first Italian horror movie of the sound era and an exclusive interview with actor Paul Müller about his career (“C`est la Vie – Paul Muller erzählt”). It is the only on-screen interview appearance of him existing so far. The DVD is especially dedicated to Muller and his remarkable work within the European film industry.

Further reading[]

• Jess Franco, *Memorias del tío Jess (2004) (autobiography, in Spanish)
• Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock, Christian Kessler, Tim Lucas, *Obsession - The Films of Jess Franco (1993)
• Benedikt Eppenberger, Daniel Stapfer *Maedchen, Machos und Moneten: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Mit einem Vorwort von Jess Franco. Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-033-00960-3

External links[]

• Paul Muller at IMDb
• Paul Muller at AllMovie