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
* ' (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
* ''Die Venus vom Tivoli'' (1953, German) - 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

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Photographs of Paul Hubschmid

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1917 births
2001 deaths
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male television actors
20th-century Swiss male actors