John Karlsen

John Karlsen
Born	(1919-10-20)20 October 1919 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	5 July 2017(2017-07-05) (aged 97) Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Other names	John Carlsen, Charles John Karlsen, John Karlson
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958—2003
Known for	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Black Stallion and The Sin Eater

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.

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

He died in July 2017 at the age of 97.

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

External links

John Karlsen at IMDb