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John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson, 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.
Born
Monday, 20 October 1919
Died
Wednesday, 05 July 2017
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hideout | 2007 | |
| The Order | Eden's Manservant | 2003 |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
| Screw Loose | Dr. Caputo | 1999 |
| Honey Sweet Love... | Sir John Atherton | 1996 |
| The Sandman | Spalanzini | 1993 |
| Il conte Max | Il maggiordomo / Maggiordomo | 1991 |
| Stasera a casa di Alice | suocero / Il suocero | 1990 |
| Frankenstein Unbound | Parson | 1990 |
| The Church | Heinrich | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hideout | 2007 | |
| The Order | Eden's Manservant | 2003 |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
| Screw Loose | Dr. Caputo | 1999 |
| Honey Sweet Love... | Sir John Atherton | 1996 |
| The Sandman | Spalanzini | 1993 |
| Il conte Max | Il maggiordomo / Maggiordomo | 1991 |
| Stasera a casa di Alice | suocero / Il suocero | 1990 |
| Frankenstein Unbound | Parson | 1990 |
| The Church | Heinrich | 1989 |
| Blaues Blut | Sir Thomas Milton | 1989 |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Evil Duke | 1989 |
| The Gamble | Second Brother Podestà | 1988 |
| The Little Devil | Padre confessore / anziano monsignore | 1988 |
| Stradivari | Grand Chamberlain | 1988 |
| I Love N.Y. | Butler | 1987 |
| Detective School Dropouts | Museum Guide | 1986 |
| Le bon roi Dagobert | Corbus | 1984 |
| Waterfront | Professor Chieri | 1984 |
| La chambre des dames | Sires Vives Yehel | 1983 |
| The Winds of War | Reverend Glenville | 1983 |
| Pronto... Lucia | 1982 | |
| Marco Polo | Judge | 1982 |
| The Borgias | Bishop Francesco Soderini | 1981 |
| The Warning | Ferdinando Violante | 1980 |
| The Black Stallion | Archeologist | 1979 |
| I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia | Narcotics Division Member / membro della Commissione Narcotici | 1979 |
| Velvet Hands | il notaio | 1979 |
| Fellini's Casanova | Lord Talou | 1976 |
| The Messiah | Caiaphas | 1976 |
| The Sex Machine | Capo delle spie | 1975 |
| Prete, fai un miracolo | vescovo Ritter / Ritter | 1975 |
| Footprints on the Moon | Alfredo Laurenti / Alfred Lowenthal / Alfred Lowenthal (as John Carlsen) | 1975 |
| The Count of Monte-Cristo | Barrois - De Villefort Servant | 1975 |
| The Kiss of Death | Friedrich | 1974 |
| Polvere di stelle | Commandante tedesco | 1973 |
| What? | Edward / Man-Servant Edward | 1972 |
| Cool Million | Werner | 1972 |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Cardinal | 1972 |
| Asylum Erotica | Professor Osterman | 1971 |
| Tre nel mille | 1971 | |
| Juliette de Sade | The Marchese | 1969 |
| The Laughing Woman | Manservant | 1969 |
| Fellini Satyricon | Man in Litter | 1969 |
| Vedo nudo | Psychiatrist | 1969 |
| Carnal Circuit | Fletcher | 1969 |
| Galileo | 1968 | |
| Spirits of the Dead | Schoolmaster in Yard (segment "William Wilson") | 1968 |
| Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen | Professor Micklewitz / Prof. Micklewitz | 1968 |
| L'oro di Londra | Ed | 1968 |
| I barbieri di Sicilia | German Chemist / chimico tedesco | 1967 |
| Face to Face | University Dean | 1967 |
| Mission Stardust | Crest | 1967 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | Man riding in Carriage | 1967 |
| Your Turn to Die | Photographer in Nightclub | 1967 |
| The Christmas That Almost Wasn't | Blossom | 1966 |
| Requiem for a Secret Agent | Franco | 1966 |
| El Greco | Prosecutor | 1966 |
| Our Men in Bagdad | Botschafter / Ambassador | 1966 |
| Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun | Mikhailovic's Boss | 1966 |
| She Beast | 1966 | |
| Modesty Blaise | Oleg | 1966 |
| Me, Me, Me... and the Others | Producer | 1966 |
| The Amazing Doctor G | Stevenson | 1965 |
| Crack in the World | Dr. Reynolds | 1965 |
| The Dolls | Husband (segment "La minestra") | 1965 |
| Crypt of the Vampire | Franz Karnstein | 1964 |
| The Boom | Occulist | 1963 |
| Cleopatra | High Priest | 1963 |
| 8½ | Un uomo in auto | 1963 |
| Le sette spade del vendicatore | The Old Actor | 1962 |
| Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin | Nazist / nazista | 1962 |
| It Happened in Athens | King of Greece | 1962 |
| The Witch's Curse | Burgomeister | 1962 |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman Senator | 1962 |
| A Difficult Life | Smoking University Professor | 1961 |
| Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory | Old Man | 1961 |
| Francis of Assisi | Friar | 1961 |
| Battle of the Worlds | United Commission Leader / Supervising Commissioner | 1961 |
| The Four Just Men | Second Sentry | 1959 |
| The Naked Maja | Inquisitor | 1958 |
| Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina | The Security Guard at Jeweller's Shop | 1958 |
