Erwin Kalser


Erwin Kalser was a German-Jewish stage and film actor, best remembered as the Geneva Convention inspector in Stalag 17. He did most of his work in American made films.

Biography

Erwin Kalser was born Erwin Kalischer in Berlin. He launched his career in Munich shortly after the beginning of the century. In 1933, he moved to Switzerland to work in the theatre. He first went to the United States in 1937 and returned in 1940 where he became a citizen. He appeared on Broadway in Androcles and the Lion.
He married film writer, Irmgard von Cube, and is the father of Oscar-winning producer Konstantin Kalser.

Partial filmography

George Bully Oberst Rokschanin Die Talfahrt des Severin Hoyey I.N.R.I. - Der Mann in der ZelleRasputins Liebesabenteuer - ZarAnastasia, die falsche Zarentochter Napoleon at St. Helena - Dr. O'MearaThe Last Company - The miller - RegisseurDreyfus - Mathieu Dreyfus A Student's Song of Heidelberg - Dr. ZinkerDer Herzog von Reichstadt - Kanzler Fürst MetternichUnheimliche Geschichten - Redner in der IrrenanstaltEine von uns The First Right of the Child The White Demon What Men Know - Herr BarthelRund um eine Million Fusilier Wipf - Herr GodaxEscape to Glory - Dr. Adolph BehrensEscape - Hotel Barkeeper The Devil Commands - Professor Kent They Dare Not Love - Klaus Underground - Dr. FrankenDressed to Kill - Carlo Ralph, alias Otto KuhnKings Row - Mr. SandorBerlin Correspondent - Mr. HauenMission to Moscow - German Businessman Watch on the Rhine - Dr. KlauberThe Purple Heart - Karl Schleswig Address Unknown - Stage DirectorOnce Upon a Time - Scientist #3 U-Boat Prisoner - Prof. Biencawicz Strange Affair - Dr. BrennerThey Live in Fear - Jan DorchikHeavenly Days - Drummer Boy Hotel Berlin - Dr. Dorf Two Smart People - Franz After the Storm - von TretiniThe Girl in White - Dr. SchneiderThe Congregation Stalag 17 - Geneva ManThe Plot to Assassinate Hitler - Dr. med. AdlerStresemann - Raymond Poincaré