Hannes Schmidhauser (9 September 1926 – 29 January 2000) was a Swiss actor[1] and footballer.[2]
Football career
editBorn in Ticino, Schmidhauser began playing football with local side FC Locarno. He also was a competitive cyclist and worked as an actor.[3]
He made his senior footballing debut with Locarno at age 15. He would sign with Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1942, and also played for FC Lugano, FC Young Fellows and German side Mannheim.[3]
Schmidhauser made 13 appearances for the Switzerland national football team from 1952 to 1959.[4] He made his debut in 0–3 friendly international loss to England.[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Uli the Farmhand | Uli | ||
| 1955 | Uli the Tenant | Uli, der Pächter | ||
| 1956 | S'Waisechind vo Engelberg | Calix | ||
| 1956 | The Mountains Between Us | Beat Matter | ||
| 1959 | SOS Gletscherpilot | Charly | ||
| 1959 | The Model Husband | Edi Leuenberger | ||
| 1959 | Hinter den sieben Gleisen | Hartmann | ||
| 1961 | William Tell | Arnold von Melchtal | ||
| 1963 | Seelische Grausamkeit | Nick Merk | ||
| 1963 | Der Unsichtbare | Dr. Max Vogel | a.k.a. The Invisible Terror | |
| 1967 | Spy Today, Die Tomorrow | Flugzeugträger-Kapitän | ||
| 1967 | No Diamonds for Ursula | Fangio | ||
| 1988 | Klassezämekunft | Albert Ehrensperger | ||
| 1991 | Family Express | |||
| 1998 | Fondovalle | |||
| 1999 | General Sutter | John A. Sutter | (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Hannes Schmidhauser".
- ^ a b c Lenz, Christoph (2013). "Uli der Verteidiger" [Uli the Defender] (in German). Zwölf. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24.
- ^ Garin, Erik (21 April 2011). "Switzerland - International Matches - Details since 1940". RSSSF.
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