Paul Muller (actor)
Paul Konrad Müller (usually occurring as Paul Muller, born March 11, 1923 in Neuchâtel ) is a Swiss actor in international films.
Life
Müller was the son of a rich, working for the Salvation Army, United middle-class family with this via Brussels and Bern to Paris in 1934, where he during the occupation - the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique visited in 1941 and after his - trained as a typographer completion a year later debuted as a stage actor. It was followed by various engagements at theaters such as the Théâtre Pigalle, Salle Pleyel and the Théâtre des Ambassadeurs, to Muller in 1944 decided to do military service. This also led him to Indochina. 1947 and 1948 he played again with various dance companies in France, the French occupation zone and in Florence. He began his film career after two films in France, 1949 in Italy, where he also played the majority of his roles.
Cinema actor
From the next decade, he appeared in numerous films as a gangster, sadistic landowner or mad scientist; a role type of immorality, which he represented his entire career on. In addition to his extensive work in genre films, and especially in horror films, he also worked with directors such as Mario Monicelli or Pietro Germi. However, the director with whom he interacted the most is the enfant terrible Jess Franco in which he starred from 1968 to 1976 in seventeen films. Muller's professionalism helped him to steady work as an important and respected supporting actor; occasional starring roles (as in La città si difende 1951 or Amanti d' OLTRETOMBA, 1965) were the exception. Now and then he got the chance to show his comedic vein: In some films, the Fantozzi series he worked with.
In addition, he also starred in television dramas and series; he was several times in German thrillers such as Derrick or The old guest, also in the Austrian Ringstraßenpalais Müller occurred.
His complete filmography includes nearly 250 films between 1948 and 2004. A rare interview with the actor is included on the extras of the DVD of The Vampire of Notre Dame.