{{short description|Austrian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Kurt Meisel in A Time to Love and a Time to Die trailer.jpg | caption = Meisel in ''A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' (1958) | name = Kurt Meisel | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|8|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|4|4|1912|8|18|df=yes}} | death_place = Vienna, Austria | occupation = Actor<br>Film director | years_active = 1934–1994 }}

'''Kurt Meisel''' (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/kurt-meisel_22eda81bd1ff466e9b83ce141d983f09 |title=Kurt Meisel |work=Film Portal |accessdate=14 April 2019}}</ref> He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria, and is buried on the Vienna Zentralfriedhof.

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Little Dorrit'' (1934) - Pit, sein Sohn * ''Marriage Strike'' (1935) - Loisl * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) - Baron Salviany * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) - Leutnant Florian Schwälble * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) - Graf Eugen Opalla * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) - Specht - Rundfunkansager * ''Love Can Lie'' (1937) - August Halfgreen * ''Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) - Andreas 'Anderl' Rössmaier * ''Another World'' (1937) - 2. Journalist * ''Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1937) - Thomas, Bräubursch * ''Frau Sylvelin'' (1938) - Herr von Roedern * ''Nanon'' (1938) - Hector * ''The Scoundrel'' (1939) - Ferdinand Scheibler * ''A Woman Like You'' (1939) - Felix Petersen * ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'' (1940) - Max * ''The Fire Devil'' (1940) - Erzherzog Johann * ''{{Ill|Die keusche Geliebte|it|L'amante casta}}'' (1940) - Francois Coogmann, Kunstmaler * ''The Way to Freedom'' (1941) - Ein Student * ''People in the Storm'' (1941) - Oberleutnant Duschan * ''The Great King'' (1942) - Alfons * ''The Rainer Case'' (1942) - Leutnant von Benda * ''Die goldene Stadt'' (1942) - Toni Opferkuch - Annas Vetter, der Anna verführt * ''Kolberg'' (1945) - Claus Werner * ''Wozzeck'' (1947) - Wozzeck * ''{{Interlanguage link|Verspieltes Leben|de}}'' (1949) - Karli Reindl * ''Love on Ice'' (1950) - Toni Staudtner * ''Der Teufel führt Regie'' (1951) - Poupoulle * ''Until We Meet Again'' (1952) - Willy Wagner * ''All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (1952) - Gregor Pratt * ''Arena of Death'' (1953 - director) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Ein toller Tag|de}}'' (1954) - Figaro, valet * ''Emil and the Detectives'' (1954) - Herr Grundeis * ''They Were So Young'' (1954) - Pasquale * ''Hello, My Name is Cox'' (1955) - Oberkellner Youmac * ''Jackboot Mutiny'' (1955) - SS Obergruppenführer * ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (1955) - Oberleutnant Taut * ''Zwei blaue Augen'' (1955) - Eddi Witt * ''{{Interlanguage link|Das Sonntagskind|de}}'' (1956) - Mann auf dem Schiff (uncredited) * ''Vater sein dagegen sehr'' (1957) - Schneider * ''Drei Mann auf einem Pferd'' (1957) - Freddy * ''The Cat'' (1958) - Capitaine Heinz Muller * ''A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' (1958) - Heini * ''{{Ill|Embezzled Heaven|de|3=Der veruntreute Himmel}}'' (1958) - Mojmir * ''{{Interlanguage link|Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen|de}}'' (1959) - Baron de Tavel * ''Dorothea Angermann'' (1959) - Mario Malloneck * ''Court Martial'' (1959, Director) * ''The Red Hand'' (1960, director) * ''The Longest Day'' (1962) - Capt. Ernst Düring (uncredited) * ''{{ill|Leutnant Gustl (film)|de|3=Leutnant Gustl (Film)|lt=Leutnant Gustl}}'' (1963, TV film) - Major Mokry * ''The Spendthrift'' (1964, director) * ''Two Girls from the Red Star'' (1966) - Sapparov * ''Congress of Love'' (1966) - Semmelbein, the jeweler * ''Man on Horseback'' (1969) - Kanzler * ''Strogoff'' (1970) - Feofar Khan * ''The Odessa File'' (1974) - Alfred Oster * ''Derrick'' – Season 3, Episode 14: "Der Mann aus Portofino" (1976) - Ingo Parenge * ''{{Interlanguage link|Please, Let the Flowers Live|de|Bitte laßt die Blumen leben}}'' (1986) - Eisenbeiss * ''The Post Office Girl'' (1988, TV film) - Hofrat Elkins {{Div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0577022|Kurt Meisel}}

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