Karl the Porter — The Third Man Character Profile

About Karl the Porter

Employed at Harry Lime's apartment building. He informs Martins and Anna about a third man helping carry Lime's body after the supposed accident. He is murdered before he can provide further details, prompting Martins and Anna to flee.

Character Facts

Played by

Paul Hörbiger

Appears in

The Third Man (1949)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Third Man

• Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten)
• Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli)
• Major Calloway (Trevor Howard)
• Harry Lime (Orson Welles)
• Crabbin (Wilfrid Hyde-White)
• Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited) (Eric Pohlmann)
• Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited) (Alexis Chesnakov)
• 'Baron' Kurtz (Ernst Deutsch)
• Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) (Karl Stepanek)
• Waiter (uncredited) (Hugo Schuster)
• Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited) (Herbert Halbik)
• Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) (Hannah Norbert)