'Baron' Kurtz — The Third Man Character Profile

About 'Baron' Kurtz

Friend of Harry Lime who tells Martins he and Popescu carried Lime after the accident. He relays Lime's dying wish to care for Martins and Anna, and later arranges the Ferris wheel meeting between Martins and Lime.

Character Facts

Played by

Ernst Deutsch

Appears in

The Third Man (1949)

Role

Supporting

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• Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten)
• Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli)
• Major Calloway (Trevor Howard)
• Harry Lime (Orson Welles)
• Crabbin (Wilfrid Hyde-White)
• Karl the Porter (Paul Hörbiger)
• Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited) (Eric Pohlmann)
• Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited) (Alexis Chesnakov)
• 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)