Hannes Schmidhauser

Born in Ticino, Schmidhauser began playing football with local side FC Locarno. He also was a competitive cyclist and worked as an actor. 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. Schmidhauser made 13 appearances for the Switzerland national football team from 1952 to 1959. He made his debut in 0–3 friendly international loss to England.

• 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 — The Invisible Terror — Dr. Max Vogel — a.k.a. Der Unsichtbare • 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)