Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 2, 1924
Place of Birth:
Vienna, Austria
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Theodore Bikel
Biography
Theodore Meir Bikel wa a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Rance Muhammitz (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Journey 4 Artists | Self |
| 2010 | Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen | Self |
| 2007 | The Little Traitor | Interrogator |
| 2004 | Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal | Himself |
| 2002 | Crime and Punishment | Captain Koch |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: In the Beginning | Lenonn |
| 1998 | Second Chances | Dutch John Hathaway |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Prof. Yuri Pochenko |
| 1995 | More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' | Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel) |
| 1995 | My Family Treasure | Grandpa Danieloff |
| 1994 | In the Month of Kislev | Narrator |
| 1993 | Benefit of the Doubt | Gideon Lee |
| 1992 | Crisis in the Kremlin | Leo |
| 1991 | Shattered | Dr. Berkus |
| 1989 | See You in the Morning | Bronie |
| 1989 | The Final Days | Henry Kissinger |
| 1989 | Łódź Ghetto | (voice) |
| 1988 | The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | Self |
| 1988 | A Stoning in Fulham County | Abe Moser |
| 1988 | Inside the Soviet Circus | Narrator |
| 1987 | Dark Tower | Max Gold |
| 1986 | Very Close Quarters | |
| 1985 | Prince Jack | Georgi |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1980 | The Return of the King | Aragorn (voice) |
| 1980 | Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere | Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1978 | The Stingiest Man in Town | Marley's Ghost (voice) |
| 1978 | Loose Change | Tom Feiffer |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Yakov Shlomo |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Otto Gruenwaldt |
| 1972 | The Little Ark | The Captain |
| 1972 | Killer by Night | Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold |
| 1971 | 200 Motels | Rance Muhammitz / Dave |
| 1971 | Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels | Self |
| 1970 | Darker Than Amber | Meyer |
| 1969 | My Side of the Mountain | Bando |
| 1968 | Sweet November | Alonzo |
| 1967 | Festival | Self |
| 1967 | Saint Joan | Robert de Baudricourt |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Hans Van Daan |
| 1967 | The Desperate Ones | Kisielev |
| 1966 | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | The Russian captain |
| 1966 | Noon Wine | Homer T. Hatch |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari | Bondrechai |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Zoltan Karpathy |
| 1960 | The Dybbuk | Sender |
| 1959 | The Angry Hills | Dimitrios Tassos |
| 1959 | A Dog of Flanders | Piet van Gelder |
| 1959 | Woman Obsessed | Dr. R. W. Gibbs |
| 1959 | The Blue Angel | Klepert |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Sheriff Max Muller |
| 1958 | I Bury the Living | Andy McKee |
| 1958 | I Want to Live! | Carl G.G. Palmberg |
| 1958 | Fraulein | Col. Dimitri Bucaron |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion | General Jouvet |
| 1957 | The Enemy Below | Heinie Schwaffer |
| 1957 | The Vintage | Eduardo Uribari |
| 1956 | Flight from Vienna | Col. Sandor Kosice |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves | German Officer |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Vandy |
| 1954 | The Young Lovers | Joseph |
| 1954 | The Divided Heart | Josip |
| 1954 | Forbidden Cargo | Max |
| 1954 | Betrayed | German Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Love Lottery | Parsimonious |
| 1953 | Melba | Paul Brotha |
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go | Lieutenant |
| 1953 | The Kidnappers | Dr. Willem Bloem |
| 1953 | A Day to Remember | Henri Dubot |
| 1953 | Desperate Moment | Anton |
| 1952 | The African Queen | First Officer |
| 1952 | Moulin Rouge | King Milo IV of Serbia |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Solomon Shuyler |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg |
| 1995 | JAG | Farmer with Plane |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Rabbi Koslov |
| 1991 | Memories of Midnight | Napoleon Chotas |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Sol Bregman |
| 1989 | The New Lassie | |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell | |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Sergey Rozhenko |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Kurt Rubin |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Rosanno Bertolucci |
| 1984 | Cover Up | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Yuri Lermentov |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Inspector Van Horn |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Professor Harold Crenshaw |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Graham Deauville |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Marin Dimitrov |
| 1981 | Dynasty | |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy | |
| 1978 | The Amazing Spider-Man | |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Ambassador Eric Soro |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Prof. Wycinski |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Danziger |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Oliver Brandt |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Prof. Erich Stoss |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | General Casimir Zepke |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Homer T. Hatch |
| 1964 | Another World | |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self - Folk Singer |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Vic Bates |
| 1963 | Tonight in Person | Self |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Senor Manfred Gonzales |
| 1962 | Combat! | Francois Perrault |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Captain Bellini |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Mahmel Homatka |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Nicholas Simonakis |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Pence |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Oliver Crangle |
| 1958 | Naked City | Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski |
| 1958 | Naked City | Dr. Stanley Wilford |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Capt. Alvarado |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Martin Kellums |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sergeant Ottermole |
| 1954 | Climax! | Martin Humphries |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Uncle Lajos |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | De Baudricourt |
| 1948 | Studio One | Machek |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Henri Blanchard |
| 1948 | Studio One | Julius Caesar |
| 1948 | Studio One | Grossman |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre |