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Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

ActingBorn May 2, 1924Died July 21, 2015 (age 91)Vienna, Austria

Biography

Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was 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.

Filmography

2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

Movie
2014Movie
2009
The Little Traitor

as Interrogator

Movie
2002
Crime and Punishment

as Captain Koch

Movie
1998
Second Chances

as Dutch John Hathaway

Movie
1998Movie
1997
Brooklyn South

as Solomon Shuyler

TV
1997
Shadow Conspiracy

as Prof. Yuri Pochenko

Movie
1996
The Pretender

as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg

TV
1995
JAG

as Farmer with Plane

TV
1995
My Family Treasure

as Grandpa Danieloff

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Babylon 5

as Rabbi Koslov

TV
1993Movie
1992Movie
1991
Memories of Midnight

as Napoleon Chotas

TV
1991
Shattered

as Dr. Berkus

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Sol Bregman

TV
1989
The Final Days

as Henry Kissinger

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Łódź Ghetto

as (voice)

Movie
1988Movie
1988Movie
1987
Dark Tower

as Max Gold

Movie
1987TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Kurt Rubin

TV
1986Movie
1985
Prince Jack

as Georgi

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Rosanno Bertolucci

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Yuri Lermentov

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Inspector Van Horn

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Professor Harold Crenshaw

TV
1984TV
1984TV
1982
Knight Rider

as Graham Deauville

TV
1982TV
1982Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Marin Dimitrov

TV
1981TV
1980
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)

Movie
1980
The Return of the King

as Aragorn (voice)

Movie
1978
The Stingiest Man in Town

as Marley's Ghost (voice)

Movie
1978
Loose Change

as Tom Feiffer

TV
1978
Fantasy Island

as Ambassador Eric Soro

TV
1977
Testimony of Two Men

as Peter Heger

TV
1976
Victory at Entebbe

as Yakov Shlomo

Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Prof. Wycinski

TV
1975
Murder on Flight 502

as Otto Gruenwaldt

Movie
1975
Medical Story

as Danziger

TV
1974TV
1972
The Little Ark

as The Captain

Movie
1972
Killer by Night

as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

Movie
1971Movie
1971
200 Motels

as Rance Muhammitz / Dave

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Oliver Brandt

TV
1971TV
1971
All in the Family

as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer

TV
1970Movie
1969Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Prof. Erich Stoss

TV
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968Movie
1967
Saint Joan

as Robert de Baudricourt

Movie
1967
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Hans Van Daan

Movie
1967
Festival

as Self

Movie
1967Movie
1967TV
1966
Noon Wine

as Homer T. Hatch

Movie
1966
Mission: Impossible

as General Casimir Zepke

TV
1966
ABC Stage 67

as Homer T. Hatch

TV
1965Movie
1964
My Fair Lady

as Zoltan Karpathy

Movie
1964
The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Folk Singer

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Vic Bates

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Senor Manfred Gonzales

TV
1963TV
1962
Combat!

as Francois Perrault

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Mahmel Homatka

TV
1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Captain Bellini

TV
1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Nicholas Simonakis

TV
1960TV
1960
The Dybbuk

as Sender

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Oliver Crangle

TV
1959
The Blue Angel

as Klepert

Movie
1959
The Angry Hills

as Dimitrios Tassos

Movie
1959
Woman Obsessed

as Dr. R. W. Gibbs

Movie
1959
A Dog of Flanders

as Piet van Gelder

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Pence

TV
1958
I Want to Live!

as Carl G.G. Palmberg

Movie
1958
Naked City

as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski

TV
1958
Naked City

as Dr. Stanley Wilford

TV
1958
The Defiant Ones

as Sheriff Max Muller

Movie
1958
I Bury the Living

as Andy McKee

Movie
1958
Fraulein

as Col. Dimitri Bucaron

Movie
1957
The Enemy Below

as Heinie Schwaffer

Movie
1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Capt. Alvarado

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Dr. Denker

TV
1957
The Pride and the Passion

as General Jouvet

Movie
1957
The Vintage

as Eduardo Uribari

Movie
1956
Flight from Vienna

as Col. Sandor Kosice

Movie
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sergeant Ottermole

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Martin Kellums

TV
1955
Above Us the Waves

as German Officer

Movie
1955Movie
1954Movie
1954
Climax!

as Martin Humphries

TV
1954
Betrayed

as German Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954
The Love Lottery

as Parsimonious

Movie
1953
The Kidnappers

as Dr. Willem Bloem

Movie
1953
A Day to Remember

as Henri Dubot

Movie
1953
Melba

as Paul Brotha

Movie
1953
Never Let Me Go

as Lieutenant

Movie
1953Movie
1952
Moulin Rouge

as King Milo IV of Serbia

Movie
1952
The African Queen

as First Officer

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Uncle Lajos

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as De Baudricourt

TV
1948
Studio One

as Machek

TV
1948
Studio One

as Henri Blanchard

TV
1948
Studio One

as Julius Caesar

TV
1948
Studio One

as Grossman

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 2, 1924
Day of DeathJuly 21, 2015
Place of BirthVienna, Austria
Popularity1.3