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Theodore Bikel

Businessperson / Musician / Politician | * 05/02/1924 († 91, 07/21/2015) | Vienna (Austria)
Theodore Meir Bikel ( bih-KEL; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist. He appeared in films, including The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Kidnappers (1953), The Enemy Below (1957), I Want to Live! (1958), My Fair Lady (1964), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and 200 Motels (1971). For his portrayal of Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Tel Aviv, British Mandatory Palestine, when he was in his teens. H... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits. ...

The Enemy Below

NR

1957 | 3.6/5 | 1h 37min
War
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At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship. ...

The African Queen

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1952 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Adventure, Romance / Love
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A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. ...

My Fair Lady

G

1964 | 3.8/5 | 2h 50min
Romance / Love, Drama, Music, Comedy
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Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other. ...

The Defiant Ones

NR

1958 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Theodore Bikel

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Theodore Bikel as Actor(63)

as himself2016 Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as himself2010 Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Interrogator2009 The Little Traitor
as himself2004 Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
as Captain Koch2002 Crime and Punishment
as Lenonn1998 Babylon 5: In the Beginning
as Dutch John Hathaway1998 Second Chances
as Prof. Yuri Pochenko1997 Shadow Conspiracy
as Grandpa Danieloff1995 My Family Treasure
as Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)1995 More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
as Gideon Lee1993 Benefit of the Doubt
as Leo1992 Crisis in the Kremlin
as Dr. Berkus1991 Shattered
as Henry Kissinger1989 The Final Days
as Bronie1989 See You in the Morning
as Narrator1988 National Geographic: Inside The Soviet Circus
as Abe Moser1988 A Stoning in Fulham County
as Max Gold1987 Dark Tower
1986 Very Close Quarters
as Georgi1985 Prince Jack
as Aragorn (voice)1980 The Return of the King
as Tom Feiffer1978 Loose Change
as Marley's Ghost (voice)1978 The Stingiest Man in Town
as Yakov Shlomo1976 Victory at Entebbe
as Otto Gruenwaldt1975 Murder on Flight 502
as The Captain1972 The Little Ark
as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold1972 Killer by Night
as Rance Muhammitz / Dave1971 200 Motels
as Meyer1970 Darker Than Amber
as Bando1969 My Side of the Mountain
as Alonzo1968 Sweet November
as Hans Van Daan1967 The Diary of Anne Frank
as himself1967 Festival
as Kisielev1967 The Desperate Ones
as Homer T. Hatch1966 Noon Wine
as The Russian captain1966 The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Bondrechai1965 Sands of the Kalahari
as Zoltan Karpathy1964 My Fair Lady
as Sender1960 The Dybbuk
as Piet van Gelder1959 A Dog of Flanders
as Klepert1959 The Blue Angel
as Dr. R. W. Gibbs1959 Woman Obsessed
as Dimitrios Tassos1959 The Angry Hills
as Sheriff Max Muller1958 The Defiant Ones
as Col. Dimitri Bucaron1958 Fraulein
as Andy McKee1958 I Bury the Living
as Carl G.G. Palmberg1958 I Want to Live!
as Eduardo Uribari1957 The Vintage
as Heinie Schwaffer1957 The Enemy Below
as General Jouvet1957 The Pride and the Passion
as Col. Sandor Kosice1956 Flight from Vienna
as Vandy1955 The Colditz Story
as German Officer1955 Above Us the Waves
as Parsimonious1954 The Love Lottery
as Max1954 Forbidden Cargo
as Joseph1954 The Young Lovers
as Josip1954 The Divided Heart
as Lieutenant1953 Never Let Me Go
as Dr. Willem Bloem1953 The Kidnappers
as Henri Dubot1953 A Day to Remember
as Paul Brotha1953 Melba
as King Milo IV of Serbia1952 Moulin Rouge
as First Officer1952 The African Queen

TV Shows/Series with Theodore Bikel as Actor(61)

1997 Brooklyn South
as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg1996 The Pretender
as Farmer with Plane1995 JAG
as Rabbi Koslov1994 Babylon 5
as Napoleon Chotas1991 Memories of Midnight
as Sol Bregman1990 Law & Order
1989 Christine Cromwell
1989 The New Lassie
as Sergey Rozhenko1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 Beauty and the Beast
as Kurt Rubin1986 L.A. Law
1985 The Equalizer
as Rosanno Bertolucci1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Professor Harold Crenshaw1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Yuri Lermentov1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Inspector Van Horn1984 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Cover Up
as Graham Deauville1982 Knight Rider
1982 Hotel
1981 The Fall Guy
1981 Dynasty
1981 Falcon Crest
as Prof. Wycinski1976 Charlie's Angels
1974 Police Woman
1974 Little House on the Prairie
as Oliver Brandt1971 Columbo
as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer1971 All in the Family
1971 Cannon
as Prof. Erich Stoss1968 Hawaii Five-O
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1968 The Mod Squad
1967 Ironside
as Homer T. Hatch1966 ABC Stage 67
1966 Mission: Impossible
as Self - Folk Singer1964 The Hollywood Palace
1964 Another World
as Vic Bates1963 Burke's Law
as Senor Manfred Gonzales1963 Burke's Law
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as himself1963 Tonight in Person
as Francois Perrault1962 Combat!
1962 Sam Benedict
as Captain Bellini1961 The Dick Powell Show
as Nicholas Simonakis1961 The Dick Powell Show
as Dr. Mahmel Homatka1961 Dr. Kildare
1960 Route 66
as Pence1959 Rawhide
as Oliver Crangle1959 The Twilight Zone
as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski1958 Naked City
as Dr. Stanley Wilford1958 Naked City
as Capt. Alvarado1957 DuPont Show of the Month
as Sergeant Ottermole1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Martin Kellums1955 Gunsmoke
as Martin Humphries1954 Climax!
as Uncle Lajos1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as De Baudricourt1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Machek1948 Studio One
as Julius Caesar1948 Studio One
as Grossman1948 Studio One
as Henri Blanchard1948 Studio One

Full Name: Theodore Meir Bikel
Born: Friday, 05/02 1924 (May) in Vienna (Austria)
Died: Tuesday, 07/21 2015 (July) in Westwood (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN), Hebrew (HE), Yiddish (YI)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Record Label: Elektra
Spouses (current/former): Tamara Brooks
Other names for Theodore Bikel (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Theodore Meir Bikel"
"Теодор Байкел"
Theodore Bikel frequently works together with these people:
Nehemiah Persoff (40x, Actor)
Harry Townes (37x, Actor)
John Larch (33x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (30x, Actor)
James Gregory (29x, Actor)
Claude Akins (28x, Actor)
John Anderson (28x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (27x, Actor)
Royal Dano (27x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (27x, Actor)
Nina Foch (26x, Actress)
John Huston (7x, Actor)
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