Theodore Bikel

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

02 May 1924, 101 years old

Known For

My Fair Lady

The African Queen

The Defiant Ones

Shattered

The Return of the King

The Enemy Below

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

I Want to Live!

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

2016

Journey 4 Artists

Self

2014

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Self

2010

The Little Traitor

Interrogator

2007

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

Himself

2004

Crime and Punishment

Captain Koch

2002

Second Chances

Dutch John Hathaway

1998

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Lenonn

1998

Shadow Conspiracy

Prof. Yuri Pochenko

1997

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)

1995

My Family Treasure

Grandpa Danieloff

1995

In the Month of Kislev

Narrator

1994

Benefit of the Doubt

Gideon Lee

1993

Crisis in the Kremlin

Leo

1992

Shattered

Dr. Berkus

1991

The Final Days

Henry Kissinger

1989

See You in the Morning

Bronie

1989

Łódź Ghetto

(voice)

1989

A Stoning in Fulham County

Abe Moser

1988

Inside the Soviet Circus

Narrator

1988

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

Self

1988

Dark Tower

Max Gold

1987

Very Close Quarters

1986

Prince Jack

Georgi

1985

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982

Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)

1980

The Return of the King

Aragorn (voice)

1980

The Stingiest Man in Town

Marley's Ghost (voice)

1978

Victory at Entebbe

Yakov Shlomo

1976

Murder on Flight 502

Otto Gruenwaldt

1975

The Little Ark

The Captain

1972

Killer by Night

Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

1972

Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels

Self

1971

200 Motels

Rance Muhammitz / Dave

1971

Darker Than Amber

Meyer

1970

My Side of the Mountain

Bando

1969

Sweet November

Alonzo

1968

Saint Joan

Robert de Baudricourt

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

Hans Van Daan

1967

Festival

Self

1967

The Desperate Ones

Kisielev

1967

Noon Wine

Homer T. Hatch

1966

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russian captain

1966

Sands of the Kalahari

Bondrechai

1965

My Fair Lady

Zoltan Karpathy

1964

The Dybbuk

Sender

1960

The Blue Angel

Klepert

1959

The Angry Hills

Dimitrios Tassos

1959

Woman Obsessed

Dr. R. W. Gibbs

1959

A Dog of Flanders

Piet van Gelder

1959

I Want to Live!

Carl G.G. Palmberg

1958

The Defiant Ones

Sheriff Max Muller

1958

I Bury the Living

Andy McKee

1958

Fraulein

Col. Dimitri Bucaron

1958

The Enemy Below

Heinie Schwaffer

1957

The Pride and the Passion

General Jouvet

1957

The Vintage

Eduardo Uribari

1957

Flight from Vienna

Col. Sandor Kosice

1956

Above Us the Waves

German Officer

1955

The Colditz Story

Vandy

1955

The Divided Heart

Josip

1954

Betrayed

German Sergeant (uncredited)

1954

The Young Lovers

Joseph

1954

Forbidden Cargo

Max

1954

The Love Lottery

Parsimonious

1954

The Kidnappers

Dr. Willem Bloem

1953

A Day to Remember

Henri Dubot

1953

Melba

Paul Brotha

1953

Never Let Me Go

Lieutenant

1953

Desperate Moment

Anton

1953

Moulin Rouge

King Milo IV of Serbia

1952

The African Queen

First Officer

1952