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Theodore Bikel

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Theodore Bikel

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 2, 1924 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Acting
2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsRance Muhammitz (archive footage)
2014Journey 4 ArtistsSelf
2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African QueenSelf
2009The Little TraitorInterrogator
2004Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold LeventhalHimself
2002Crime and PunishmentCaptain Koch
1998Babylon 5: In the BeginningLenonn
1998Second ChancesDutch John Hathaway
1997Shadow ConspiracyProf. Yuri Pochenko
1997Brooklyn SouthSolomon Shuyler
1996The PretenderMartin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg
1995More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'Self / Zoltan Karpathy
1995My Family TreasureGrandpa Danieloff
1995JAGFarmer with Plane
1994In the Month of KislevNarrator
1994Babylon 5Rabbi Koslov
1993Benefit of the DoubtGideon Lee
1992Crisis in the KremlinLeo
1991ShatteredDr. Berkus
1991Memories of MidnightNapoleon Chotas
1990Law & OrderSol Bregman
1989See You in the MorningBronie
1989The Final DaysHenry Kissinger
1989Łódź Ghetto(voice)
1989The New Lassie
1989Christine Cromwell
1988The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 MotelsSelf
1988A Stoning in Fulham CountyAbe Moser
1988Inside the Soviet CircusNarrator
1987Dark TowerMax Gold
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationSergey Rozhenko
1986Very Close QuartersVictor
1986L.A. LawKurt Rubin
1985Prince JackGeorgi
1985The Equalizer
1984Murder, She WroteRosanno Bertolucci
1984Cover Up
1984Murder, She WroteYuri Lermentov
1984Murder, She WroteInspector Van Horn
1984Murder, She WroteProfessor Harold Crenshaw
1984Glitter
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982Knight RiderGraham Deauville
1982Hotel
1981Falcon CrestMarin Dimitrov
1981Dynasty
1981The Fall Guy
1980The Return of the KingAragorn (voice)
1980Frank Zappa: New York and ElsewhereRance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
1978The Stingiest Man in TownMarley's Ghost (voice)
1978The Amazing Spider-Man
1978Fantasy IslandAmbassador Eric Soro
1978Loose ChangeTom Feiffer
1977The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977Testimony of Two MenPeter Heger
1976Victory at EntebbeYakov Shlomo
1976Charlie's AngelsProf. Wycinski
1975Murder on Flight 502Otto Gruenwaldt
1974Little House on the PrairieYuli Pyatakov
1974Police Woman
1972The Little ArkThe Captain
1972Killer by NightSgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
1971200 MotelsRance Muhammitz / Dave
1971The Making of 200 MotelsSelf
1971ColumboOliver Brandt
1971All in the FamilyAlbrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer
1971Cannon
1970Darker Than AmberMeyer
1969My Side of the MountainBando
1968Sweet NovemberAlonzo
1968Hawaii Five-OProf. Erich Stoss
1968The Mod Squad
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967FestivalSelf
1967Saint JoanRobert de Baudricourt
1967The Diary of Anne FrankHans Van Daan
1967The Desperate OnesKisielev
1967Ironside
1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!The Russian captain
1966Noon WineHomer T. Hatch
1966Mission: ImpossibleGeneral Casimir Zepke
1966ABC Stage 67Homer T. Hatch
1965Sands of the KalahariBondrechai
1964My Fair LadyZoltan Karpathy
1964Another World
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Folk Singer
1963Burke's LawVic Bates
1963Tonight in PersonSelf
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963Burke's LawSenor Manfred Gonzales
1962Combat!Francois Perrault
1962Sam Benedict
1961The Dick Powell ShowCaptain Bellini
1961Dr. KildareDr. Mahmel Homatka
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961The Dick Powell ShowNicholas Simonakis
1960The DybbukSender
1960Route 66
1959The Angry HillsDimitrios Tassos
1959A Dog of FlandersPiet van Gelder
1959Woman ObsessedDr. R. W. Gibbs
1959The Blue AngelKlepert
1959RawhidePence
1959The Twilight ZoneOliver Crangle
1958The Defiant OnesSheriff Max Muller
1958I Bury the LivingAndy McKee
1958I Want to Live!Carl G.G. Palmberg
1958FrauleinCol. Dimitri Bucaron
1958Naked CityNicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski
1958Naked CityDr. Stanley Wilford
1957The Pride and the PassionGeneral Jouvet
1957The Enemy BelowHeinie Schwaffer
1957The VintageEduardo Uribari
1957DuPont Show of the MonthCapt. Alvarado
1956Flight from ViennaCol. Sandor Kosice
1955Above Us the WavesGerman Officer
1955The Colditz StoryVandy
1955GunsmokeMartin Kellums
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSergeant Ottermole
1955Strange ExperiencesMan
1954The Young LoversJoseph
1954The Divided HeartJosip
1954Forbidden CargoMax
1954BetrayedGerman Sergeant (uncredited)
1954The Love LotteryParsimonious
1954Climax!Martin Humphries
1953MelbaPaul Brotha
1953Never Let Me GoLieutenant
1953The KidnappersDr. Willem Bloem
1953A Day to RememberHenri Dubot
1953Desperate MomentAnton
1952The African QueenFirst Officer
1952Moulin RougeKing Milo IV of Serbia
1951Hallmark Hall of FameUncle Lajos
1951Hallmark Hall of FameDe Baudricourt
1948Studio OneMachek
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948Studio OneHenri Blanchard
1948Studio OneJulius Caesar
1948Studio OneGrossman
1947Kraft Television Theatre