Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Known for
Acting
Born
May 2, 1924
Died
July 21, 2015 (aged 91)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Return of the King

The Return of the King

Movie · as Aragorn (voice)

2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words poster

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Movie · as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

2014
Journey 4 Artists poster

Journey 4 Artists

Movie · as Self

2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen poster

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Movie · as Self

2009
The Little Traitor poster

The Little Traitor

Movie · as Interrogator

2004
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal poster

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

Movie · as Himself

2002
Crime and Punishment poster

Crime and Punishment

Movie · as Captain Koch

1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning poster

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Movie · as Lenonn

1998
Second Chances poster

Second Chances

Movie · as Dutch John Hathaway

1997
Shadow Conspiracy poster

Shadow Conspiracy

Movie · as Prof. Yuri Pochenko

1997
Brooklyn South poster

Brooklyn South

TV · as Solomon Shuyler · 1 ep

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg · 1 ep

1995
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' poster

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

Movie · as Self / Zoltan Karpathy

1995
My Family Treasure poster

My Family Treasure

Movie · as Grandpa Danieloff

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Farmer with Plane · 1 ep

1994
In the Month of Kislev poster

In the Month of Kislev

Movie · as Narrator

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Rabbi Koslov · 1 ep

1993
Benefit of the Doubt poster

Benefit of the Doubt

Movie · as Gideon Lee

1992
Crisis in the Kremlin poster

Crisis in the Kremlin

Movie · as Leo

1991
Shattered poster

Shattered

Movie · as Dr. Berkus

1991
Memories of Midnight poster

Memories of Midnight

TV · as Napoleon Chotas · 2 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Sol Bregman · 1 ep

1989
Dark Tower poster

Dark Tower

Movie · as Max Gold

1989
See You in the Morning poster

See You in the Morning

Movie · as Bronie

1989
The Final Days poster

The Final Days

Movie · as Henry Kissinger

1989
Łódź Ghetto poster

Łódź Ghetto

Movie · as (voice)

1989
The New Lassie poster

The New Lassie

TV · 1 ep

1989
Christine Cromwell poster

Christine Cromwell

TV · 3 eps

1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels poster

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

Movie · as Self

1988
A Stoning in Fulham County poster

A Stoning in Fulham County

Movie · as Abe Moser

1988
Inside the Soviet Circus poster

Inside the Soviet Circus

Movie · as Narrator

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Sergey Rozhenko · 1 ep

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Eli · 1 ep

1986
Very Close Quarters poster

Very Close Quarters

Movie · as Victor

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Kurt Rubin · 1 ep

1985
Prince Jack poster

Prince Jack

Movie · as Georgi

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Rosanno Bertolucci, Yuri Lermentov, Inspector Van Horn, Professor Harold Crenshaw · 1 ep

1984
Cover Up poster

Cover Up

TV · 1 ep

1984
Glitter poster

Glitter

TV · 1 ep

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Graham Deauville · 1 ep

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Marin Dimitrov · 4 eps

1981
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

TV · 1 ep

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · 1 ep

1980
The Return of the King poster

The Return of the King

Movie · as Aragorn (voice)

1980
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

Movie · as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)

1978
The Stingiest Man in Town poster

The Stingiest Man in Town

Movie · as Marley's Ghost (voice)

1978
The Amazing Spider-Man poster

The Amazing Spider-Man

TV · 1 ep

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Ambassador Eric Soro · 1 ep

1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums poster

The San Pedro Beach Bums

TV · 1 ep

1977
Testimony of Two Men poster

Testimony of Two Men

TV · as Peter Heger · 3 eps

1976
Victory at Entebbe poster

Victory at Entebbe

Movie · as Yakov Shlomo

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Prof. Wycinski · 1 ep

1975
Murder on Flight 502 poster

Murder on Flight 502

Movie · as Otto Gruenwaldt

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

TV · as Danziger · 1 ep

1974
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Yuli Pyatakov · 1 ep

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Little Ark poster

The Little Ark

Movie · as The Captain

1972
Killer by Night poster

Killer by Night

Movie · as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

1971
200 Motels poster

200 Motels

Movie · as Rance Muhammitz / Dave

1971
The Making of 200 Motels poster

The Making of 200 Motels

Movie · as Self

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Oliver Brandt · 1 ep

1971
All in the Family poster

All in the Family

TV · as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer · 2 eps

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1970
Darker Than Amber poster

Darker Than Amber

Movie · as Meyer

1969
My Side of the Mountain poster

My Side of the Mountain

Movie · as Bando

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Prof. Erich Stoss · 1 ep

1968
Sweet November poster

Sweet November

Movie · as Alonzo

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
Festival poster

Festival

Movie · as Self

1967
Saint Joan poster

Saint Joan

Movie · as Robert de Baudricourt

1967
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · as Hans Van Daan

1967
The Desperate Ones poster

The Desperate Ones

Movie · as Kisielev

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 1 ep

1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! poster

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Movie · as The Russian captain

1966
Noon Wine poster

Noon Wine

Movie · as Homer T. Hatch

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as General Casimir Zepke · 1 ep

1966
ABC Stage 67 poster

ABC Stage 67

TV · as Homer T. Hatch · 1 ep

1965
Sands of the Kalahari poster

Sands of the Kalahari

Movie · as Bondrechai

1964
My Fair Lady poster

My Fair Lady

Movie · as Zoltan Karpathy

1964
Another World poster

Another World

TV · 1547 eps

1964
The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace

TV · as Self - Folk Singer · 1 ep

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Vic Bates, Senor Manfred Gonzales · 1 ep

1963
Tonight in Person

Tonight in Person

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Francois Perrault · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Captain Bellini, Nicholas Simonakis · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dr. Mahmel Homatka · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
A Dog of Flanders poster

A Dog of Flanders

Movie · as Piet van Gelder

1960
The Dybbuk poster

The Dybbuk

Movie · as Sender

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Angry Hills poster

The Angry Hills

Movie · as Dimitrios Tassos

1959
Woman Obsessed poster

Woman Obsessed

Movie · as Dr. R. W. Gibbs

1959
The Blue Angel poster

The Blue Angel

Movie · as Klepert

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Pence · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Oliver Crangle · 1 ep

1958
The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones

Movie · as Sheriff Max Muller

1958
I Bury the Living poster

I Bury the Living

Movie · as Andy McKee

1958
I Want to Live! poster

I Want to Live!

Movie · as Carl G.G. Palmberg

1958
Fraulein poster

Fraulein

Movie · as Col. Dimitri Bucaron

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski, Dr. Stanley Wilford · 1 ep

1957
The Pride and the Passion poster

The Pride and the Passion

Movie · as General Jouvet

1957
The Enemy Below poster

The Enemy Below

Movie · as Heinie Schwaffer

1957
The Vintage poster

The Vintage

Movie · as Eduardo Uribari

1957
DuPont Show of the Month poster

DuPont Show of the Month

TV · as Capt. Alvarado · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Dr. Denker · 1 ep

1956
Flight from Vienna poster

Flight from Vienna

Movie · as Col. Sandor Kosice

1955
Above Us the Waves poster

Above Us the Waves

Movie · as German Officer

1955
The Colditz Story poster

The Colditz Story

Movie · as Vandy

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Martin Kellums · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Sergeant Ottermole · 1 ep

1955
Strange Experiences poster

Strange Experiences

TV · as Man · 1 ep

1954
The Young Lovers poster

The Young Lovers

Movie · as Joseph

1954
The Divided Heart poster

The Divided Heart

Movie · as Josip

1954
Forbidden Cargo poster

Forbidden Cargo

Movie · as Max

1954
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · as German Sergeant (uncredited)

1954
The Love Lottery poster

The Love Lottery

Movie · as Parsimonious

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Martin Humphries · 1 ep

1953
Melba poster

Melba

Movie · as Paul Brotha

1953
Never Let Me Go poster

Never Let Me Go

Movie · as Lieutenant

1953
The Kidnappers poster

The Kidnappers

Movie · as Dr. Willem Bloem

1953
A Day to Remember poster

A Day to Remember

Movie · as Henri Dubot

1953
Desperate Moment poster

Desperate Moment

Movie · as Anton

1952
The African Queen poster

The African Queen

Movie · as First Officer

1952
Moulin Rouge poster

Moulin Rouge

Movie · as King Milo IV of Serbia

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Uncle Lajos, De Baudricourt · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Machek, Henri Blanchard, Julius Caesar, Grossman · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 1 ep