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Theodore Bikel

Actor

Theodore Bikel

Born May 2, 1924 in Vienna, AustriaDied July 21, 201560 films

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.

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My Fair Lady posterFirst watchMy Fair Lady19647.5as Zoltan KarpathyA snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The African Queen poster7.3The African Queen1952The Defiant Ones poster7.1The Defiant Ones1958The Enemy Below poster7.2The Enemy Below1957Babylon 5: In the Beginning poster7.1Babylon 5: In the Beginning1998The Return of the King poster6.4The Return of the King1980Shattered poster6.2Shattered1991I Want to Live! poster7.0I Want to Live!1958The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! poster6.5The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!1966

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. 2009The Little TraitorInterrogator
  2. 2002Crime and PunishmentCaptain Koch
  3. 1998Second ChancesDutch John Hathaway
  4. 1998Babylon 5: In the BeginningLenonn
  5. 1997Shadow ConspiracyProf. Yuri Pochenko
  6. 1995My Family TreasureGrandpa Danieloff
  7. 1994In the Month of KislevNarrator
  8. 1993Benefit of the DoubtGideon Lee
  9. 1992Crisis in the KremlinLeo
  10. 1991ShatteredDr. Berkus
  11. 1989The Final DaysHenry Kissinger
  12. 1989See You in the MorningBronie
  13. 1988A Stoning in Fulham CountyAbe Moser
  14. 1987Dark TowerMax Gold
  15. 1986Very Close QuartersVictor
  16. 1985Prince JackGeorgi
  17. 1980The Return of the KingAragorn (voice)
  18. 1978The Stingiest Man in TownMarley's Ghost (voice)
  19. 1976Victory at EntebbeYakov Shlomo
  20. 1975Murder on Flight 502Otto Gruenwaldt
  21. 1972The Little ArkThe Captain
  22. 1972Killer by NightSgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
  23. 1971200 MotelsRance Muhammitz / Dave
  24. 1970Darker Than AmberMeyer
  25. 1969My Side of the MountainBando
  26. 1968Sweet NovemberAlonzo
  27. 1967Saint JoanRobert de Baudricourt
  28. 1967The Diary of Anne FrankHans Van Daan
  29. 1967The Desperate OnesKisielev
  30. 1966Noon WineHomer T. Hatch
  31. 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!The Russian captain
  32. 1965Sands of the KalahariBondrechai
  33. 1964My Fair LadyZoltan Karpathy
  34. 1960The DybbukSender
  35. 1960A Dog of FlandersPiet van Gelder
  36. 1959The Blue AngelKlepert
  37. 1959The Angry HillsDimitrios Tassos
  38. 1959Woman ObsessedDr. R. W. Gibbs
  39. 1958I Want to Live!Carl G.G. Palmberg
  40. 1958The Defiant OnesSheriff Max Muller
  41. 1958I Bury the LivingAndy McKee
  42. 1958FrauleinCol. Dimitri Bucaron
  43. 1957The Enemy BelowHeinie Schwaffer
  44. 1957The Pride and the PassionGeneral Jouvet
  45. 1957The VintageEduardo Uribari
  46. 1956Flight from ViennaCol. Sandor Kosice
  47. 1955Above Us the WavesGerman Officer
  48. 1955The Colditz StoryVandy
  49. 1954The Divided HeartJosip
  50. 1954BetrayedGerman Sergeant (uncredited)
  51. 1954The Young LoversJoseph
  52. 1954Forbidden CargoMax
  53. 1954The Love LotteryParsimonious
  54. 1953The KidnappersDr. Willem Bloem
  55. 1953A Day to RememberHenri Dubot
  56. 1953MelbaPaul Brotha
  57. 1953Never Let Me GoLieutenant
  58. 1953Desperate MomentAnton
  59. 1952Moulin RougeKing Milo IV of Serbia
  60. 1952The African QueenFirst Officer