Theodore Bikel

Deceased · Born: May 2, 1924 · Died: Jul 21, 2015

Personal Details

Born May 2, 1924 Vienna, Austria

Spouse

Aimee Ginsburg
( Dec 29, 2013 to Jul 21, 2015 )
Tamara Brooks
( Nov 11, 2008 to May 12, 2012 )
Rita Weinberg Call
( Apr 7, 1967 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Ofra Bikel
( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )

Parents

Josef Bikel
Miriam Riegler

Biography

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.

Career

acting

2016

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

2009

The Little Traitor

The Little Traitor as Interrogator

2002

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment as Captain Koch

1998

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Babylon 5: In the Beginning as Lenonn

Second Chances as Dutch John Hathaway

1997

Shadow Conspiracy

Shadow Conspiracy as Prof. Yuri Pochenko

1995

My Family Treasure

My Family Treasure as Grandpa Danieloff

1993

Benefit of the Doubt

Benefit of the Doubt as Gideon Lee

Law & Order as Sol Bregman

1992

Crisis in the Kremlin

Crisis in the Kremlin as Leo

1991

Memories of Midnight

Memories of Midnight as Napoleon Chotas

1989

See You in the Morning

See You in the Morning as Bronie

The Final Days as Henry Kissinger

1988

A Stoning in Fulham County

A Stoning in Fulham County as Abe Moser

Inside the Soviet Circus

Inside the Soviet Circus as Narrator

1987

Dark Tower as Max Gold

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote as Professor Harold Crenshaw

1986

Very Close Quarters

Very Close Quarters

1985

Prince Jack as Georgi

1982

Knight Rider as Graham Deauville

1980

The Return of the King

The Return of the King as Aragorn (voice)

1978

The Stingiest Man in Town

The Stingiest Man in Town as Marley's Ghost (voice)

1977

All in the Family

All in the Family as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer

1976

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe as Yakov Shlomo

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels as Prof. Wycinski

Columbo as Oliver Brandt

1975

Murder on Flight 502

Murder on Flight 502 as Otto Gruenwaldt

1972

Killer by Night

Killer by Night as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

The Little Ark as The Captain

1971

200 Motels as Rance Muhammitz / Dave

1970

Darker Than Amber

Darker Than Amber as Meyer

1969

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain as Bando

Hawaii Five-O as Prof. Erich Stoss

1968

Sweet November as Alonzo

1967

Beyond the Mountains

Beyond the Mountains as Kisielev

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank as Hans Van Daan

1966

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming as The Russian captain

ABC Stage 67 as Homer T. Hatch

ABC Stage 67 as Homer T. Hatch

1965

Sands of the Kalahari

Sands of the Kalahari as Bondrechai

1964

My Fair Lady as Zoltan Karpathy

Gunsmoke as Martin Kellums

1961

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone as Oliver Crangle

1960

Play of the Week

Play of the Week as Sender

1959

The Angry Hills

The Angry Hills as Dimitrios Tassos

The Blue Angel as Klepert

Woman Obsessed as Dr. R. W. Gibbs

A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders as Piet van Gelder

1958

Fräulein as Col. Dimitri Bucaron

I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living as Andy McKee

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones as Sheriff Max Muller

I Want to Live!

I Want to Live! as Carl G.G. Palmberg

1957

The Vintage as Eduardo Uribari

The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below as Heinie Schwaffer

The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion as General Jouvet

1956

Escape from the Iron Curtain

Escape from the Iron Curtain as Col. Sandor Kosice

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sergeant Ottermole

Climax! as Martin Humphries

1955

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story as Vandy

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves as German Officer

1954

Chance Meeting as Joseph

The Divided Heart

The Divided Heart as Josip

Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo as Max

The Love Lottery

The Love Lottery as Parsimonious

Studio One as Julius Caesar

1953

The Little Kidnappers

The Little Kidnappers as Dr. Willem Bloem

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember as Henri Dubot

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go as Lieutenant

1952

The African Queen

The African Queen as First Officer

appearances

2014

Shadows From My Past

Shadows From My Past

2010

Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen

Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen

2004

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

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

1995

The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1988

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1967