Actor

Theodore Bikel

Birthday: May 2, 1924

Born in: Vienna, Austria

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.

Movie Credits

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
Age: 92
Journey 4 Artists (2014) as Self
Age: 90
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010) as Self
Age: 85
The Little Traitor (2007) as Interrogator
Age: 83
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004) as Himself
Age: 80
Crime and Punishment (2002) as Captain Koch
Age: 78
Second Chances (1998) as Dutch John Hathaway
Age: 74
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) as Lenonn
Age: 73
Shadow Conspiracy (1997) as Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Age: 72
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995) as Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)
Age: 71
My Family Treasure (1995) as Grandpa Danieloff
Age: 71
In the Month of Kislev (1994) as Narrator
Age: 70
Benefit of the Doubt (1993) as Gideon Lee
Age: 69
Crisis in the Kremlin (1992) as Leo
Age: 67
Shattered (1991) as Dr. Berkus
Age: 67
The Final Days (1989) as Henry Kissinger
Age: 65
See You in the Morning (1989) as Bronie
Age: 64
Łódź Ghetto (1989) as (voice)
Age: 64
A Stoning in Fulham County (1988) as Abe Moser
Age: 64
Inside the Soviet Circus (1988) as Narrator
Age: 63
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) as Self
Age: 63
Dark Tower (1987) as Max Gold
Age: 63
Very Close Quarters (1986)
Age: 62
Prince Jack (1985) as Georgi
Age: 61
Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
Age: 57
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere (1980) as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
Age: 56
The Return of the King (1980) as Aragorn (voice)
Age: 56
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Age: 54
Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Yakov Shlomo
Age: 52
Murder on Flight 502 (1975) as Otto Gruenwaldt
Age: 51
The Little Ark (1972) as The Captain
Age: 47
Killer by Night (1972) as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
Age: 47
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels (1971) as Self
Age: 47
200 Motels (1971) as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Age: 47
Darker Than Amber (1970) as Meyer
Age: 46
My Side of the Mountain (1969) as Bando
Age: 45
Sweet November (1968) as Alonzo
Age: 43
Saint Joan (1967) as Robert de Baudricourt
Age: 43
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967) as Hans Van Daan
Age: 43
Festival (1967) as Self
Age: 43
The Desperate Ones (1967) as Kisielev
Age: 43
Noon Wine (1966) as Homer T. Hatch
Age: 42
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) as The Russian captain
Age: 42
Sands of the Kalahari (1965) as Bondrechai
Age: 41
My Fair Lady (1964) as Zoltan Karpathy
Age: 40
The Dybbuk (1960) as Sender
Age: 36
The Blue Angel (1959) as Klepert
Age: 35
The Angry Hills (1959) as Dimitrios Tassos
Age: 35
Woman Obsessed (1959) as Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Age: 35
A Dog of Flanders (1959) as Piet van Gelder
Age: 34
I Want to Live! (1958) as Carl G.G. Palmberg
Age: 34
The Defiant Ones (1958) as Sheriff Max Muller
Age: 34
I Bury the Living (1958) as Andy McKee
Age: 34
Fraulein (1958) as Col. Dimitri Bucaron
Age: 34
The Enemy Below (1957) as Heinie Schwaffer
Age: 33
The Pride and the Passion (1957) as General Jouvet
Age: 33
The Vintage (1957) as Eduardo Uribari
Age: 33
Flight from Vienna (1956) as Col. Sandor Kosice
Age: 31
Above Us the Waves (1955) as German Officer
Age: 30
The Colditz Story (1955) as Vandy
Age: 30
The Divided Heart (1954) as Josip
Age: 30
Betrayed (1954) as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Age: 30
The Young Lovers (1954) as Joseph
Age: 30
Forbidden Cargo (1954) as Max
Age: 30
The Love Lottery (1954) as Parsimonious
Age: 29
The Kidnappers (1953) as Dr. Willem Bloem
Age: 29
A Day to Remember (1953) as Henri Dubot
Age: 29
Melba (1953) as Paul Brotha
Age: 29
Never Let Me Go (1953) as Lieutenant
Age: 28
Desperate Moment (1953) as Anton
Age: 28
Moulin Rouge (1952) as King Milo IV of Serbia
Age: 28
The African Queen (1952) as First Officer
Age: 27