Portrait of Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Acting

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.

Born: May 2, 1924

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Filmography

2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

2007
The Little Traitor

as Interrogator

2002
Crime and Punishment

as Captain Koch

1998
Second Chances

as Dutch John Hathaway

1997
Brooklyn South

as Solomon Shuyler

1997
Shadow Conspiracy

as Prof. Yuri Pochenko

1996
The Pretender

as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg

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

as Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)

1995
JAG

as Farmer with Plane

1995
My Family Treasure

as Grandpa Danieloff

1994
1994
Babylon 5

as Rabbi Koslov

1993
1991
Memories of Midnight

as Napoleon Chotas

1991
Shattered

as Dr. Berkus

1990
Law & Order

as Sol Bregman

1989
The Final Days

as Henry Kissinger

1989
Łódź Ghetto

as (voice)

1987
Dark Tower

as Max Gold

1987
1986
L.A. Law

as Kurt Rubin

1985
Prince Jack

as Georgi

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Rosanno Bertolucci

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Yuri Lermentov

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Inspector Van Horn

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Professor Harold Crenshaw

1982
Knight Rider

as Graham Deauville

1982
1981
Falcon Crest

as Marin Dimitrov

1980
The Return of the King

as Aragorn (voice)

1978
The Stingiest Man in Town

as Marley's Ghost (voice)

1978
Loose Change

as Tom Feiffer

1978
Fantasy Island

as Ambassador Eric Soro

1977
Testimony of Two Men

as Peter Heger

1976
Victory at Entebbe

as Yakov Shlomo

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Prof. Wycinski

1975
Murder on Flight 502

as Otto Gruenwaldt

1972
The Little Ark

as The Captain

1972
Killer by Night

as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

1971
200 Motels

as Rance Muhammitz / Dave

1971
Columbo

as Oliver Brandt

1971
1971
All in the Family

as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer

1970
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Prof. Erich Stoss

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
1967
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Hans Van Daan

1967
Festival

as Self

1967
1966
Noon Wine

as Homer T. Hatch

1966
Mission: Impossible

as General Casimir Zepke

1966
ABC Stage 67

as Homer T. Hatch

1965
1964
My Fair Lady

as Zoltan Karpathy

1964
The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Folk Singer

1963
Burke's Law

as Vic Bates

1963
Burke's Law

as Senor Manfred Gonzales

1962
Combat!

as Francois Perrault

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Mahmel Homatka

1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Captain Bellini

1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Nicholas Simonakis

1960
The Dybbuk

as Sender

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Oliver Crangle

1959
The Blue Angel

as Klepert

1959
The Angry Hills

as Dimitrios Tassos

1959
Woman Obsessed

as Dr. R. W. Gibbs

1959
A Dog of Flanders

as Piet van Gelder

1959
Rawhide

as Pence

1958
I Want to Live!

as Carl G.G. Palmberg

1958
Naked City

as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski

1958
Naked City

as Dr. Stanley Wilford

1958
The Defiant Ones

as Sheriff Max Muller

1958
I Bury the Living

as Andy McKee

1958
Fraulein

as Col. Dimitri Bucaron

1957
The Enemy Below

as Heinie Schwaffer

1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Capt. Alvarado

1957
The Pride and the Passion

as General Jouvet

1957
The Vintage

as Eduardo Uribari

1956
Flight from Vienna

as Col. Sandor Kosice

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sergeant Ottermole

1955
Gunsmoke

as Martin Kellums

1955
Above Us the Waves

as German Officer

1955
1954
1954
Climax!

as Martin Humphries

1954
Betrayed

as German Sergeant (uncredited)

1954
1954
1954
The Love Lottery

as Parsimonious

1953
The Kidnappers

as Dr. Willem Bloem

1953
A Day to Remember

as Henri Dubot

1953
Melba

as Paul Brotha

1953
Never Let Me Go

as Lieutenant

1953
1952
Moulin Rouge

as King Milo IV of Serbia

1952
The African Queen

as First Officer

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Uncle Lajos

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as De Baudricourt

1948
Studio One

as Machek

1948
Studio One

as Henri Blanchard

1948
Studio One

as Julius Caesar

1948
Studio One

as Grossman