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Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Acting1924Vienna, 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

Acting History

2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
2009
The Little Traitor
as Interrogator
2003
JAG
TVas Farmer with Plane1 eps
2002
Crime and Punishment
as Captain Koch
1998
Second Chances
as Dutch John Hathaway
The Pretender
TVas Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg1 eps
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
as Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Brooklyn South
TVas Solomon Shuyler1 eps
1995
1994
Law & Order
TVas Sol Bregman1 eps
Babylon 5
TVas Rabbi Koslov1 eps
1993
1992
L.A. Law
TVas Kurt Rubin1 eps
1991
Shattered
as Dr. Berkus
Memories of Midnight
TVas Napoleon Chotas
1990
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Sergey Rozhenko1 eps
1987
Dark Tower
as Max Gold
Falcon Crest
TVas Marin Dimitrov4 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Inspector Van Horn / Yuri Lermentov / Professor Harold Crenshaw / Rosanno Bertolucci1 eps
1986
1983
Knight Rider
TVas Graham Deauville1 eps
1980
The Return of the King
as Aragorn (voice)
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
1978
The Stingiest Man in Town
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
All in the Family
TVas Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer2 eps
Fantasy Island
TVas Ambassador Eric Soro1 eps
Loose Change
TVas Tom Feiffer
1977
Testimony of Two Men
TVas Peter Heger3 eps
Charlie's Angels
TVas Prof. Wycinski1 eps
Columbo
TVas Oliver Brandt1 eps
1975
Murder on Flight 502
as Otto Gruenwaldt
Medical Story
TVas Danziger
1972
The Little Ark
as The Captain
Killer by Night
as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
1971
200 Motels
as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
1970
1969
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Prof. Erich Stoss1 eps
1968
Mission: Impossible
TVas General Casimir Zepke1 eps
1967
Festival
as Self
Saint Joan
as Robert de Baudricourt
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Hans Van Daan
1966
Noon Wine
as Homer T. Hatch
ABC Stage 67
TVas Homer T. Hatch
1965
Burke's Law
TVas Senor Manfred Gonzales1 eps
Gunsmoke
TVas Martin Kellums1 eps
1964
My Fair Lady
as Zoltan Karpathy
Combat!
TVas Francois Perrault1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Pence1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
TVas Self - Folk Singer
1962
The Dick Powell Show
TVas Nicholas Simonakis1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dr. Mahmel Homatka1 eps
Naked City
TVas Dr. Stanley Wilford1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Oliver Crangle1 eps
1960
The Dybbuk
as Sender
1959
The Blue Angel
as Klepert
A Dog of Flanders
as Piet van Gelder
Woman Obsessed
as Dr. R. W. Gibbs
The Angry Hills
as Dimitrios Tassos
1958
I Want to Live!
as Carl G.G. Palmberg
I Bury the Living
as Andy McKee
The Defiant Ones
as Sheriff Max Muller
Fraulein
as Col. Dimitri Bucaron
DuPont Show of the Month
TVas Capt. Alvarado1 eps
1957
The Enemy Below
as Heinie Schwaffer
The Pride and the Passion
as General Jouvet
The Vintage
as Eduardo Uribari
Climax!
TVas Martin Humphries1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Sergeant Ottermole1 eps
1956
Flight from Vienna
as Col. Sandor Kosice
Studio One
TVas Grossman1 eps
1955
1954
The Love Lottery
as Parsimonious
Betrayed
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
1953
The Kidnappers
as Dr. Willem Bloem
Melba
as Paul Brotha
Never Let Me Go
as Lieutenant
A Day to Remember
as Henri Dubot
1952
The African Queen
as First Officer
Moulin Rouge
as King Milo IV of Serbia
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas De Baudricourt / Uncle Lajos

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/2/1924
Day of Death
7/21/2015
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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