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Theodore Meir Bikel was an Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist. He appeared in films including The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Enemy Below (1957), I Want to Live! (1958), My Fair Lady (1964), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) and 200 Motels (1971). For his portrayal of Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Birth Name
Theodor Meir Bikel
Born
Friday, 02 May 1924
Died
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Rance Muhammitz / Himself | 2016 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| Shadows From My Past | Self | 2014 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen | Self | 2010 |
| The Little Traitor | Interrogator | 2009 |
| The Florence Henderson Show | Self | 2008 |
| Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | 2006 |
| Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal | Himself / Self | 2004 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Rance Muhammitz / Himself | 2016 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| Shadows From My Past | Self | 2014 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen | Self | 2010 |
| The Little Traitor | Interrogator | 2009 |
| The Florence Henderson Show | Self | 2008 |
| Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | 2006 |
| Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal | Himself / Self | 2004 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2003 |
| Crime and Punishment | Captain Koch | 2002 |
| The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe | Narrator | 2000 |
| Second Chances | Dutch John Hathaway | 1998 |
| Babylon 5: In the Beginning | Lenonn | 1998 |
| Brooklyn South | Solomon Shuyler | 1997 |
| Shadow Conspiracy | Prof. Yuri Pochenko | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg | 1996 |
| The Burning Zone | Old Priest | 1996 |
| The Making of 'My Fair Lady' | Self / Zoltan Karpathy / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel) | 1995 |
| JAG | Farmer with Plane | 1995 |
| My Family Treasure | Grandpa Danieloff | 1995 |
| Benefit of the Doubt | Gideon Lee | 1993 |
| Babylon 5 | Rabbi Koslov | 1993 |
| Crisis in the Kremlin | Leo | 1992 |
| Memories of Midnight | Napoleon Chotas | 1991 |
| Shattered | Dr. Berkus | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Sol Bregman | 1990 |
| City | Dr. Calagari | 1990 |
| Christine Cromwell | Horace | 1989 |
| The Final Days | Henry Kissinger | 1989 |
| The New Lassie | Scotty MacPherson | 1989 |
| See You in the Morning | Bronie | 1989 |
| A Stoning in Fulham County | Abe Moser | 1988 |
| Lodz Ghetto | (voice) | 1988 |
| Los Angeles History Project | Harris Newmark | 1988 |
| Inside the Soviet Circus | Narrator | 1988 |
| The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | Self | 1988 |
| Dark Tower | Max Gold | 1987 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | CPO Sergey Rozhenko, ret. | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Eli | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Kurt Rubin | 1986 |
| Very Close Quarters | 1986 | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Yuri Lermentov / Rosanno Bertolucci / Professor Harold Crenshaw / Inspector Van Horn | 1984 |
| Super Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1984 |
| Cover Up | Assad | 1984 |
| Prince Jack | Georgi | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Russell Garringer | 1984 |
| Knight Rider | Graham Deauville | 1982 |
| Hotel | Constantin Markos | 1982 |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Marin Dimitrov | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Kamal | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Warnick | 1981 |
| The Return of the King | Aragorn | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Vladimir Lopatkin | 1979 |
| The Stingiest Man in Town | Marley's Ghost (voice) / Marley's Ghost | 1978 |
| The Paper Chase | Professor George Ballard | 1978 |
| The San Pedro Beach Bums | Rashid | 1977 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Mandak | 1977 |
| Testimony of Two Men | Peter Heger | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Ambassador Eric Soro | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| Victory at Entebbe | Yakov Shlomo | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Prof. Peter Wycinski | 1976 |
| Murder on Flight 502 | Otto Gruenwaldt | 1975 |
| Medical Story | Danziger | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Sergio Vargo | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Adamus Tarash | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Yuli Pyatakov | 1974 |
| The Little Ark | The Captain | 1972 |
| Killer by Night | Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold | 1972 |
| 200 Motels | Rance Muhammitz / Dave | 1971 |
| Columbo | Oliver Brandt | 1971 |
| Cannon | Mike Tampa | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer | 1971 |
| Darker Than Amber | Meyer | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| My Side of the Mountain | Bando | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Joseph Zankov | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Max Kalatsis | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Prof. Erich Stoss | 1968 |
| Sweet November | Alonzo | 1968 |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | Hans Van Daan | 1967 |
| Festival | Self | 1967 |
| Ironside | Arschag Divinian | 1967 |
| Beyond the Mountains | Kisielev | 1967 |
| Dream Girl of '67 | Self - Bachelor Judge | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | General Casimir Zepke | 1966 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Homer T. Hatch | 1966 |
| The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming | Captain | 1966 |
| Firing Line | Self - Guest | 1966 |
| Sands of the Kalahari | Dr. Bondrachai / Bondrechai | 1965 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Ben Moravian | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self / Self - actor | 1965 |
| Who Has Seen the Wind? | Josef Radek | 1965 |
| My Fair Lady | Zoltan Karpathy | 1964 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Folk Singer | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Ralph Traven | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | George Everett, Sr. | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Vic Bates / Senor Manfred Gonzales | 1963 |
| Hootenanny | Self | 1963 |
| Combat! | Francois Perrault | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Dr. Kralik | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Neil Bonney | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself / Self - Actor / Folksinger | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Stefan Tamarow | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Mahmel Homatka | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Nicholas Simonakis / Captain Bellini | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Diamond Cutter Herbert Vanderling | 1961 |
| Directions | Self - Jewish Host | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Dr. Anton Koseloff | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Sender | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Oliver Crangle | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Carmoody | 1959 |
| The Blue Angel | Klepert | 1959 |
| The Angry Hills | Dimitrios Tassos | 1959 |
| Woman Obsessed | Dr. R. W. Gibbs | 1959 |
| A Dog of Flanders | Piet van Gelder | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Pence | 1959 |
| I Want to Live! | Carl G.G. Palmberg | 1958 |
| Naked City | Dr. Stanley Wilford / Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski | 1958 |
| The Defiant Ones | Sheriff Max Muller | 1958 |
| I Bury the Living | Andy McKee | 1958 |
| Fräulein | Col. Dmitri Bucaron / Col. Dimitri Bucaron | 1958 |
| The Enemy Below | 'Heinie' Schwaffer / Heinie Schwaffer | 1957 |
| The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom | Himself | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Dr. Denker | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| The Pride and the Passion | Gen. Jouvet / General Jouvet | 1957 |
| The Vintage | Eduardo Uribon / Eduardo Uribari | 1957 |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - Actor | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Guest Panelist | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Rapp | 1956 |
| Escape from the Iron Curtain | Col. Sandor Kosice | 1956 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Il Vecchio | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sergeant Ottermole | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Martin Kellums | 1955 |
| Appointment with Adventure | Richter | 1955 |
| Above Us the Waves | German Officer | 1955 |
| The Divided Heart | Josip | 1954 |
| The Colditz Story | Vandy | 1955 |
| Climax! | Martin Humphries | 1954 |
| The Elgin Hour | Mr. Wu | 1954 |
| Betrayed | German Sergeant | 1954 |
| Forbidden Cargo | Max | 1954 |
| The Love Lottery | Parsimonious | 1954 |
| The Little Kidnappers | Dr. Willem Bloem | 1953 |
| A Day to Remember | Henri Dubot | 1953 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Fritz Gerhardy / Grigor Dimitorski | 1953 |
| Melba | Paul Brotha | 1953 |
| Never Let Me Go | Lieutenant | 1953 |
| Desperate Moment | Anton Meyer | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Rabbi Halevy | 1953 |
| Moulin Rouge | King Milo IV of Serbia | 1952 |
| The African Queen | First Officer | 1952 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Paul Laurent | 1951 |
| Island Rescue | Man at Newspaper Vendor | 1951 |
| No Alternative | Narrator | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
| Studio One | Machek / Julius Caesar / Henri Blanchard / Grossman | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
