Theodore Bikel
Acting
Born May 2, 1924 · Vienna, Austria
Died July 21, 2015
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
Filmography
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016 · Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 · Self
The Little Traitor
2009 · Interrogator
Crime and Punishment
2002 · Captain Koch
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998 · Lenonn
Second Chances
1998 · Dutch John Hathaway
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Benefit of the Doubt
1993 · Gideon Lee
Shattered
1991 · Dr. Berkus
See You in the Morning
1989 · Bronie
A Stoning in Fulham County
1988 · Abe Moser
Dark Tower
1987 · Max Gold
The Return of the King
1980 · Aragorn (voice)
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978 · Marley's Ghost (voice)
Victory at Entebbe
1976 · Yakov Shlomo
Murder on Flight 502
1975 · Otto Gruenwaldt
200 Motels
1971 · Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Darker Than Amber
1970 · Meyer
My Side of the Mountain
1969 · Bando
Sweet November
1968 · Alonzo
Festival
1967 · Self
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966 · The Russian captain
Sands of the Kalahari
1965 · Bondrechai
My Fair Lady
1964 · Zoltan Karpathy
The Angry Hills
1959 · Dimitrios Tassos
A Dog of Flanders
1959 · Piet van Gelder
Woman Obsessed
1959 · Dr. R. W. Gibbs
The Blue Angel
1959 · Klepert
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Sheriff Max Muller
I Bury the Living
1958 · Andy McKee
I Want to Live!
1958 · Carl G.G. Palmberg
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · General Jouvet
The Enemy Below
1957 · Heinie Schwaffer
Above Us the Waves
1955 · German Officer
The Colditz Story
1955 · Vandy
Betrayed
1954 · German Sergeant (uncredited)
The Love Lottery
1954 · Parsimonious
Never Let Me Go
1953 · Lieutenant
The Kidnappers
1953 · Dr. Willem Bloem
The African Queen
1952 · First Officer
Moulin Rouge
1952 · King Milo IV of Serbia