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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-05-02

Day of Death

2015-07-21 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As

Theodore Meir Bikel

Теодор Байкел

تئودور بیکل

Theodor Meir Bikel

Theodore Bikel

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

The African Queen

1952

The African Queen

as

First Officer

The Return of the King

1980

The Return of the King

as

Aragorn (voice)

Melba

1953

Melba

as

Paul Brotha

Victory at Entebbe

1976

Victory at Entebbe

as

Yakov Shlomo

The Defiant Ones

1958

The Defiant Ones

as

Sheriff Max Muller

The Pride and the Passion

1957

The Pride and the Passion

as

General Jouvet

I Bury the Living

1958

I Bury the Living

as

Andy McKee

200 Motels

1971

200 Motels

as

Rance Muhammitz / Dave

I Want to Live!

1958

I Want to Live!

as

Carl G.G. Palmberg

Above Us the Waves

1955

Above Us the Waves

as

German Officer

Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

1980

Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

as

Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)

The Enemy Below

1957

The Enemy Below

as

Heinie Schwaffer

Shadow Conspiracy

1997

Shadow Conspiracy

as

Prof. Yuri Pochenko

Festival

1967

Festival

as

Self

Second Chances

1998

Second Chances

as

Dutch John Hathaway

Never Let Me Go

1953

Never Let Me Go

as

Lieutenant

The Kidnappers

1953

The Kidnappers

as

Dr. Willem Bloem

Sands of the Kalahari

1965

Sands of the Kalahari

as

Bondrechai

Sweet November

1968

Sweet November

as

Alonzo

The Angry Hills

1959

The Angry Hills

as

Dimitrios Tassos

Dark Tower

1987

Dark Tower

as

Max Gold

Murder on Flight 502

1975

Murder on Flight 502

as

Otto Gruenwaldt

The Young Lovers

1954

The Young Lovers

as

Joseph

A Dog of Flanders

1959

A Dog of Flanders

as

Piet van Gelder

Woman Obsessed

1959

Woman Obsessed

as

Dr. R. W. Gibbs

The Little Ark

1972

The Little Ark

as

The Captain

A Day to Remember

1953

A Day to Remember

as

Henri Dubot

The Vintage

1957

The Vintage

as

Eduardo Uribari

The Final Days

1989

The Final Days

as

Henry Kissinger

The Blue Angel

1959

The Blue Angel

as

Klepert

My Fair Lady

1964

My Fair Lady

as

Zoltan Karpathy

Fraulein

1958

Fraulein

as

Col. Dimitri Bucaron

The Stingiest Man in Town

1978

The Stingiest Man in Town

as

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Killer by Night

1972

Killer by Night

as

Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold

Moulin Rouge

1952

Moulin Rouge

as

King Milo IV of Serbia

Saint Joan

1967

Saint Joan

as

Robert de Baudricourt

Noon Wine

1966

Noon Wine

as

Homer T. Hatch

Prince Jack

1985

Prince Jack

as

Georgi

Betrayed

1954

Betrayed

as

German Sergeant (uncredited)

The Love Lottery

1954

The Love Lottery

as

Parsimonious

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

2016

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

as

Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

Crime and Punishment

2002

Crime and Punishment

as

Captain Koch

Benefit of the Doubt

1993

Benefit of the Doubt

as

Gideon Lee

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

as

Hans Van Daan

The Desperate Ones

1967

The Desperate Ones

as

Kisielev

Flight from Vienna

1956

Flight from Vienna

as

Col. Sandor Kosice

The Dybbuk

1960

The Dybbuk

as

Sender

Shattered

1991

Shattered

as

Dr. Berkus

My Family Treasure

1995

My Family Treasure

as

Grandpa Danieloff

The Little Traitor

2007

The Little Traitor

as

Interrogator

Łódź Ghetto

1989

Łódź Ghetto

as

(voice)

Desperate Moment

1953

Desperate Moment

as

Anton

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

as

Marin Dimitrov

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Rosanno Bertolucci

Columbo

Columbo

as

Oliver Brandt

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show

as

Captain Bellini

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Sol Bregman

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as

Vic Bates

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

Kurt Rubin

The Pretender

The Pretender

as

Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

as

Prof. Erich Stoss

All in the Family

All in the Family

as

Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer

Knight Rider

Knight Rider

as

Graham Deauville

Naked City

Naked City

as

Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

as

Prof. Wycinski

Babylon 5

Babylon 5

as

Rabbi Koslov

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Martin Kellums

Studio One

Studio One

as

Machek

Combat!

Combat!

as

Francois Perrault

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

as

General Casimir Zepke

JAG

JAG

as

Farmer with Plane

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Sergeant Ottermole

Rawhide

Rawhide

as

Pence

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

as

Self - Folk Singer

Climax!

Climax!

as

Martin Humphries

ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67

as

Homer T. Hatch

Brooklyn South

Brooklyn South

as

Solomon Shuyler

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as

Dr. Mahmel Homatka

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

Oliver Crangle

Naked City

Naked City

as

Dr. Stanley Wilford

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Yuri Lermentov

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Inspector Van Horn

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as

Senor Manfred Gonzales

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show

as

Nicholas Simonakis

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Professor Harold Crenshaw

Memories of Midnight

Memories of Midnight

as

Napoleon Chotas

Studio One

Studio One

as

Henri Blanchard

Studio One

Studio One

as

Julius Caesar

Studio One

Studio One

as

Grossman

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

De Baudricourt

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

as

Capt. Alvarado

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

as

Self - Guest

Medical Story

Medical Story

as

Danziger

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

as

Ambassador Eric Soro

Loose Change

Loose Change

as

Tom Feiffer

Production

Crew

Directing