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Theodore Bikel
Born
May 2, 1924
Died: Jul 21, 2015
Lived 91 years
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
72
Movies
71
TV Shows
Also Known As
Theodore Meir Bikel
Теодор Байкел
تئودور بیکل
Theodor Meir Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Acting
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.
Movies
72
TV Shows
71
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
2016
Journey 4 Artists
as
Self
2014
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as
Self
2010
The Little Traitor
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Interrogator
2007
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
as
Himself
2004
Crime and Punishment
as
Captain Koch
2002
Second Chances
as
Dutch John Hathaway
1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
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Lenonn
1998
Shadow Conspiracy
as
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
1997
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
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Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)
1995
My Family Treasure
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Grandpa Danieloff
1995
In the Month of Kislev
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Narrator
1994
Benefit of the Doubt
as
Gideon Lee
1993
Crisis in the Kremlin
as
Leo
1992
Shattered
as
Dr. Berkus
1991
The Final Days
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Henry Kissinger
1989
See You in the Morning
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Bronie
1989
Łódź Ghetto
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(voice)
1989
A Stoning in Fulham County
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Abe Moser
1988
Inside the Soviet Circus
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Narrator
1988
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