Karlheinz Böhm
Born
March 16, 1928
Died
May 29, 2014 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Darmstadt, Germany
Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series, but was released theatrically in Europe.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a Technicolor, widescreen remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven). In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up. Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm had been actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen. He died in 2014, aged 86.
Known For
Psycho Tom
Mark Lewis
2017
Everything is Love
Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
2014
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
2012
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
2008
Mister Karl
Self
2008
The Eye of the Beholder
Self
2005
Our Best
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Self
2002
Aeschbacher
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Menschen der Woche
Self · (2 episodes)
2000
Koschwitz
Self · (1 episode)
2000
Beckmann
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self · (3 episodes)
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1998
Alpha Forum
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
Self · (2 episodes)
1998
Arthouse
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Im Dialog
self · (3 episodes)
1997
A Very British Psycho
Self
1997
Höchstpersönlich
self · (1 episode)
1994
Der Bergdoktor
Self · (1 episode)
1992
Morgenmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1992
Zeil um Zehn
Self · (1 episode)
1990
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Nachtcafé
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Showgeschichten
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Wedden, dat..?
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Sonntagsgespräch
Self · (1 episode)
1985
Der Club
Self · (2 episodes)
1985
Inflation im Paradies
Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
1983
Leute
Self · (1 episode)
1983
Menschen
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Wortwechsel
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Die Laurents
Theodore Laurent · (10 episodes)
1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (6 episodes)
1981
Ringstraßenpalais
Bernie Artenberg · (27 episodes)
1980
Heut' abend
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Kur in Travemünde
Manfred Angenendt
1979
Die Tannerhütte
Becker
1976
Seniorenschweiz
1976
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Karl Tillmann
1975
Fox and His Friends
Max
1975
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
Dr. Bruck
1975
Der große Preis
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Effi Briest
Wullersdorf
1974
Martha
Helmut
1974
Motiv Liebe
Vater · (1 episode)
1974
Schloß Hubertus
Tassilo
1973
Immobilien
Rainer
1973
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
Barry Croft
1972
Magic Graz
himself
1972
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Dalli Dalli
Self - Candidate · (1 episode)
1971
Scene of the Crime
Ferdinand Prelinger · (1 episode)
1970
Traumnovelle
Fridolin
1969
The Venetian Affair
Robert Wahl
1967
Ein idealer Gatte
Lord Goring
1966
The Hour of Truth
Hans Wernet
1965
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
Self · (1 episode)
1964
Einer wird gewinnen
Self · (1 episode)
1964
Burke's Law
Professor Thomas Marton · (1 episode)
1963
Rififi in Tokyo
Carl Mersen
1963
Come Fly with Me
Baron Franz Von Elzingen
1963
Combat!
Bauer · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Karl Rilke · (1 episode)
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
1962
Cross of the Living
Gus
1962
Sissi - Forever My Love
Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Heinrich von Hartrott
1962
The Magnificent Rebel
Ludwig van Beethoven
1961
Too Hot to Handle
Robert Jouvel
1960
Peeping Tom
Mark Lewis
1960
Crook and the Cross
Father Steiner
1960
La Paloma
Robert Dahlberg
1959
Stars in the Ring
Self · (2 episodes)
1959
Court Martial
Oberleutnant Düren
1959
The House of the Three Girls
Franz Schubert
1958
Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um
Peter Hille
1958
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Dr. Paul Degenhard
1958
The Stowaway
Jean
1958
Examen des Lebens
Paul Gardiner
1958
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Emperor Franz Joseph
1957
Castle in Tyrol
Thomas Stegmann
1957
Seamen
Alfred Hanstein
1957
Sissi: The Young Empress
Emperor Franz Joseph
1956
Nina
Frank Wilson
1956
Kitty and the Great Big World
Robert Ashlin
1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Dr. med. Danwitz
1956
Sissi
Emperor Franz Joseph
1955
Dunja
Mitja
1955
Swedish Girl
Klaus Richter
1955
Unternehmen Schlafsack
Kanonier Gravenhorst
1955
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
Thomas
1955
The Golden Plague
Karl Hellmer
1954
Salto Mortale
Manfred
1954
The Witch
1954
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
Georg
1954
Die heilige Lüge
1954
Die Sonne von St. Moritz
Dr. Robert Frank
1954
Married En Route
Dr. Walter Delius
1953
Der unsterbliche Lump
Johannes Ritter / Petroni
1953
Arlette Conquers Paris
Gérard Laurent
1953
Der Weibertausch
Lorenz Holler
1952
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
1952
Alraune
Frank Braun
1952
Haus des Lebens
Pit Harlacher
1952
Viennese Women
Walter
1952
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (1 episode)
1951
The Angel with the Trumpet
Franz Alt jun.
1948
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (3 episodes)
1948