Theodore Bikel
Born
May 2, 1924
Died
July 21, 2015 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Theodore Meir Bikel wa 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

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
2016

Journey 4 Artists
Self
2014

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
2010

The Little Traitor
Interrogator
2007

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Himself
2004

Crime and Punishment
Captain Koch
2002

Second Chances
Dutch John Hathaway
1998

Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Lenonn
1998

Brooklyn South
Solomon Shuyler · (1 episode)
1997

Shadow Conspiracy
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
1997

The Pretender
Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg · (1 episode)
1996

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)
1995

JAG
Farmer with Plane · (1 episode)
1995

My Family Treasure
Grandpa Danieloff
1995

In the Month of Kislev
Narrator
1994

Babylon 5
Rabbi Koslov · (1 episode)
1994

Benefit of the Doubt
Gideon Lee
1993

Crisis in the Kremlin
Leo
1992

Memories of Midnight
Napoleon Chotas · (2 episodes)
1991

Shattered
Dr. Berkus
1991

Law & Order
Sol Bregman · (1 episode)
1990

Christine Cromwell
(3 episodes)
1989

The Final Days
Henry Kissinger
1989

The New Lassie
(1 episode)
1989

See You in the Morning
Bronie
1989

Łódź Ghetto
(voice)
1989

A Stoning in Fulham County
Abe Moser
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
Sergey Rozhenko · (1 episode)
1987

Beauty and the Beast
(1 episode)
1987

L.A. Law
Kurt Rubin · (1 episode)
1986
Very Close Quarters
1986

Prince Jack
Georgi
1985

The Equalizer
(1 episode)
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Rosanno Bertolucci · (1 episode)
1984

Murder, She Wrote
Yuri Lermentov · (1 episode)
1984

Murder, She Wrote
Inspector Van Horn · (1 episode)
1984

Murder, She Wrote
Professor Harold Crenshaw · (1 episode)
1984

Cover Up
(1 episode)
1984

Knight Rider
Graham Deauville · (1 episode)
1982

Hotel
(1 episode)
1982

Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982

Falcon Crest
Marin Dimitrov · (4 episodes)
1981

The Fall Guy
(1 episode)
1981

Dynasty
(1 episode)
1981
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
1980

The Return of the King
Aragorn (voice)
1980

The Stingiest Man in Town
Marley's Ghost (voice)
1978

The Amazing Spider-Man
(1 episode)
1978

Loose Change
Tom Feiffer
1978

Fantasy Island
Ambassador Eric Soro · (1 episode)
1978

The San Pedro Beach Bums
(1 episode)
1977

Testimony of Two Men
Peter Heger · (3 episodes)
1977

Victory at Entebbe
Yakov Shlomo
1976

Charlie's Angels
Prof. Wycinski · (1 episode)
1976

Murder on Flight 502
Otto Gruenwaldt
1975
Medical Story
Danziger · (1 episode)
1975

Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974

Little House on the Prairie
(1 episode)
1974

The Little Ark
The Captain
1972

Killer by Night
Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
1972
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Self
1971

200 Motels
Rance Muhammitz / Dave
1971

Columbo
Oliver Brandt · (1 episode)
1971

Cannon
(1 episode)
1971

All in the Family
Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer · (2 episodes)
1971

Darker Than Amber
Meyer
1970

My Side of the Mountain
Bando
1969

The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Prof. Erich Stoss · (1 episode)
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968

Sweet November
Alonzo
1968
Saint Joan
Robert de Baudricourt
1967

The Diary of Anne Frank
Hans Van Daan
1967

Festival
Self
1967

Ironside
(1 episode)
1967

The Desperate Ones
Kisielev
1967

Noon Wine
Homer T. Hatch
1966

Mission: Impossible
General Casimir Zepke · (1 episode)
1966

ABC Stage 67
Homer T. Hatch · (1 episode)
1966

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
The Russian captain
1966

Sands of the Kalahari
Bondrechai
1965

My Fair Lady
Zoltan Karpathy
1964

Another World
(1547 episodes)
1964

The Hollywood Palace
Self - Folk Singer · (1 episode)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1 episode)
1963

Burke's Law
Vic Bates · (1 episode)
1963

Burke's Law
Senor Manfred Gonzales · (1 episode)
1963
Tonight in Person
Self · (1 episode)
1963

Combat!
Francois Perrault · (1 episode)
1962

Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1961

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Mahmel Homatka · (1 episode)
1961

The Dick Powell Show
Captain Bellini · (1 episode)
1961

The Dick Powell Show
Nicholas Simonakis · (1 episode)
1961

Route 66
(1 episode)
1960

The Dybbuk
Sender
1960

The Twilight Zone
Oliver Crangle · (1 episode)
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 · (1 episode)
1959

I Want to Live!
Carl G.G. Palmberg
1958

Naked City
Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Dr. Stanley Wilford · (1 episode)
1958

The Defiant Ones
Sheriff Max Muller
1958

I Bury the Living
Andy McKee
1958

Fraulein
Col. Dimitri Bucaron
1958

The Enemy Below
Heinie Schwaffer
1957

DuPont Show of the Month
Capt. Alvarado · (1 episode)
1957

The Pride and the Passion
General Jouvet
1957

The Vintage
Eduardo Uribari
1957

Flight from Vienna
Col. Sandor Kosice
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sergeant Ottermole · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Martin Kellums · (1 episode)
1955

Above Us the Waves
German Officer
1955

The Colditz Story
Vandy
1955

The Divided Heart
Josip
1954

Climax!
Martin Humphries · (1 episode)
1954

Betrayed
German Sergeant (uncredited)
1954

The Young Lovers
Joseph
1954

Forbidden Cargo
Max
1954

The Love Lottery
Parsimonious
1954

The Kidnappers
Dr. Willem Bloem
1953

A Day to Remember
Henri Dubot
1953

Melba
Paul Brotha
1953

Never Let Me Go
Lieutenant
1953

Desperate Moment
Anton
1953

Moulin Rouge
King Milo IV of Serbia
1952

The African Queen
First Officer
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Uncle Lajos · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
De Baudricourt · (1 episode)
1951

Studio One
Machek · (1 episode)
1948

Studio One
Henri Blanchard · (1 episode)
1948

Studio One
Julius Caesar · (1 episode)
1948

Studio One
Grossman · (1 episode)
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Kraft Television Theatre
(1 episode)
1947