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.

Filmography 133

Movies (72)

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
Journey 4 Artists
2014
Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
Self
The Little Traitor
2009
Interrogator
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Himself
Crime and Punishment
2002
Captain Koch
Second Chances
1998
Dutch John Hathaway
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
Lenonn
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995
Self / Zoltan Karpathy
My Family Treasure
1995
Grandpa Danieloff
In the Month of Kislev
1994
Narrator
Benefit of the Doubt
1993
Gideon Lee
Crisis in the Kremlin
1992
Leo
Shattered
1991
Dr. Berkus
The Final Days
1989
Henry Kissinger
See You in the Morning
1989
Bronie
Łódź Ghetto
1989
(voice)
A Stoning in Fulham County
1988
Abe Moser
Inside the Soviet Circus
1988
Narrator
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988
Self
Dark Tower
1987
Max Gold
Very Close Quarters
1986
Victor
Prince Jack
1985
Georgi
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Self
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
1980
Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
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