Karlheinz Böhm
Biography
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
All Movies (70)
- To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism2026
- Everything is Love2014 · as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
- Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit2012 · as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
- Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht2008
- Mister Karl2008 · as Self
- The Eye of the Beholder2005 · as Self
- Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère2002 · as Self
- A Very British Psycho1997 · as Self
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me1992 · as Self
- Inflation im Paradies1983 · as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
- Kur in Travemünde1979 · as Manfred Angenendt
- Die Tannerhütte1976 · as Becker
- Seniorenschweiz1976
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven1975 · as Karl Tillmann
- Fox and His Friends1975 · as Max
- Im Hause des Kommerzienrates1975 · as Dr. Bruck
- Effi Briest1974 · as Wullersdorf
- Martha1974 · as Helmut
- Schloß Hubertus1973 · as Tassilo
- Immobilien1973 · as Rainer
- Verdacht gegen Barry Croft1972 · as Barry Croft
- Magic Graz1972 · as himself
- Traumnovelle1969 · as Fridolin
- The Venetian Affair1966 · as Robert Wahl
- Ein idealer Gatte1966 · as Lord Goring
- The Hour of Truth1965 · as Hans Wernet
- Rififi in Tokyo1963 · as Carl Mersen
- Come Fly with Me1963 · as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · as Jacob Grimm
- Cross of the Living1962 · as Gus
- Sissi - Forever My Love1962 · as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962 · as Heinrich von Hartrott
- The Magnificent Rebel1961 · as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Too Hot to Handle1960 · as Robert Jouvel
- Peeping Tom1960 · as Mark Lewis
- Crook and the Cross1960 · as Father Steiner
- La Paloma1959 · as Robert Dahlberg
- Court Martial1959 · as Oberleutnant Düren
- The House of the Three Girls1958 · as Franz Schubert
- That Won't Keep a Sailor Down1958 · as Peter Hille
- Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein1958 · as Dr. Paul Degenhard
- The Stowaway1958 · as Jean
- Examen des Lebens1958 · as Paul Gardiner
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957 · as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Castle in Tyrol1957 · as Thomas Stegmann
- Seamen1957 · as Alfred Hanstein
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956 · as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Nina1956 · as Frank Wilson
- Kitty and the Great Big World1956 · as Robert Ashlin
- Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz1956 · as Dr. med. Danwitz
- Sissi1955 · as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Dunja1955 · as Mitja
- Swedish Girl1955 · as Klaus Richter
- Unternehmen Schlafsack1955 · as Kanonier Gravenhorst
- Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen1955 · as Thomas
- The Golden Plague1954 · as Karl Hellmer
- Salto Mortale1954 · as Manfred
- The Witch1954
- ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe1954 · as Georg
- Die heilige Lüge1954
- Die Sonne von St. Moritz1954 · as Dr. Robert Frank
- Married En Route1953 · as Dr. Walter Delius
- Der unsterbliche Lump1953 · as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
- Arlette Conquers Paris1953 · as Gérard Laurent
- Der Weibertausch1952 · as Lorenz Holler
- Der Tag vor der Hochzeit1952
- Unnatural1952 · as Frank Braun
- Haus des Lebens1952 · as Pit Harlacher
- Viennese Women1952 · as Walter
- The Angel with the Trumpet1948 · as Franz Alt jun.
All TV Shows (43)
- Our Best2003 · as Self
- Aeschbacher2001 · as Self
- Menschen der Woche2000 · as Self
- Alles Liebe V.I.P.2000 · as Self
- Koschwitz2000 · as Self
- Beckmann1999 · as Self
- Ein Herz für Kinder1998 · as Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
- Alpha Forum1998 · as Self
- Menschen hautnah1998 · as Self
- Sabine Christiansen1998 · as Self
- Arthouse1997 · as Self
- Im Dialog1997 · as self
- Höchstpersönlich1994 · as self
- Der Bergdoktor1992 · as Self
- Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
- Zeil um Zehn1990 · as Self
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
- Nachtcafé1987 · as Self
- Showgeschichten1986 · as Self
- Wedden, dat..?1986 · as Self
- Sonntagsgespräch1985 · as Self
- Der Club1985 · as Self
- Leute1983 · as Self
- Menschen1982 · as Self
- Wortwechsel1982 · as Self
- Die Laurents1981 · as Theodore Laurent
- Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
- Ringstraßenpalais1980 · as Bernie Artenberg
- Heut' abend1980 · as Self
- Der große Preis1974 · as Self
- Motiv Liebe1974 · as Vater
- Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre1971 · as Self
- Dalli Dalli1971 · as Self - Candidate
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Ferdinand Prelinger
- Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen1964 · as Self
- Einer wird gewinnen1964 · as Self
- Burke's Law1963 · as Professor Thomas Marton
- Combat!1962 · as Bauer
- The Virginian1962 · as Karl Rilke
- Stars in the Ring1959 · as Self
- German Film Award1951 · as Self
- Bambi1948 · as Self