Theodore Bikel

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Columbo

JAG

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Murder, She Wrote

All Movies (72)

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words2016 · as Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
Journey 4 Artists2014 · as Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen2010 · as Self
The Little Traitor2009 · as Interrogator
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal2004 · as Himself
Crime and Punishment2002 · as Captain Koch
Second Chances1998 · as Dutch John Hathaway
Babylon 5: In the Beginning1998 · as Lenonn
Shadow Conspiracy1997 · as Prof. Yuri Pochenko
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'1995 · as Self / Zoltan Karpathy
My Family Treasure1995 · as Grandpa Danieloff
In the Month of Kislev1994 · as Narrator
Benefit of the Doubt1993 · as Gideon Lee
Crisis in the Kremlin1992 · as Leo
Shattered1991 · as Dr. Berkus
The Final Days1989 · as Henry Kissinger
See You in the Morning1989 · as Bronie
Łódź Ghetto1989 · as (voice)
A Stoning in Fulham County1988 · as Abe Moser
Inside the Soviet Circus1988 · as Narrator
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels1988 · as Self
Dark Tower1987 · as Max Gold
Very Close Quarters1986 · as Victor
Prince Jack1985 · as Georgi
Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere1980 · as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
The Return of the King1980 · as Aragorn (voice)
The Stingiest Man in Town1978 · as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Victory at Entebbe1976 · as Yakov Shlomo
Murder on Flight 5021975 · as Otto Gruenwaldt
The Little Ark1972 · as The Captain
Killer by Night1972 · as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
The Making of 200 Motels1971 · as Self
200 Motels1971 · as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Darker Than Amber1970 · as Meyer
My Side of the Mountain1969 · as Bando
Sweet November1968 · as Alonzo
Saint Joan1967 · as Robert de Baudricourt
The Diary of Anne Frank1967 · as Hans Van Daan
Festival1967 · as Self
The Desperate Ones1967 · as Kisielev
Noon Wine1966 · as Homer T. Hatch
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!1966 · as The Russian captain
Sands of the Kalahari1965 · as Bondrechai
My Fair Lady1964 · as Zoltan Karpathy
The Dybbuk1960 · as Sender
The Blue Angel1959 · as Klepert
The Angry Hills1959 · as Dimitrios Tassos
Woman Obsessed1959 · as Dr. R. W. Gibbs
A Dog of Flanders1959 · as Piet van Gelder
I Want to Live!1958 · as Carl G.G. Palmberg
The Defiant Ones1958 · as Sheriff Max Muller
I Bury the Living1958 · as Andy McKee
Fraulein1958 · as Col. Dimitri Bucaron
The Enemy Below1957 · as Heinie Schwaffer
The Pride and the Passion1957 · as General Jouvet
The Vintage1957 · as Eduardo Uribari
Flight from Vienna1956 · as Col. Sandor Kosice
Above Us the Waves1955 · as German Officer
The Colditz Story1955 · as Vandy
The Divided Heart1954 · as Josip
Betrayed1954 · as German Sergeant (uncredited)
The Young Lovers1954 · as Joseph
Forbidden Cargo1954 · as Max
The Love Lottery1954 · as Parsimonious
The Kidnappers1953 · as Dr. Willem Bloem
A Day to Remember1953 · as Henri Dubot
Melba1953 · as Paul Brotha
Never Let Me Go1953 · as Lieutenant
Desperate Moment1953 · as Anton
Moulin Rouge1952 · as King Milo IV of Serbia
The African Queen1952 · as First Officer

All TV Shows (72)

Brooklyn South1997 · as Solomon Shuyler
The Pretender1996 · as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg
JAG1995 · as Farmer with Plane
Babylon 51994 · as Rabbi Koslov
Memories of Midnight1991 · as Napoleon Chotas
Law & Order1990 · as Sol Bregman
Christine Cromwell1989
The New Lassie1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Sergey Rozhenko
Beauty and the Beast1987 · as Eli
L.A. Law1986 · as Kurt Rubin
The Equalizer1985
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Rosanno Bertolucci
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Yuri Lermentov
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Inspector Van Horn
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Professor Harold Crenshaw
Cover Up1984
Glitter1984
Knight Rider1982 · as Graham Deauville
Hotel1982
Falcon Crest1981 · as Marin Dimitrov
The Fall Guy1981
Dynasty1981
The Amazing Spider-Man1978
Loose Change1978 · as Tom Feiffer
Fantasy Island1978 · as Ambassador Eric Soro
The San Pedro Beach Bums1977
Testimony of Two Men1977 · as Peter Heger
Charlie's Angels1976 · as Prof. Wycinski
Medical Story1975 · as Danziger
Police Woman1974
Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Yuli Pyatakov
Columbo1971 · as Oliver Brandt
Cannon1971
All in the Family1971 · as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer
The Mod Squad1968
Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Prof. Erich Stoss
The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
Ironside1967
Mission: Impossible1966 · as General Casimir Zepke
ABC Stage 671966 · as Homer T. Hatch
Another World1964
The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self - Folk Singer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Burke's Law1963 · as Vic Bates
Burke's Law1963 · as Senor Manfred Gonzales
Tonight in Person1963 · as Self
Combat!1962 · as Francois Perrault
Sam Benedict1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Mahmel Homatka
The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Captain Bellini
The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Nicholas Simonakis
Route 661960
The Twilight Zone1959 · as Oliver Crangle
Rawhide1959 · as Pence
Naked City1958 · as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski
Naked City1958 · as Dr. Stanley Wilford
DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Capt. Alvarado
Wagon Train1957 · as Dr. Denker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Sergeant Ottermole
Strange Experiences1955 · as Man
Gunsmoke1955 · as Martin Kellums
Climax!1954 · as Martin Humphries
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Uncle Lajos
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as De Baudricourt
Studio One1948 · as Machek
Studio One1948 · as Henri Blanchard
Studio One1948 · as Julius Caesar
Studio One1948 · as Grossman
The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
Kraft Television Theatre1947