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.
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Movie Appearances
The African Queen
as First Officer
1952
The Return of the King
as Aragorn (voice)
1980
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
as Lenonn
1998
Victory at Entebbe
as Yakov Shlomo
1976
Melba
as Paul Brotha
1953
The Defiant Ones
as Sheriff Max Muller
1958
The Pride and the Passion
as General Jouvet
1957
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as The Russian captain
1966
I Bury the Living
as Andy McKee
1958
200 Motels
as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
1971
I Want to Live!
as Carl G.G. Palmberg
1958
Above Us the Waves
as German Officer
1955
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as Self
1988
My Side of the Mountain
as Bando
1969
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
as Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
1980
The Enemy Below
as Heinie Schwaffer
1957
The Making of 200 Motels
as Self
1971
Shadow Conspiracy
as Prof. Yuri Pochenko
1997
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self
2010
Festival
as Self
1967
TV Appearances
Falcon Crest
as Marin Dimitrov
1981
Murder, She Wrote
as Rosanno Bertolucci
1984
Columbo
as Oliver Brandt
1971
The Dick Powell Show
as Captain Bellini
1961
Law & Order
as Sol Bregman
1990
Burke's Law
as Vic Bates
1963
L.A. Law
as Kurt Rubin
1986
Little House on the Prairie
as Yuli Pyatakov
1974
The Pretender
as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg
1996
Hawaii Five-O
as Prof. Erich Stoss
1968
All in the Family
as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer
1971
Knight Rider
as Graham Deauville
1982