Karlheinz Böhm
Date of birth: 1928-03-16
Place of birth: Darmstadt, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Karl-Heinz Böhm, Karlheinz Böhm, Karl Böhm, Carl Böhm, Karlheinz Boehm, Karl-Heinz Boehm, Carl Boehm
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.
Movie Credits
Sissi: The Young Empress
1956-12-01
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957-12-18
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim
Sissi
1955-12-22
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén
Effi Briest
1974-06-20
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated
Martha
1974-05-28
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange,
Alraune
1952-10-22
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woma
Peeping Tom
1960-05-16
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of wome
Magic Graz
1972-05-01
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
2012-10-12
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shock
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962-08-07
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have
Fox and His Friends
1975-06-06
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things
Sissi - Forever My Love
1962-03-27
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph an
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962-02-07
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is marri
The Venetian Affair
1967-01-18
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992-06-11
A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Viennese Women
1952-02-26
A mix between Italian neo-realism, German expressionism and Austrian exploitation.
Come Fly with Me
1963-03-27
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome
Crook and the Cross
1960-01-01
With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to e
Schloß Hubertus
1973-12-19
For Count Egge, there is only one meaningful way of life: living in the magnificent natural surround
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
1954-08-12
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
2008-11-10
Castle in Tyrol
1957-10-10
A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi.
La Paloma
1959-07-23
The House of the Three Girls
1958-12-18
Vienna, 1826. The penniless composer Franz Schubert lives with friends in the house of court glazier
Rififi in Tokyo
1963-03-29
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuab
Salto Mortale
1954-12-17
The Angel with the Trumpet
1948-08-19
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
1958-09-18
German sailor Peter Hille arrives in Copenhagen to see his beloved Hannah. But she has died in child
Too Hot to Handle
1960-12-01
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho dis
Kitty and the Great Big World
1956-09-12
The young Kitty is drawn into the world of international politics by chance.
Haus des Lebens
1952-09-11
Traumnovelle
1969-08-31
After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the ni
Swedish Girl
1955-09-28
Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his
The Eye of the Beholder
2005-01-01
A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlhein
Der Weibertausch
1952-11-27
Lorenz has his eye on Simon Gigl's prize-winning breeding bull and would love to have it. But is he
Mister Karl
2008-03-30
A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Eth
Court Martial
1959-04-01
In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are
A Very British Psycho
1997-01-01
A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding i
The Stowaway
1958-03-21
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to b
Der unsterbliche Lump
1953-12-18
The Golden Plague
1954-12-30
At the end of the war a disillusioned German exile returns home only to fall into the dark world of
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
1952-11-27
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958-08-13
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
1972-08-17
Dunja
1955-12-22
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975-07-07
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a
Unternehmen Schlafsack
1955-09-23
During the closing stages of the Second World War, a bureaucratic mistake leads to a German officer
Arlette Conquers Paris
1953-08-31
Seamen
1957-09-04
Die Sonne von St. Moritz
1954-03-26
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
1955-08-24
Immobilien
1973-02-21
The supposedly naive owner of the castle, Louise Strothmann von Auerheim, advertises that the entire
The Witch
1954-10-14
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
1956-03-28
Dr. Danwitz is a dedicated physician. The assistant doctor works practically day and night on a rese
Die heilige Lüge
1954-04-06
Married En Route
1953-12-31
Die Tannerhütte
1976-10-18
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
1975-01-01
Kur in Travemünde
1979-12-12
Inflation im Paradies
1983-05-05
Four-part episodic film about the everyday lives of young people. The focus is on a café as a commun
Seniorenschweiz
1976-03-16
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002-09-18
Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of A
Ein idealer Gatte
1966-05-29
The Magnificent Rebel
1961-10-01
The life of the great composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven, dates back to his arrival in Vienna in 1792 as
The Hour of Truth
1965-04-28
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp vict
Everything is Love
2014-12-04
Follows the lives of different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrela
Examen des Lebens
1958-02-14
Nina
1956-09-21
Cross of the Living
1962-07-25
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, wh