Theodore Bikel
Date of birth: 1924-05-02
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Theodore Meir Bikel, Теодор Байкел, تئودور بیکل, Theodor Meir 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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The African Queen
1952-01-07
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat capta
The Return of the King
1980-05-11
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lo
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998-01-04
Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, wh
Melba
1953-08-07
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
Victory at Entebbe
1976-12-22
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Enteb
The Defiant Ones
1958-08-14
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
The Pride and the Passion
1957-07-10
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966-05-25
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander
I Bury the Living
1958-07-01
The new manager of a small-town cemetery becomes convinced that he triggered the untimely deaths of
200 Motels
1971-11-10
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him whil
I Want to Live!
1958-11-18
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a
Above Us the Waves
1955-03-29
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anc
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988-01-01
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private fo
My Side of the Mountain
1969-06-25
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, a devotee of Thoreau, decides to leave the city to spend a sabbatical
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
1980-06-01
Frank Zappa: New York & Elsewhere is an Austrian released TV documentary directed in 1980 by Rudi Do
The Enemy Below
1957-12-25
The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a pr
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
1971-12-23
Making of "200 Motels".
Shadow Conspiracy
1997-01-25
Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets hi
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010-03-23
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphr
Festival
1967-10-23
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival,
Second Chances
1998-09-01
A little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after an accident claims her father and her spiri
Never Let Me Go
1953-03-18
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
Darker Than Amber
1970-08-14
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry
The Kidnappers
1953-12-01
After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in
Sands of the Kalahari
1965-11-24
A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plan
Sweet November
1968-02-08
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
The Angry Hills
1959-07-29
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morr
Dark Tower
1987-10-29
An architect, a security chief, a parapsychologist and an exorcist face evil in a Barcelona skyscrap
Murder on Flight 502
1975-11-21
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airlin
See You in the Morning
1989-04-14
Three years after his divorce from his model-wife is the psychologist Larry Livingstone ready for a
The Young Lovers
1954-08-24
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian di
A Dog of Flanders
1959-03-17
The emotional story of a boy, his grandfather, and his dog. The boy's dream of becoming a great clas
The Divided Heart
1954-11-09
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is plac
Forbidden Cargo
1954-05-04
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother an
Woman Obsessed
1959-05-27
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the
Crisis in the Kremlin
1992-01-01
The sister-in-law of an assassin and a CIA agent team-up to save Gorbachev's life.
The Little Ark
1972-03-01
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporar
A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of th
The Vintage
1957-05-08
A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard
The Final Days
1989-10-29
The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004-09-17
In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last t
The Blue Angel
1959-09-04
Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.
My Fair Lady
1964-12-01
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her present
Fraulein
1958-06-08
A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978-12-23
An animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol from Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass -- the duo behind
Killer by Night
1972-01-07
A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is usin
Moulin Rouge
1952-12-23
In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits
Saint Joan
1967-12-04
A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial o
Noon Wine
1966-11-23
A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in sou
Prince Jack
1985-12-01
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
Betrayed
1954-09-07
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initial
The Love Lottery
1954-01-30
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pres
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016-05-03
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immer
A Stoning in Fulham County
1988-10-24
Religious beliefs clash with the law when an Amish infant is killed in a rural community.
Crime and Punishment
2002-06-01
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted
Benefit of the Doubt
1993-06-17
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With
Inside the Soviet Circus
1988-03-09
Go behind the scenes at Moscow's Circus School and experience the magic and wonder of the performanc
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967-11-26
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in
The Desperate Ones
1967-07-26
In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossibl
Flight from Vienna
1956-01-31
A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts to defect the country and earn political asylum in the
In the Month of Kislev
1994-06-01
A wealthy arrogant merchant learns the true meaning of Hanukkah when he takes the family of a poor p
The Colditz Story
1955-01-25
Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "esc
The Dybbuk
1960-10-03
The Dybbuk is a made for TV film adaptation of a classic Jewish folktale. The story is about a young
Very Close Quarters
1986-08-14
Depicts a communal flat in Russia where the Government randomly assigns 20 people to live in a one-b
Shattered
1991-10-11
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Ju
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995-12-30
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My
My Family Treasure
1995-05-23
A US mother goes to the USSR, just before its dissolution, to find the priceless Fabergé egg that th
The Little Traitor
2007-09-01
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
Łódź Ghetto
1989-03-22
The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation o
Journey 4 Artists
2014-08-10
Journey 4 Artists is a unique feature length documentary which demonstrates how the power of music h
Desperate Moment
1953-03-17
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear hi