Theodore Bikel

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Theodore Bikel

Acting May 2, 1924

Vienna, Austria

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 awa…

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Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.4 1987 TV Show
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
JAG

JAG

7.2 1995 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

8.0 1974 TV Show
My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

7.5 1964 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
Babylon 5

Babylon 5

8.0 1994 TV Show
The African Queen

The African Queen

7.3 1952 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2016
    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Movie Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

  2. 2014
    Journey 4 Artists

    Movie Self

  3. 2010
    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Movie Self

  4. 2009
    The Little Traitor

    Movie Interrogator

  5. 2004
    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

    Movie Himself

  6. 2002
    Crime and Punishment

    Movie Captain Koch

  7. 1998
    Second Chances

    Movie Dutch John Hathaway

  8. 1998
    Babylon 5: In the Beginning

    Movie Lenonn

  9. 1997
    Brooklyn South

    TV show Solomon Shuyler

  10. 1997
    Shadow Conspiracy

    Movie Prof. Yuri Pochenko

  11. 1996
    The Pretender

    TV show Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg

  12. 1995
    More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

    Movie Self / Zoltan Karpathy

  13. 1995
    JAG

    TV show Farmer with Plane

  14. 1995
    My Family Treasure

    Movie Grandpa Danieloff

  15. 1994
    In the Month of Kislev

    Movie Narrator

  16. 1994
    Babylon 5

    TV show Rabbi Koslov

More credits
  1. 1993
    Benefit of the Doubt

    Movie Gideon Lee

  2. 1992
    Crisis in the Kremlin

    Movie Leo

  3. 1991
    Memories of Midnight

    TV show Napoleon Chotas

  4. 1991
    Shattered

    Movie Dr. Berkus

  5. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Sol Bregman

  6. 1989
    Christine Cromwell

    TV show

  7. 1989
    The Final Days

    Movie Henry Kissinger

  8. 1989
    The New Lassie

    TV show

  9. 1989
    See You in the Morning

    Movie Bronie

  10. 1989
    Łódź Ghetto

    Movie (voice)

  11. 1988
    A Stoning in Fulham County

    Movie Abe Moser

  12. 1988
    Inside the Soviet Circus

    Movie Narrator

  13. 1988
    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

    Movie Self

  14. 1987
    Dark Tower

    Movie Max Gold

  15. 1987
    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    TV show Sergey Rozhenko

  16. 1987
    Beauty and the Beast

    TV show Eli

  17. 1986
    L.A. Law

    TV show Kurt Rubin

  18. 1986
    Very Close Quarters

    Movie Victor

  19. 1985
    Prince Jack

    Movie Georgi

  20. 1985
    The Equalizer

    TV show

  21. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Rosanno Bertolucci

  22. 1984
    Cover Up

    TV show

  23. 1984
    Glitter

    TV show

  24. 1982
    Knight Rider

    TV show Graham Deauville