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Theodore Bikel


Theodore Bikel is one of the most versatile and respected actors and performers of his generation. A master of languages, dialects and accents, he has played every sort of film villain and semi-bad guy imaginable, and always adds depth, dimension and even sympathy to characters that would end up as cardboard cutouts in the hands of lesser actors... See full bio »

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2007 The Little Traitor
Interrogator
 
2003 JAG (TV series)
Farmer with Plane
A Tangled Webb: Part I (2003) … Farmer with Plane
 
2000 H.U.D. (TV movie)
Ambassador Bjorn Jorgensen
 
1998 Trickle (short)
Mr. Fix
 
1998 Second Chances
Dutch John Hathaway
 
1998 The Pretender (TV series)
Dr. Werner Krieg / Martin Zeller
Hazards (1998) … Martin Zeller/Dr. Werner Krieg
 
1998 Babylon 5: In the Beginning (TV movie)
Lenonn
 
1997 Michael Hayes (TV series)
Death and Taxes (1997)
 
1997 Brooklyn South (TV series)
Solomon Shuyler
Why Can't Even a Couple of Us Get Along? (1997) … Solomon Shuyler
 
1997 Shadow Conspiracy
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
 
1996 The Burning Zone (TV series)
Old Priest
St. Michael's Nightmare (1996) … Old Priest
 
1987-1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Inspector Van Horn / Professor Harold Crenshaw / Rosanno Bertolucci / …
Amsterdam Kill (1994) … Inspector Van Horn
The List of Yuri Lermentov (1991) … Yuri Lermentov
When the Fat Lady Sings (1989) … Rosanno Bertolucci
Indian Giver (1987) … Professor Harold Crenshaw
 
1994 Babylon 5 (TV series)
Rabbi Koslov
TKO (1994) … Rabbi Koslov
 
1994 Law & Order (TV series)
Sol Bregman
Snatched (1994) … Sol Bregman
 
1993 Benefit of the Doubt
Gideon Lee
 
1993 My Family Treasure
Grandpa Danieloff
 
1992 Crisis in the Kremlin
Leo
 
1992 L.A. Law (TV series)
Kurt Rubin
Great Balls Afire (1992) … Kurt Rubin
 
1991 Memories of Midnight (TV movie)
Napoleon Chotas
 
1991 The New Lassie (TV series)
 
1991 Shattered
Dr. Berkus
 
1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
CPO Sergey Rozhenko, ret.
 
1990 City (TV series)
Dr. Calagari
You Can't Bite City Hall (1990) … Dr. Calagari
 
1989-1990 Christine Cromwell (TV series)
Horace
In Vino Veritas (1990)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1989)
Things That Go Bump in the Night (1989) … Horace
 
1989 The Final Days (TV movie)
Henry Kissinger
 
1989 See You in the Morning
Bronie
 
1989 Dark Tower
Max Gold
 
1988 The Equalizer (TV series)
 
1988 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
Eli
Chamber Music (1988) … Eli
 
1988 A Stoning in Fulham County (TV movie)
Abe Moser
 
1987-1988 Falcon Crest (TV series)
Marin Dimitrov
Hornet's Nest (1988) … Marin Dimitrov
Rescue Me (1988) … Marin Dimitrov
 
1988 Buck James (TV series)
Almost Perfect (1988)
 
1987 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
Russell Garringer
Elegy for a Tramp (1987) … Russell Garringer
 
1986 The Paper Chase (TV series)
Professor George Ballard
Suppressed Desires (1986) … Professor George Ballard
 
1986 Very Close Quarters
Victor
 
1985 Prince Jack
Georgi
 
1985 Dynasty (TV series)
Warnick
The Titans (1985) … Warnick
The Homecoming (1985) … Warnick
The Aftermath (1985) … Warnick
 
1985 Hell Town (TV series)
Fast Louie (1985)
 
1985 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Kamal
Reel Trouble (1985) … Kamal
 
1985 Cover Up (TV series)
Assad
Rules to Die By (1985) … Assad
 
1985 Hotel (TV series)
Constantin Markos
New Beginnings (1985) … Constantin Markos
 
1984 Glitter (TV series)
On Your Toes (1984)
 
1983 Knight Rider (TV series)
Graham Deauville
Chariot of Gold (1983) … Graham Deauville
 
1983 Staus: Growing Old in America (TV short)
 
1982-1983 Another World (TV series)
Henry Davenport
 
1982 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Vladimir Lopatkin
Russians and Ruses (1982) … Vladimir Lopatkin
 
1980 The Return of the King (TV movie)
Aragorn (voice)
 
1978-1979 All in the Family (TV series)
Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer
 
1978 The Stingiest Man in Town (TV movie)
Marley's Ghost (voice)
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Ambassador Eric Soro
King for a Day/Instant Family (1978) … Ambassador Eric Soro
 
1978 The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)
Mandak
The Curse of Rava (1978) … Mandak
 
1978 Loose Change (TV mini-series)
Tom Feiffer
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Adamus Tarash
Sons (1978) … Adamus Tarash
 
1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums (TV series)
Rashid
Godfather's Five (1977) … Rashid
 
1977 Columbo (TV series)
Oliver Brandt
The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case (1977) … Oliver Brandt
 
1977 Testimony of Two Men (TV mini-series)
Peter Heger
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Prof. Peter Wycinski
Angels on a String (1977) … Prof. Peter Wycinski
 
1976 Victory at Entebbe (TV movie)
Yakov Shlomo
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Yuli Pyatakov
Centennial (1976) … Yuli Pyatakov
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Sergio Vargo
The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … Sergio Vargo
 
1976 Medical Center (TV series)
Joseph Zankov
A Very Private War (1976) … Joseph Zankov
 
1975 Medical Story (TV series)
Danziger
Us Against the World (1975) … Danziger
 
1975 Murder on Flight 502 (TV movie)
Otto Gruenwaldt
 
1973 Mod Squad (TV series)
Cry Uncle (1973)
 
1972 The Little Ark
The Captain
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Mike Tampa
Blood on the Vine (1972) … Mike Tampa
 
1972 Killer by Night (TV movie)
Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
 
1971 200 Motels
Rance Muhammitz/Dave
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
Arschag Divinian
The Summer Soldier (1971) … Arschag Divinian
 
1970 Darker Than Amber
Meyer
 
1969 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Prof. Erich Stoss
Sweet Terror (1969) … Prof. Erich Stoss
 
1969 My Side of the Mountain
Bando
 
1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
General Casimir Zepke
The Cardinal (1968) … General Casimir Zepke
 
1968 Sweet November
Alonzo
 
1967 Saint Joan (TV movie)
Robert de Baudricourt
 
1967 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV movie)
 
1967 Beyond the Mountains
Kisielev
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Homer T. Hatch
Noon Wine (1966) … Homer T. Hatch
 
1965 Sands of the Kalahari
Dr. Bondrachai
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
Ben Moravian
The Trouble with Archie (1965) … Ben Moravian
 
1964-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Senor Manfred Gonzales / Vic Bates
Who Killed the Rest? (1965) … Senor Manfred Gonzales
Who Killed the Surf Broad? (1964) … Vic Bates
 
1965 Who Has Seen the Wind? (TV movie)
Josef Radek
 
1965 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Martin
Song for Dying (1965) … Martin
 
1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Pence
Canliss (1964) … Pence
 
1964 Combat! (TV series)
Francois Perrault
Mountain Man (1964) … Francois Perrault
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Dr. Kralik
The Forever Child (1964) … Dr. Kralik
 
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Ralph Traven
Corridor 400 (1963) … Ralph Traven
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
George Everett, Sr.
No Wings at All (1963) … George Everett, Sr.
 
1962-1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Mahmel Homatka
The Visitors (1962) … Dr. Mahmel Homatka
 
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Diamond Cutter Herbert Vanderling
Diamond Fever (1963) … Diamond Cutter Herbert Vanderling
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Stefan Tamarow
The Potentate (1962) … Stefan Tamarow
 
1962 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Neil Bonney
So Various, So Beautiful (1962) … Neil Bonney
 
1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Dr. Anton Koseloff
Only by Cunning Glimpses (1962) … Dr. Anton Koseloff
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Rabbi Halevy
The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky (1962) … Rabbi Halevy
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Captain Bellini / Nicholas Simonakis
Pericles on 31st Street (1962) … Nicholas Simonakis
The Prison (1962) … Captain Bellini
 
1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Oliver Crangle
Four O'Clock (1962) … Oliver Crangle
 
1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
Dr. Denker
The Dr. Denker Story (1962) … Dr. Denker
 
1961-1962 Naked City (TV series)
Dr. Stanley Wilford / Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski
Portrait of a Painter (1962) … Dr. Stanley Wilford
Murder Is a Face I Know (1961) … Nicholas Ross/Nicholas Rozinski
 
1960 Directions (TV series)
Host
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
Sender
The Dybbuk (1960) … Sender
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
Carmoody
Sundance Returns (1959) … Carmoody
 
1959 The Angry Hills
Dimitrios Tassos
 
1959 Woman Obsessed
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
 
1958 Folio (TV series)
Barbaso
The Hostage (1958) … Barbaso
 
1958 I Want to Live!
Carl G.G. Palmberg
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Rapp
Word from a Sealed-Off Box (1958) … Rapp
 
1958 Fräulein
Col. Dmitri Bucaron
 
1955-1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Angry Harvest (1958)
Six Hours of Terror (1957)
 
1958 The Kidnappers (unconfirmed)
 
1957 The Enemy Below
'Heinie' Schwaffer
 
1957 The Pride and the Passion
General Jouvet
 
1955-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Grossman / Henri Blanchard / Julius Caesar / …
Death and Taxes (1957) … Henri Blanchard
The Power (1956) … Grossman
Julius Caesar (1955) … Julius Caesar
Passage of Arms (1955) … Machek
 
1957 The Vintage
Eduardo Uribari
 
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Sergeant Ottermole
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1957) … Sergeant Ottermole
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Martin Humphries
The Mad Bomber (1957) … Martin Humphries
 
1957 There Shall Be No Night (TV movie)
Uncle Vlahos
 
1955-1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Fritz Gerhardy / Grigor Dimitorski
Hunted (1956) … Grigor Dimitorski
Scandal at Peppernut (1955) … Fritz Gerhardy
 
1955-1956 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Paul Laurent
Visit to a Small Planet (1955) … Paul Laurent
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Il Vecchio
A Patch of Faith (1956) … Il Vecchio
 
1956 Escape from the Iron Curtain
Col. Sandor Kosice
 
1955 Justice (TV series)
Track of Fear (1955)
 
1955 Strange Experiences (TV series)
Portrait of Paula (1955)
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
Richter
The Fateful Pilgrimage (1955) … Richter
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
Footfalls (1955)
 
1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Perilous Night (1955)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Mr. Wu
San Francisco Fracas (1955) … Mr. Wu
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
 
1955 Above Us the Waves
German Officer
 
1955 The Colditz Story
Vandy
 
1954 The Divided Heart
Josip Slavko
 
1954 Betrayed
German Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1954 Chance Meeting
Joseph
 
1954 The Love Lottery
Parsimonious
 
1953 The Little Kidnappers
Dr. Willem Bloem
 
1953 A Day to Remember
Henri Dubot
 
1953 Melba
Paul Brotha
 
1953 Never Let Me Go
Lieutenant
 
1953 Desperate Moment
Anton Meyer
 
1951 Island Rescue
Man at Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
 
1949 Ein Breira
Narrator
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1978-1979 All in the Family (TV series)
A Girl Like Edith (1979) (performer: "I Love You Je t'aime" 1923 - uncredited)
Love Comes to the Butcher (1978) (performer: "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" - uncredited, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" - uncredited, "Indian Love Call" - uncredited, "Mairzy Doats" - uncredited)
 
1978 The Stingiest Man in Town (TV movie) (performer: "I Wear a Chain")
 
1958 I Bury the Living (performer: "Hey, Ho, Anybody Home?" - uncredited, "Lord Randall, My Son" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2013 Journey 4 Artists (documentary) (completed)
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
2013 Journey 4 Artists (documentary) (completed)
Himself
 
2010 Katz's: That's All (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Florence Henderson Show (TV series)
Himself
Rose Marie/Judge Judy/Theodore Bikel (2008) … Himself
 
2006 Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (documentary)
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (voice)
 
2000 The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe (documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (video documentary)
Himself / Zoltan Karpathy (also archive footage) (as Theo Bikel)
 
1994 Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Lodz Ghetto (documentary) (voice)
 
1988 The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (video documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Covenant: People of the Living Law (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1985 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Over Easy (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 February 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 18 January 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1964-1974 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 July 1974 (1974) … Himself
Episode dated 1 February 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 6 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 4 September 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1974 Out of Bondage (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1974 Day at Night (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Theodore Bikel (1974) … Himself - Guest
 
1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.212 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.160 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.32 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 Della (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.170 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1968-1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #22.32 (1969) … Himself
Episode #21.27 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Festival (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Folk Singer
Episode #4.30 (1967) … Himself - Folk Singer
 
1967 Dream Girl of '67 (TV series)
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Swingin' Country (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 12 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 May 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.32 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The Steve Allen Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 October 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1963 Hootenanny (TV series)
Himself
Southern Methodist University #2 (1963) … Himself
Southern Methodist University #1 (1963) … Himself
Brown University #2 (1963) … Himself
Brown University #1 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Guest Panelist
Episode dated 7 January 1963 (1963) … Guest Panelist
 
1960 Directions (TV series)
Himself - Jewish host
Pilot (1960) … Himself - Jewish host
 
1960 Play Your Hunch (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 August 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 August 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959-1960 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.178 (1960) … Himself
Episode #3.3 (1959) … Himself
Episode #2.207 (1959) … Himself
 
1960 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 March 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 January 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1958 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
Himself - Host
A Few Folks and Their Songs (1958) … Himself - Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2000 Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (video documentary short)
Himself/Auric Goldfinger Screen Testst
 

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Other Works:

(1966) Appeared on the daytime television series, Swingin' Country, on December 15, 1966 and sung "Get Up, Get Out", and the "Hometown Singers" sung "It's A Most Unusual Day". Theodore Bikel, Molly Bee, Rusty Draper and Roy Clark join in for "Go Tell It On the Mountain". See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | See more »

Official Sites:

The Theodore Bikel Web Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Theo Bikel

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. See more »

Trivia:

Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1958, as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "The Rope Dancers," and in 1960, as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "The Sound of Music." See more »

Nickname:

Theo See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus