Theodore Meir Bikel wa 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.
Known For
My Fair Lady
(1964)
Zoltan Karpathy
Shattered
(1991)
Dr. Berkus
The African Queen
(1952)
First Officer
The Return of the King
(1980)
Aragorn (voice)
Moulin Rouge
(1952)
King Milo IV of Serbia
The Enemy Below
(1957)
Heinie Schwaffer
I Want to Live!
(1958)
Carl G.G. Palmberg
The Defiant Ones
(1958)
Sheriff Max Muller
Shadow Conspiracy
(1997)
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
The Pride and the Passion
(1957)
General Jouvet
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
(1966)
The Russian captain
Full Filmography
Acting
The African Queen
(1952)
First Officer
Moulin Rouge
(1952)
King Milo IV of Serbia
Never Let Me Go
(1953)
Lieutenant
The Kidnappers
(1953)
Dr. Willem Bloem
A Day to Remember
(1953)
Henri Dubot
Melba
(1953)
Paul Brotha
The Young Lovers
(1954)
Joseph
The Divided Heart
(1954)
Josip
Forbidden Cargo
(1954)
Max
The Love Lottery
(1954)
Parsimonious
Betrayed
(1954)
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Above Us the Waves
(1955)
German Officer
The Colditz Story
(1955)
Vandy
Julius Caesar
(1955)
Julius Caesar
Flight from Vienna
(1956)
Col. Sandor Kosice
The Pride and the Passion
(1957)
General Jouvet
The Enemy Below
(1957)
Heinie Schwaffer
The Vintage
(1957)
Eduardo Uribari
The Defiant Ones
(1958)
Sheriff Max Muller
I Bury the Living
(1958)
Andy McKee
I Want to Live!
(1958)
Carl G.G. Palmberg
Fraulein
(1958)
Col. Dimitri Bucaron
The Angry Hills
(1959)
Dimitrios Tassos
A Dog of Flanders
(1959)
Piet van Gelder
The Blue Angel
(1959)
Klepert
Woman Obsessed
(1959)
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
The Dybbuk
(1960)
Sender
Pericles on 31st Street
(1962)
Nicholas Simonakis
My Fair Lady
(1964)
Zoltan Karpathy
Sands of the Kalahari
(1965)
Bondrechai
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
(1966)
The Russian captain
Noon Wine
(1966)
Homer T. Hatch
Festival
(1967)
Self
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1967)
Hans Van Daan
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Kisielev
Sweet November
(1968)
Alonzo
My Side of the Mountain
(1969)
Bando
Darker Than Amber
(1970)
Meyer
200 Motels
(1971)
Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
(1971)
Self
Killer by Night
(1972)
Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold
The Little Ark
(1972)
The Captain
Murder on Flight 502
(1975)
Otto Gruenwaldt
Victory at Entebbe
(1976)
Yakov Shlomo
The Stingiest Man in Town
(1978)
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Loose Change
(1978)
Tom Feiffer
The Return of the King
(1980)
Aragorn (voice)
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
(1980)
Rance Muhammitz (voice) (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Prince Jack
(1985)
Georgi
Very Close Quarters
(1986)
Dark Tower
(1987)
Max Gold
A Stoning in Fulham County
(1988)
Abe Moser
National Geographic: Inside The Soviet Circus
(1988)
Narrator
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
(1988)
Self
See You in the Morning
(1989)
Bronie
The Final Days
(1989)
Henry Kissinger
Shattered
(1991)
Dr. Berkus
Crisis in the Kremlin
(1992)
Leo
Benefit of the Doubt
(1993)
Gideon Lee
In the Month of Kislev
(1994)
Narrator
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
(1995)
Self / Zoltan Karpathy (as Theo Bikel)
My Family Treasure
(1995)
Grandpa Danieloff
Shadow Conspiracy
(1997)
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
(1998)
Lenonn
Second Chances
(1998)
Dutch John Hathaway
Crime and Punishment
(2002)
Captain Koch
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
(2004)
Himself
The Little Traitor
(2007)
Interrogator
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
(2010)
Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
(2016)
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)