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