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Theodore Bikel

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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 Defiant Ones

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The African Queen

As First Officer

I Want to Live!

As Carl G.G. Palmberg

Moulin Rouge

As King Milo IV of Serbia

I Bury the Living

As Andy McKee

Murder on Flight 502

As Otto Gruenwaldt

The Kidnappers

As Dr. Willem Bloem

Chains

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The Writer's Fight

From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.

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Murder on Flight 502

1975 · Otto Gruenwaldt

I Want to Live!

1958 · Carl G.G. Palmberg

The Defiant Ones

1958 · Sheriff Max Muller

I Bury the Living

1958 · Andy McKee

The Kidnappers

1953 · Dr. Willem Bloem

Moulin Rouge

1952 · King Milo IV of Serbia

The African Queen

1951 · First Officer