Karlheinz Böhm
Birthday: Born in 1928-03-16 in Darmstadt, Germany
Deathday: 2014-05-29
Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series, but was released theatrically in Europe.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a Technicolor, widescreen remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven). In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up. Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm had been actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen. He died in 2014, aged 86.
TV Credits
Burke's Law
Character: Professor Thomas Marton
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II....
Combat!
Character: Bauer
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders....
The Virginian
Character: Karl Rilke
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western....
Tatort
Character: Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Ringstraßenpalais
Character: Bernie Artenberg
Ringstraßenpalais is an Austrian television series....
Der Bergdoktor
Character: Self
Der Bergdoktor is a German-Austrian medical drama television series, broadcast in 96 episodes between 1992 and 1997....
Dalli Dalli
Character: Self - Candidate
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Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
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Motiv Liebe
Character: Vater
Motiv Liebe is a German television series....
Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?....
Bambi-Verleihung
Character: Self
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods ...
Die Millionenshow
Character: Self
"Die Millionenshow" is the Austrian version of the television quiz “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. It is produced in Studio 8 of nobeo GmbH in Hürth near Cologne and broadcast by ORF, with the episodes running every Monday on ORF 2. Every two weeks, three episodes are usually recorded on Wednesday and Thursday....
Beckmann
Character: Self
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show....
Ein Herz für Kinder
Character: Self
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Nachtcafé
Character: Self
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Heut' abend
Character: Self
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Movie Credits
Sissi: The Young Empress
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother....
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira....
Sissi
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love....
Effi Briest
Character: Wullersdorf
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer....
Martha
Character: Helmut
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her....
Alraune
Character: Frank Braun
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination.....
Peeping Tom
Character: Mark Lewis
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making....
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Character: Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else....
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: Jacob Grimm
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."...
Fox and His Friends
Character: Max
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness....
Psycho Tom
Character: Mark Lewis
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Sissi - Forever My Love
Character: Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph and Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. This is a condensed version of the original German language 3-part "Sissi" series....
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Character: Heinrich von Hartrott
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides....
The Venetian Affair
Character: Robert Wahl
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference....
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Character: Self
A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder....
Viennese Women
Character: Walter
A mix between Italian neo-realism, German expressionism and Austrian exploitation....
Come Fly with Me
Character: Baron Franz Von Elzingen
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry....
Crook and the Cross
Character: Father Steiner
With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to escape the clutches of the cops. He dresses up as a priest and ends up in a village, whose pastor is in dispute with an influential businessman. To help the pastor and a young widow, Paulie has to use his own special abilities. This work leads him back to the path of righteousness. He contacts the police and, after serving his time, starts a new life with the widow....
Schloß Hubertus
Character: Tassilo
A drama directed by Harald Reindl, based on the novel by Ludwig Ganghofer....
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
Character: Georg
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Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
Character:
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Castle in Tyrol
Character: Thomas Stegmann
A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi....
La Paloma
Character: Robert Dahlberg
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The House of the Three Girls
Character: Franz Schubert
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Rififi in Tokyo
Character: Carl Mersen
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond....
Salto Mortale
Character: Manfred
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The Angel with the Trumpet
Character: Franz Alt jun.
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna....
Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um
Character: Peter Hille
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Too Hot to Handle
Character: Robert Jouvel
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club....
Kitty and the Great Big World
Character: Robert Ashlin
The young Kitty is drawn into the world of international politics by chance....
Haus des Lebens
Character: Pit Harlacher
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Traumnovelle
Character: Fridolin
After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, who tells him of a mysterious ball where he is due to perform. Based on the book "Traumnovelle" ("Rhapsody: A Dream Novel") by Arthur Schnitzler, which was the inspiration for the film Eyes Wide Shut (1999)....
Swedish Girl
Character: Klaus Richter
Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his son Sven. She and Sven are closely not only at the siblings' way. They are engaged....
The Eye of the Beholder
Character: Self
A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent effect on him....
Der Weibertausch
Character: Lorenz Holler
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Court Martial
Character: Oberleutnant Düren
In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are given heroes' accolades for their courage, but then it becomes apparent that these men actually jumped ship three hours before the boat sank. The men are tried and subsequently executed....
A Very British Psycho
Character: Self
A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo Marks....
The Stowaway
Character: Jean
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti....
Der unsterbliche Lump
Character: Johannes Ritter / Petroni
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The Golden Plague
Character: Karl Hellmer
At the end of the war a disillusioned German exile returns home only to fall into the dark world of black market goods and drug trafficking....
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Character: Dr. Paul Degenhard
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Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Character: Karl Tillmann
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life....
Arlette Conquers Paris
Character: Gérard Laurent
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Seamen
Character: Alfred Hanstein
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Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
Character: Thomas
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The Witch
Character:
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Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Character: Dr. med. Danwitz
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Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Character: Self
Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of Alain Delon. From Luchino Visconti to Otto Preminger, through Zulawski and Costa Gravas, she turned with the greatest. The directors interview those who knew her, who loved her, go back to the filming locations, make archive images speak for themselves... and try to detect the part of mystery that Romy Schneider conceals for ever....
Ein idealer Gatte
Character: Lord Goring
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The Magnificent Rebel
Character: Ludwig van Beethoven
The life of the great composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven, dates back to his arrival in Vienna in 1792 as the composition of his Ninth Symphony. And we follow with passion the best moments of his life, as his rejection by the family of the only woman he loved deeply, or the beginning of his deafness that prevented him from hearing to ......
The Hour of Truth
Character: Hans Wernet
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel....
Everything is Love
Character: Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
Follows the lives of different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic few days before Christmas in Frankfurt, Germany....
Cross of the Living
Character: Gus
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with....