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Karlheinz Böhm
Actor
Died May 29, 2014 (86 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2015 | Fassbinder · as Max |
| 2014 | Alles ist Liebe · as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive Footage) |
| 1983 | Inflation im Paradies · as Redaktor (segment "testschock") |
| 1980 | Ringstraßenpalais (TV Series) · as Bernie Artenberg |
| 1975 | Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven · as Karl Tillmann |
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends · as Max |
| 1974 | Martha · as Helmut |
| 1974 | Effi Briest · as Wullersdorf |
| 1973 | Hubertus Castle · as Tassilo |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger |
| 1969 | Traumnovelle · as Fridolin |
| 1966 | The Venetian Affair · as Robert Wahl |
| 1965 | The Hour of Truth · as Hans Wernet |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Professor Thomas Marton |
| 1963 | Rififi in Tokyo · as Carl Mersen |
| 1963 | Come Fly with Me · as Baron Franz Von Elzingen |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm · as Jacob Grimm |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Bauer |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Karl Rilke |
| 1962 | Cross of the Living · as Gus |
| 1962 | Forever My Love · as Emperor Franz Josef (archive Footage) |
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · as Heinrich Von Hartrott |
| 1961 | The Magnificent Rebel · as Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| 1960 | Crook and the Cross · as Father Steiner |
| 1960 | Playgirl After Dark · as Robert Jouvel |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom · as Mark Lewis |
| 1959 | La Paloma · as Robert Dahlberg |
| 1959 | Court Martial · as Oberleutnant Düren |
| 1958 | Das Dreimäderlhaus · as Franz Schubert |
| 1958 | Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein · as Dr. Paul Degenhard |
| 1958 | The Stowaway · as Jean |
| 1957 | Seamen · as Alfred Hanstein |
| 1957 | Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress · as Emperor Franz Joseph |
| 1957 | Castle in Tyrol · as Thomas Stegmann |
| 1956 | Sissi: The Young Empress · as Emperor Franz Joseph |
| 1956 | Kitty and the Great Big World · as Robert Ashlin |
| 1956 | Marriage of Dr. Danwitz · as Dr. Med. Danwitz |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Dunja · as Mitja |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Operation Sleeping Bag · as Kanonier Gravenhorst |
| 1955 | Swedish Girl · as Klaus Richter |
| 1954 | Die goldene Pest · as Karl Hellmer |
| 1954 | ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe · as Georg |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| 1954 | Son of St. Moritz · as Dr. Robert Frank |
| 1954 | The Eternal Waltz · as Cast |
| 1952 | Alraune · as Frank Braun |
| 1952 | Haus des Lebens · as Pit Harlacher |
| 1952 | Der Weibertausch · as Lorenz Holler |
| 1952 | Wienerinnen · as Walter |
| 1949 | Höllische Liebe · as Blumenbote |
| 1948 | Der Engel mit der Posaune · as Franz Alt Jun. |