Karlheinz Böhm
Born March 16, 1928 (Age: 98)
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Darmstadt, Germany
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
2012
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as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
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Age: 84
The Eye of the Beholder
2005
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as Self
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Age: 76
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002
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as Self
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Age: 74
A Very British Psycho
1997
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as Self
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Age: 68
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
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as Self
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Age: 64
Effi Briest
1974
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as Wullersdorf
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Age: 46
Martha
1974
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as Helmut
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Age: 46
Schloß Hubertus
1973
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as Tassilo
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Age: 45
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Immobilien
1973
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as Rainer
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Age: 44
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Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
1972
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as Barry Croft
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Age: 44
Traumnovelle
1969
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as Fridolin
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Age: 41
The Hour of Truth
1965
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as Hans Wernet
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Age: 37
Rififi in Tokyo
1963
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as Carl Mersen
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Age: 35
Come Fly with Me
1963
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as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
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Age: 35
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
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as Jacob Grimm
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Age: 34
Cross of the Living
1962
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as Gus
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Age: 34
Sissi - Forever My Love
1962
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as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
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Age: 34
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
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as Heinrich von Hartrott
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Age: 33
The Magnificent Rebel
1961
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as Ludwig van Beethoven
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Age: 33
Too Hot to Handle
1960
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as Robert Jouvel
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Age: 32
Peeping Tom
1960
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as Mark Lewis
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Age: 32
Crook and the Cross
1960
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as Father Steiner
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Age: 31
La Paloma
1959
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as Robert Dahlberg
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Age: 31
Court Martial
1959
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as Oberleutnant Düren
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Age: 31
The House of the Three Girls
1958
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as Franz Schubert
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Age: 30
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
1958
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as Peter Hille
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Age: 30
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958
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as Dr. Paul Degenhard
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Age: 30
The Stowaway
1958
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as Jean
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Age: 30
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Examen des Lebens
1958
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as Paul Gardiner
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Age: 29
Sissi: The Young Empress
1956
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as Emperor Franz Joseph
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Age: 28
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Nina
1956
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as Frank Wilson
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Age: 28
Kitty and the Great Big World
1956
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as Robert Ashlin
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Age: 28
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
1956
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as Dr. med. Danwitz
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Age: 28
Sissi
1955
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as Emperor Franz Joseph
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Age: 27
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Dunja
1955
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as Mitja
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Age: 27
Swedish Girl
1955
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as Klaus Richter
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Age: 27
Unternehmen Schlafsack
1955
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as Kanonier Gravenhorst
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Age: 27
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
1955
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as Thomas
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Age: 27
The Golden Plague
1954
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as Karl Hellmer
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Age: 26
Salto Mortale
1954
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as Manfred
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Age: 26
The Witch
1954
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as
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Age: 26
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
1954
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as Georg
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Age: 26
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Die heilige Lüge
1954
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as
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Age: 26
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Die Sonne von St. Moritz
1954
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as Dr. Robert Frank
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Age: 26
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Married En Route
1953
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as Dr. Walter Delius
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Age: 25
Der unsterbliche Lump
1953
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as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
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Age: 25
Arlette Conquers Paris
1953
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as Gérard Laurent
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Age: 25