Karlheinz Böhm

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Mar 16, 1928
Died	May 29, 2014 (86)
Birthplace	Darmstadt, Germany
Popularity	0.3 (history)
Updated	Mar 23, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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 m ... ade 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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Martha

1974

as Helmut

The Venetian Affair

1967

as Robert Wahl

Come Fly with Me

1963

as Baron Franz Von Elzingen

The Magnificent Rebel

1962

as Ludwig van Beethoven

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

as Jacob Grimm

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962

as Heinrich von Hartrott

Peeping Tom

1960

as Mark Lewis

Too Hot to Handle

1960

as Robert Jouvel

The Stowaway

1958

as Jean

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957

as Emperor Franz Joseph

Sissi: The Young Empress

1956

as Emperor Franz Joseph

Sissi

1955

as Emperor Franz Joseph

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Ringstraßenpalais

as Bernie Artenberg

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Dec 25, 1980

Die Laurents

as Theodore Laurent

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 27, 1981

Burke's Law

as Professor Thomas Marton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Combat!

as Bauer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

The Virginian

as Karl Rilke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Scene of the Crime

as Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Motiv Liebe

as Vater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1974

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 22, 1998

Bambi Awards

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

Beckmann

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 25, 1999

Ein Herz für Kinder

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 03, 1998

Im Dialog

as self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 17, 1997

Stars in der Manege

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 11, 1959

Sabine Christiansen

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 04, 1998

Menschen der Woche

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 30, 2000

Der Club

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1985

Sonntagsgespräch

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 10, 1985

Leute

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 07, 1983

Showgeschichten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 26, 1986

Der Bergdoktor

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 1992

Dalli Dalli

as Self - Candidate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 1971

Arthouse

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 1997

Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1964

Einer wird gewinnen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1964

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Alpha Forum

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1998

Die Millionenshow

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 29, 2000

Aeschbacher

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 2001

Koschwitz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 2000

Wortwechsel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1982

Menschen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1982

Unsere Besten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 28, 2003

Zeil um Zehn

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1990

Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 25, 1971

Der große Preis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1974

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1986

Höchstpersönlich

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1994

Nachtcafé

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1987

Heut' abend

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 03, 1980

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1992

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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