Theodore Bikel

Career timeline

1. 1924 · Born

   Born in Vienna, Austria

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   Kraft Television Theatre (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 1998 · Latest release

   Babylon 5: In the Beginning (Movie)

5. 2015 · Died

   July 21, 2015

Career in numbers

2 1940s

18 1950s

15 1960s

12 1970s

15 1980s

8 1990s

• Drama55
• Crime19
• Action & Adventure18
• Mystery12
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy8
• Comedy8

Highest-rated title The Twilight Zone 1959 8.5 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Theodore Bikel in our catalogue.

Sidney Lumet

4 titles together

Norman Lloyd

3 titles together

Reginald Rose

2 titles together

1. 1998 Babylon 5: In the Beginning as Lenonn 7.1 Movie
2. 1997 Brooklyn South as Solomon Shuyler TV
3. 1997 Shadow Conspiracy as Prof. Yuri Pochenko 4.9 Movie
4. 1996 The Pretender as Martin Zeller / Dr. Werner Krieg 7.4 TV
5. 1995 JAG as Farmer with Plane 7.3 TV
6. 1994 Babylon 5 as Rabbi Koslov 8.0 TV
7. 1991 Shattered as Dr. Berkus 6.2 Movie
8. 1990 Law & Order as Sol Bregman 7.3 TV
9. 1989 Christine Cromwell TV
10. 1989 The New Lassie TV
11. 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Sergey Rozhenko 8.4 TV
12. 1987 Beauty and the Beast as Eli 7.5 TV
13. 1986 L.A. Law as Kurt Rubin 7.0 TV
14. 1985 The Equalizer 7.2 TV
15. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Rosanno Bertolucci 7.5 TV
16. 1984 Cover Up TV
17. 1984 Glitter TV
18. 1982 Knight Rider as Graham Deauville 7.5 TV
19. 1982 Hotel 6.7 TV
20. 1981 Falcon Crest as Marin Dimitrov 5.6 TV
21. 1981 The Fall Guy 7.7 TV
22. 1981 Dynasty 6.5 TV
23. 1980 The Return of the King as Aragorn (voice) 6.4 Movie
24. 1978 The Amazing Spider-Man 6.3 TV
25. 1978 Fantasy Island as Ambassador Eric Soro 6.5 TV
26. 1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums TV
27. 1977 Testimony of Two Men as Peter Heger TV
28. 1976 Charlie's Angels as Prof. Wycinski 6.7 TV
29. 1975 Medical Story as Danziger TV
30. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV
31. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Yuli Pyatakov 8.0 TV
32. 1972 Killer by Night as Sgt. Phl 'Sharkey' Gold Movie
33. 1971 Columbo as Oliver Brandt 8.1 TV
34. 1971 Cannon 6.8 TV
35. 1971 All in the Family as Albrecht 'Alvin' Klemmer 7.8 TV
36. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Prof. Erich Stoss 7.2 TV
37. 1968 The Mod Squad 6.1 TV
38. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
39. 1966 Mission: Impossible as General Casimir Zepke 7.6 TV
40. 1966 ABC Stage 67 as Homer T. Hatch TV
41. 1966 The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as The Russian captain 6.5 Movie
42. 1964 My Fair Lady as Zoltan Karpathy 7.5 Movie
43. 1964 Another World TV
44. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV
45. 1963 Burke's Law as Vic Bates TV
46. 1962 Combat! as Francois Perrault 8.0 TV
47. 1962 Sam Benedict TV
48. 1961 Dr. Kildare as Dr. Mahmel Homatka TV
49. 1961 The Dick Powell Show as Captain Bellini TV
50. 1960 Route 66 6.7 TV
51. 1959 The Twilight Zone as Oliver Crangle 8.5 TV
52. 1959 Rawhide as Pence 7.3 TV
53. 1958 I Want to Live! as Carl G.G. Palmberg 7.0 Movie
54. 1958 Naked City as Nicholas Ross / Nicholas Rozinski TV
55. 1958 The Defiant Ones as Sheriff Max Muller 7.2 Movie
56. 1958 I Bury the Living as Andy McKee 6.2 Movie
57. 1957 The Enemy Below as Heinie Schwaffer 7.2 Movie
58. 1957 DuPont Show of the Month as Capt. Alvarado TV
59. 1957 Wagon Train as Dr. Denker 6.6 TV
60. 1957 The Pride and the Passion as General Jouvet 6.0 Movie
61. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sergeant Ottermole 7.8 TV
62. 1955 Strange Experiences as Man TV
63. 1955 Gunsmoke as Martin Kellums 6.7 TV
64. 1955 The Colditz Story as Vandy 6.8 Movie
65. 1954 Climax! as Martin Humphries TV
66. 1952 Moulin Rouge as King Milo IV of Serbia 6.6 Movie
67. 1952 The African Queen as First Officer 7.3 Movie
68. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Uncle Lajos TV
69. 1948 Studio One as Machek TV
70. 1947 Kraft Television Theatre TV

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