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Theodore Bikel
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Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)
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Theodore Bikel was born on 2 May 1924 in Vienna and held citizenship of the United States, Austria and Israel. He worked as a television actor, film actor, businessperson and musician, recording for Elektra, and was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His career ran from 1946 to 2007. Bikel was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was a member of the Meretz political party, spoke English, Yiddish and Hebrew, and was of Jewish ethnicity. He died on 21 July 2015 in Westwood and was buried at Hillside Memorial Park.
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Vienna, Austria
Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones.
Known for
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words — Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)2016
- Journey 4 Artists — Self2014
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen — Self2010
- The Little Traitor — Interrogator2009
- Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal — Himself2004
- Crime and Punishment — Captain Koch2002
- Babylon 5: In the Beginning — Lenonn1998
- Second Chances — Dutch John Hathaway1998
- Shadow Conspiracy — Prof. Yuri Pochenko1997
- Brooklyn South — Solomon Shuyler1997
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Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, and composer. In the 1950s, Bikel produced several albums of Jewish folk songs, as well as Songs of a Russian Gypsy, in 1958. He was a co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival (together with Pete Seeger, Oscar Brand, and George Wein) in 1959. In 1962, Bikel became the first singer besides Dylan to perform "Blowin' in the Wind" in public. Bikel (with business partner Herb Cohen) opened the fir
Key facts
- Born
- Theodor Meir Bikel , ( 1924-05-02 ) May 2, 1924, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21) (aged 91), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupations
- Actor singer guitarist
- Years active
- 1943–2013
- Preceded by
- Frederick O'Neal
- Succeeded by
- Ellen Burstyn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Westwood
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Political party
- Meretz
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.bikel.com
- Image
- Theodore Bikel (4133239868 24c25ac837 z) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1924-05-02
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- date of death
- 2015-07-21
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- Theodore Bikel
- place of burial
- Hillside Memorial Park
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- name in native language
- Theodore Bikel
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Encyclopedic overview
Theodore Meir Bikel (/bɪˈkɛl/ bih-KEL; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, singer, and political activist.
He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Mandatory Palestine, where he lived as a teenager. He later studied acting at Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his London stage debut in 1948 and in New York in 1955. He was also a widely recognized and recorded folk singer and guitarist. In 1959, he co-founded the Newport Folk Festival, and created the role of Captain von Trapp opposite Mary Martin as Maria in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. In 1969, Bikel began acting and singing on stage as Tevye in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The production won nine Tony Awards, and was one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history.
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