About

Known credits:
72
Birthday:
1928-03-16
Place of birth:
Darmstadt, Germany
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Karlheinz Böhm

Overview

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

Acting
2017 Psycho Tom Actor Mark Lewis N/A
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2014 Everything is Love Actor Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage) 58
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2012 Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit Actor Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage) N/A
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2008 Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht Actor N/A
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2008 Mister Karl Actor Self N/A
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2005 The Eye of the Beholder Actor Self N/A
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2002 Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère Actor Self N/A
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1997 A Very British Psycho Actor Self 59
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1992 I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me Actor Self 59
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1983 Inflation im Paradies Actor Redaktor (segment "Testschock") N/A
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1981 Die Laurents Actor Theodore Laurent N/A
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1980 Ringstraßenpalais Actor Bernie Artenberg 70
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1979 Kur in Travemünde Actor Manfred Angenendt N/A
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1976 Die Tannerhütte Actor Becker N/A
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1976 Seniorenschweiz Actor N/A
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1975 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven Actor Karl Tillmann 60
Fair
1975 Fox and His Friends Actor Max 61
Fair
1975 Im Hause des Kommerzienrates Actor Dr. Bruck N/A
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1974 Effi Briest Actor Wullersdorf 59
Average
1974 Martha Actor Helmut 60
Fair
1973 Schloß Hubertus Actor Tassilo 58
Average
1973 Immobilien Actor Rainer N/A
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1972 Verdacht gegen Barry Croft Actor Barry Croft N/A
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1972 Magic Graz Actor himself N/A
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1969 Traumnovelle Actor Fridolin 59
Average
1967 The Venetian Affair Actor Robert Wahl 58
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1966 Ein idealer Gatte Actor Lord Goring N/A
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1965 The Hour of Truth Actor Hans Wernet 59
Average
1963 Rififi in Tokyo Actor Carl Mersen 59
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1963 Come Fly with Me Actor Baron Franz Von Elzingen 58
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1962 The Magnificent Rebel Actor Ludwig van Beethoven 59
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1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Actor Jacob Grimm 58
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1962 Cross of the Living Actor Gus 59
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1962 Sissi - Forever My Love Actor Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage) 59
Average
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Actor Heinrich von Hartrott 59
Average
1960 Too Hot to Handle Actor Robert Jouvel 58
Average
1960 Peeping Tom Actor Mark Lewis 68
Fair
1960 Crook and the Cross Actor Father Steiner 59
Average
1959 La Paloma Actor Robert Dahlberg 58
Average
1959 Court Martial Actor Oberleutnant Düren 58
Average
1958 The House of the Three Girls Actor Franz Schubert 58
Average
1958 Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um Actor Peter Hille N/A
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1958 Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein Actor Dr. Paul Degenhard 58
Average
1958 The Stowaway Actor Jean 58
Average
1958 Examen des Lebens Actor Paul Gardiner N/A
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1957 Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress Actor Emperor Franz Joseph 64
Fair
1957 Castle in Tyrol Actor Thomas Stegmann N/A
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1957 Seamen Actor Alfred Hanstein 58
Average
1956 Sissi: The Young Empress Actor Emperor Franz Joseph 64
Fair
1956 Nina Actor Frank Wilson N/A
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1956 Kitty and the Great Big World Actor Robert Ashlin 59
Average
1956 Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz Actor Dr. med. Danwitz 58
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1955 Sissi Actor Emperor Franz Joseph 66
Fair
1955 Dunja Actor Mitja 58
Average
1955 Swedish Girl Actor Klaus Richter N/A
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1955 Unternehmen Schlafsack Actor Kanonier Gravenhorst N/A
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1955 Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen Actor Thomas N/A
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1954 The Golden Plague Actor Karl Hellmer N/A
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1954 Salto Mortale Actor Manfred N/A
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1954 The Witch Actor N/A
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1954 ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe Actor Georg 59
Average
1954 Die heilige Lüge Actor N/A
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1954 Die Sonne von St. Moritz Actor Dr. Robert Frank N/A
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1953 Married En Route Actor Dr. Walter Delius N/A
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1953 Der unsterbliche Lump Actor Johannes Ritter / Petroni N/A
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1953 Arlette Conquers Paris Actor Gérard Laurent 59
Average
1952 Der Weibertausch Actor Lorenz Holler 59
Average
1952 Der Tag vor der Hochzeit Actor N/A
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1952 Alraune Actor Frank Braun 58
Average
1952 Haus des Lebens Actor Pit Harlacher N/A
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1952 Viennese Women Actor Walter 59
Average
1948 The Angel with the Trumpet Actor Franz Alt jun. 58
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