Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Birthdate
March 16, 1928 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Darmstadt, Germany
Date of Death
May 29, 2014
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 16, 1928 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Darmstadt, Germany
Date of Death
May 29, 2014
Known For
Acting

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's LGBTQ+ Titles

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Acting (106)

2017
Psycho Tom as Mark Lewis
2014
Everything is Love as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
2012
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
2008
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
2008
Mister Karl as Self
2005
The Eye of the Beholder as Self
2003
Unsere Besten as Self (1 episode)
2002
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère as Self
2000
Menschen der Woche as Self (2 episodes)
2000
Koschwitz as Self (1 episode)
1999
Beckmann as Self (3 episodes)
1998
Ein Herz für Kinder as Self (3 episodes)
1998
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self (4 episodes)
1998
Alpha Forum as Self (1 episode)
1998
Sabine Christiansen as Self (2 episodes)
1997
Arthouse as Self (1 episode)
1997
Im Dialog as self (3 episodes)
1997
A Very British Psycho as Self
1994
Höchstpersönlich as self (1 episode)
1992
Morgenmagazin as self (1 episode)
1992
Der Bergdoktor as Self (1 episode)
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
1990
Zeil um Zehn as Self (1 episode)
1986
Showgeschichten as Self (1 episode)
1985
Sonntagsgespräch as Self (1 episode)
1983
Inflation im Paradies as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
1983
Leute as Self (1 episode)
1982
Menschen as Self (1 episode)
1982
Wortwechsel as Self (1 episode)
1981
Die Laurents as Theodore Laurent (10 episodes)
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self (6 episodes)
1980
Ringstraßenpalais as Bernie Artenberg (27 episodes)
1980
Heut' abend as Self (1 episode)
1979
Kur in Travemünde as Manfred Angenendt
1976
Die Tannerhütte as Becker
1976
Seniorenschweiz
1975
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Karl Tillmann
1975
1975
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates as Dr. Bruck
1974
Der große Preis as Self (1 episode)
1974
Effi Briest as Wullersdorf
1974
Martha as Helmut
1974
Motiv Liebe as Vater (1 episode)
1973
Schloß Hubertus as Tassilo
1973
Immobilien as Rainer
1972
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft as Barry Croft
1972
Magic Graz as himself
1971
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre as Self (1 episode)
1971
Dalli Dalli as Self - Candidate (1 episode)
1970
Scene of the Crime as Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger (1 episode)
1969
Traumnovelle as Fridolin
1967
The Venetian Affair as Robert Wahl
1966
Ein idealer Gatte as Lord Goring
1965
L'heure de la vérité as Hans Wernet
1964
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen as Self (1 episode)
1964
Einer wird gewinnen as Self (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law as Professor Thomas Marton (1 episode)
1963
Rififi in Tokyo as Carl Mersen
1963
Come Fly with Me as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
1962
The Magnificent Rebel as Ludwig van Beethoven
1962
Combat! as Bauer (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian as Karl Rilke (1 episode)
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Jacob Grimm
1962
Cross of the Living as Gus
1962
Sissi - Forever My Love as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Heinrich von Hartrott
1960
Too Hot to Handle as Robert Jouvel
1960
Peeping Tom as Mark Lewis
1960
Crook and the Cross as Father Steiner
1959
La Paloma as Robert Dahlberg
1959
Stars in der Manege as Self (2 episodes)
1959
Court Martial as Oberleutnant Düren
1958
The House of the Three Girls as Franz Schubert
1958
Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um as Peter Hille
1958
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein as Dr. Paul Degenhard
1958
The Stowaway as Jean
1958
Examen des Lebens as Paul Gardiner
1957
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress as Emperor Franz Joseph
1957
Castle in Tyrol as Thomas Stegmann
1957
Seamen as Alfred Hanstein
1956
Sissi: The Young Empress as Emperor Franz Joseph
1956
Nina as Frank Wilson
1956
Kitty and the Great Big World as Robert Ashlin
1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz as Dr. med. Danwitz
1955
Sissi as Emperor Franz Joseph
1955
Dunja as Mitja
1955
Schwedenmädel as Klaus Richter
1955
Unternehmen Schlafsack as Kanonier Gravenhorst
1955
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen as Thomas
1954
The Golden Plague as Karl Hellmer
1954
Salto Mortale as Manfred
1954
The Witch
1954
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe as Georg
1954
Die heilige Lüge
1954
Die Sonne von St. Moritz as Dr. Robert Frank
1953
Hochzeit auf Reisen as Dr. Walter Delius
1953
Der unsterbliche Lump as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
1953
Arlette Conquers Paris as Gérard Laurent
1952
Der Weibertausch as Lorenz Holler
1952
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
1952
Alraune as Frank Braun
1952
Haus des Lebens as Pit Harlacher
1952
Viennese Women as Walter
1951
Deutscher Filmpreis as Self (1 episode)
1948
The Angel with the Trumpet as Franz Alt jun.
1948
Bambi Awards as Self (3 episodes)