1928-03-16 Darmstadt, Germany
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.
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Alles ist Liebe | Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage) | 2014-12-04 |
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Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit | Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage) | 2012-10-12 |
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Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht | 2008-11-10 | |
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Mister Karl | Self | 2008-03-30 |
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The Eye of the Beholder | Self | 2005-01-01 |
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Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère | Self | 2002-09-18 |
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A Very British Psycho | Self | 1997-01-01 |
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Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt – Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Self | 1992-06-11 |
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Inflation im Paradies | Redaktor (segment "Testschock") | 1983-05-05 |
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Kur in Travemünde | Manfred Angenendt | 1979-12-12 |
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Seniorenschweiz | 1976-03-16 | |
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Die Tannerhütte | Becker | 1976-10-18 |
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Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel | Karl Tillmann | 1975-07-07 |
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Faustrecht der Freiheit | Max | 1975-06-06 |
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Im Hause des Kommerzienrates | Dr. Bruck | 1975-01-01 |
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Fontane Effi Briest | Wullersdorf | 1974-06-20 |
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Martha | Helmut | 1974-05-28 |
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Schloß Hubertus | Tassilo | 1973-12-19 |
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Immobilien | Rainer | 1973-02-21 |
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Magic Graz | himself | 1972-05-01 |
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Verdacht gegen Barry Croft | Barry Croft | 1972-08-17 |
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Traumnovelle | Fridolin | 1969-08-31 |
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The Venetian Affair | Robert Wahl | 1967-01-18 |
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Ein idealer Gatte | Lord Goring | 1966-05-29 |
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L'heure de la vérité | Hans Wernet | 1965-04-28 |
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Rififi à Tokyo | Carl Mersen | 1963-03-29 |
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Come Fly with Me | Baron Franz Von Elzingen | 1963-03-27 |
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Heinrich von Hartrott | 1962-02-07 |
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Sissi - Forever My Love | Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage) | 1962-03-27 |
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La Croix des vivants | Gus | 1962-07-25 |
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Jacob Grimm | 1962-08-07 |
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The Magnificent Rebel | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1961-10-01 |
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Der Gauner und der liebe Gott | Father Steiner | 1960-01-01 |
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Peeping Tom | Mark Lewis | 1960-05-16 |
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Too Hot to Handle | Robert Jouvel | 1960-12-01 |
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Kriegsgericht | Oberleutnant Düren | 1959-04-01 |
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La Paloma | Robert Dahlberg | 1959-07-23 |
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The Stowaway | Jean | 1958-03-21 |
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Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein | Dr. Paul Degenhard | 1958-08-13 |
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Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um | Peter Hille | 1958-09-18 |
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Examen des Lebens | Paul Gardiner | 1958-02-14 |
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Das Dreimäderlhaus | Franz Schubert | 1958-12-18 |
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Das Schloß in Tirol | Thomas Stegmann | 1957-10-10 |
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Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin | Emperor Franz Joseph | 1957-12-18 |
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Blaue Jungs | Alfred Hanstein | 1957-09-04 |
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Kitty und die große Welt | Robert Ashlin | 1956-09-12 |
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Nina | Frank Wilson | 1956-09-21 |
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Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin | Emperor Franz Joseph | 1956-12-01 |
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Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz | Dr. med. Danwitz | 1956-03-28 |
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Sissi | Emperor Franz Joseph | 1955-12-22 |
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Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen | Thomas | 1955-08-24 |
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Dunja | Mitja | 1955-12-22 |
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Unternehmen Schlafsack | Kanonier Gravenhorst | 1955-09-23 |
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Schwedenmädel | Klaus Richter | 1955-09-28 |
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Salto Mortale | Manfred | 1954-12-17 |
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...und ewig bleibt die Liebe | Georg | 1954-08-12 |
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Die goldene Pest | Karl Hellmer | 1954-12-30 |
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Die Hexe | 1954-10-14 | |
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Die Sonne von St. Moritz | Dr. Robert Frank | 1954-03-26 |
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Die heilige Lüge | 1954-04-06 | |
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Arlette erobert Paris | Gérard Laurent | 1953-08-31 |
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Hochzeit auf Reisen | Dr. Walter Delius | 1953-12-31 |
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Der unsterbliche Lump | Johannes Ritter / Petroni | 1953-12-18 |
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Der Weibertausch | Lorenz Holler | 1952-11-27 |
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Wienerinnen | Walter | 1952-02-26 |
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Der Tag vor der Hochzeit | 1952-11-27 | |
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Haus des Lebens | Pit Harlacher | 1952-09-11 |
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Alraune | Frank Braun | 1952-10-22 |
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Der Engel mit der Posaune | Franz Alt jun. | 1948-08-19 |
