Karlheinz Böhm
64 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 16, 1928
- Died
- May 29, 2014 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Also known as
- Karl-Heinz Böhm · Karlheinz Böhm · Karl Böhm · Carl Böhm
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.
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Known for
Karlheinz Böhm: movies and TV shows
Acting (71)
- 2026
- 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
- 1983 Inflation im Paradies
as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979 Kur in Travemünde
as Manfred Angenendt
- 1976 Die Tannerhütte
as Becker
- 1976
- 1975 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Karl Tillmann
- 1975 Fox and His Friends
as Max
- 1975 Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
as Dr. Bruck
- 1974 Effi Briest
as Wullersdorf
- 1974 Martha
as Helmut
- 1974
- 1973 Schloß Hubertus
as Tassilo
- 1973 Immobilien
as Rainer
- 1972 Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
as Barry Croft
- 1970
- 1969 Traumnovelle
as Fridolin
- 1966 The Venetian Affair
as Robert Wahl
- 1966 Ein idealer Gatte
as Lord Goring
- 1965 The Hour of Truth
as Hans Wernet
- 1963
- 1963 Rififi in Tokyo
as Carl Mersen
- 1963 Come Fly with Me
as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
- 1962
- 1962
- 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
- 1961 The Magnificent Rebel
as Ludwig van Beethoven
- 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 Court Martial
as Oberleutnant Düren
- 1958 The House of the Three Girls
as Franz Schubert
- 1958 That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
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 Swedish Girl
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
- 1954 ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
as Georg
- 1954
- 1954 Die Sonne von St. Moritz
as Dr. Robert Frank
- 1953 Married En Route
as Dr. Walter Delius
- 1953 Der unsterbliche Lump
as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
- 1953 Arlette Conquers Paris
as Gérard Laurent
- 1952 The Swap
as Lorenz Holler
- 1952
- 1952 Unnatural
as Frank Braun
- 1952 Haus des Lebens
as Pit Harlacher
- 1952 Viennese Women
as Walter
- 1948 The Angel with the Trumpet
as Franz Alt jun.
Talk shows and appearances (42)
- 2008
- 2005
- 2003 Our Best
1 episode
- 2002
- 2001 Aeschbacher
1 episode
- 2000 Menschen der Woche
2 episodes
- 2000 Alles Liebe V.I.P.
1 episode
- 2000 Koschwitz
1 episode
- 1999 Beckmann
3 episodes
- 1998 Ein Herz für Kinder
3 episodes
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show
4 episodes
- 1998 Alpha Forum
1 episode
- 1998 Menschen hautnah
1 episode
- 1998 Sabine Christiansen
2 episodes
- 1997 Arthouse
1 episode
- 1997 Im Dialog
3 episodes
- 1997
- 1994 Höchstpersönlich
1 episode
- 1992 Der Bergdoktor
1 episode
- 1992 Morgenmagazin
1 episode
- 1992
- 1990 Zeil um Zehn
1 episode
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
1 episode
- 1987 Nachtcafé
1 episode
- 1986 Showgeschichten
1 episode
- 1986 Wedden, dat..?
1 episode
- 1985 Sonntagsgespräch
1 episode
- 1985 Der Club
2 episodes
- 1983 Leute
1 episode
- 1982 Menschen
1 episode
- 1982 Wortwechsel
1 episode
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
6 episodes
- 1980 Heut' abend
1 episode
- 1974 Der große Preis
1 episode
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971 Dalli Dalli
1 episode
- 1964 Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
1 episode
- 1964 Einer wird gewinnen
1 episode
- 1959 Stars in der Manege
2 episodes
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode
- 1948 Bambi
3 episodes