Karlheinz Böhm

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-03-16

Day of death

2014-05-29 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Darmstadt, Germany

Karlheinz 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.

Known For

  • Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

  • The Johannes B. Kerner Show

    The Johannes B. Kerner Show

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Sissi

    Sissi

  • The Witch

    The Witch

  • Alraune

    Alraune

  • Seniorenschweiz

    Seniorenschweiz

  • Menschen der Woche

    Menschen der Woche

  • Aeschbacher

    Aeschbacher

  • Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

  • Salto Mortale

    Salto Mortale

  • The House of the Three Girls

    The House of the Three Girls

  • Heut' abend

    Heut' abend

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Court Martial

    Court Martial

  • Alpha Forum

    Alpha Forum

  • Nina

    Nina

  • Swedish Girl

    Swedish Girl

  • Unternehmen Schlafsack

    Unternehmen Schlafsack

  • Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

    Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

  • Menschen

    Menschen

  • Schloß Hubertus

    Schloß Hubertus

  • Rififi in Tokyo

    Rififi in Tokyo

  • Traumnovelle

    Traumnovelle

  • The Magnificent Rebel

    The Magnificent Rebel

  • Der Bergdoktor

    Der Bergdoktor

  • Im Dialog

    Im Dialog

  • Martha

    Martha

  • Sabine Christiansen

    Sabine Christiansen

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • Wortwechsel

    Wortwechsel

  • Einer wird gewinnen

    Einer wird gewinnen

  • Höchstpersönlich

    Höchstpersönlich

  • Der Club

    Der Club

  • Ein Herz für Kinder

    Ein Herz für Kinder

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Immobilien

    Immobilien

  • Arlette Conquers Paris

    Arlette Conquers Paris

  • The Eye of the Beholder

    The Eye of the Beholder

  • Mister Karl

    Mister Karl

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

    Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

  • Magic Graz

    Magic Graz

  • Der Weibertausch

    Der Weibertausch

  • The Golden Plague

    The Golden Plague

  • Arthouse

    Arthouse

  • Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

    Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

  • Effi Briest

    Effi Briest

  • Showgeschichten

    Showgeschichten

  • Sissi: The Young Empress

    Sissi: The Young Empress

  • Koschwitz

    Koschwitz

  • Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom

  • Zeil um Zehn

    Zeil um Zehn

  • Our Best

    Our Best

  • Der Tag vor der Hochzeit

    Der Tag vor der Hochzeit

  • Viennese Women

    Viennese Women

  • Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

    Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

  • Leute

    Leute

  • Ringstraßenpalais

    Ringstraßenpalais

  • Castle in Tyrol

    Castle in Tyrol

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  • Motiv Liebe

    Motiv Liebe

  • A Very British Psycho

    A Very British Psycho

  • Die Laurents

    Die Laurents

  • The Venetian Affair

    The Venetian Affair

  • Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

  • Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

    Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

  • Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

    Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

  • Seamen

    Seamen

  • Come Fly with Me

    Come Fly with Me

  • Sonntagsgespräch

    Sonntagsgespräch

  • The Angel with the Trumpet

    The Angel with the Trumpet

  • Menschen hautnah

    Menschen hautnah

  • Everything is Love

    Everything is Love

  • Married En Route

    Married En Route

  • Sissi - Forever My Love

    Sissi - Forever My Love

  • Too Hot to Handle

    Too Hot to Handle

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Dunja

    Dunja

  • Die Tannerhütte

    Die Tannerhütte

  • Kur in Travemünde

    Kur in Travemünde

  • Kitty and the Great Big World

    Kitty and the Great Big World

  • The Stowaway

    The Stowaway

  • La Paloma

    La Paloma

  • Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

    Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

  • Haus des Lebens

    Haus des Lebens

  • Die heilige Lüge

    Die heilige Lüge

  • Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit

    Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit

  • ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

    ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

  • Crook and the Cross

    Crook and the Cross

  • Die Sonne von St. Moritz

    Die Sonne von St. Moritz

  • Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

    Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

  • Ein idealer Gatte

    Ein idealer Gatte

  • Inflation im Paradies

    Inflation im Paradies

  • The Hour of Truth

    The Hour of Truth

  • Cross of the Living

    Cross of the Living

  • Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

    Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

  • Verdacht gegen Barry Croft

    Verdacht gegen Barry Croft

  • Examen des Lebens

    Examen des Lebens

  • That Won't Keep a Sailor Down

    That Won't Keep a Sailor Down

  • Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht

    Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht

  • Der unsterbliche Lump

    Der unsterbliche Lump