Karlheinz Böhm

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

110

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

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • The Johannes B. Kerner Show

    The Johannes B. Kerner Show

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

  • Alpha Forum

    Alpha Forum

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Menschen der Woche

    Menschen der Woche

  • Aeschbacher

    Aeschbacher

  • Im Dialog

    Im Dialog

  • Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Sissi

    Sissi

  • Sabine Christiansen

    Sabine Christiansen

  • Crook and the Cross

    Crook and the Cross

  • Heut' abend

    Heut' abend

  • Einer wird gewinnen

    Einer wird gewinnen

  • Wortwechsel

    Wortwechsel

  • Dunja

    Dunja

  • The House of the Three Girls

    The House of the Three Girls

  • Nina

    Nina

  • Martha

    Martha

  • Der Bergdoktor

    Der Bergdoktor

  • The Stowaway

    The Stowaway

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Court Martial

    Court Martial

  • Salto Mortale

    Salto Mortale

  • La Paloma

    La Paloma

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Der Club

    Der Club

  • Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

    Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

  • Alraune

    Alraune

  • Traumnovelle

    Traumnovelle

  • Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom

  • The Witch

    The Witch

  • Kitty and the Great Big World

    Kitty and the Great Big World

  • Seniorenschweiz

    Seniorenschweiz

  • Swedish Girl

    Swedish Girl

  • Menschen

    Menschen

  • Immobilien

    Immobilien

  • Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

    Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

  • Sissi: The Young Empress

    Sissi: The Young Empress

  • Sissi - Forever My Love

    Sissi - Forever My Love

  • Ein Herz für Kinder

    Ein Herz für Kinder

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  • Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

    Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

  • Höchstpersönlich

    Höchstpersönlich

  • Zeil um Zehn

    Zeil um Zehn

  • Schloß Hubertus

    Schloß Hubertus

  • Showgeschichten

    Showgeschichten

  • The Angel with the Trumpet

    The Angel with the Trumpet

  • Too Hot to Handle

    Too Hot to Handle

  • Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

  • Magic Graz

    Magic Graz

  • Effi Briest

    Effi Briest

  • The Magnificent Rebel

    The Magnificent Rebel

  • Unternehmen Schlafsack

    Unternehmen Schlafsack

  • Koschwitz

    Koschwitz

  • Rififi in Tokyo

    Rififi in Tokyo

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

  • Our Best

    Our Best

  • The Golden Plague

    The Golden Plague

  • Viennese Women

    Viennese Women

  • Come Fly with Me

    Come Fly with Me

  • Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

    Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

  • Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit

    Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit

  • Arthouse

    Arthouse

  • Inflation im Paradies

    Inflation im Paradies

  • Ringstraßenpalais

    Ringstraßenpalais

  • Verdacht gegen Barry Croft

    Verdacht gegen Barry Croft

  • Leute

    Leute

  • Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

    Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

  • The Venetian Affair

    The Venetian Affair

  • A Very British Psycho

    A Very British Psycho

  • Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

    Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

  • Arlette Conquers Paris

    Arlette Conquers Paris

  • The Eye of the Beholder

    The Eye of the Beholder

  • Die heilige Lüge

    Die heilige Lüge

  • Motiv Liebe

    Motiv Liebe

  • That Won't Keep a Sailor Down

    That Won't Keep a Sailor Down

  • Der unsterbliche Lump

    Der unsterbliche Lump

  • ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

    ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

  • Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

    Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

  • Die Sonne von St. Moritz

    Die Sonne von St. Moritz

  • Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

    Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

  • Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

    Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

  • Examen des Lebens

    Examen des Lebens

  • Der Weibertausch

    Der Weibertausch

  • Kur in Travemünde

    Kur in Travemünde

  • Der Tag vor der Hochzeit

    Der Tag vor der Hochzeit

  • Die Laurents

    Die Laurents

  • Sonntagsgespräch

    Sonntagsgespräch

  • Mister Karl

    Mister Karl

  • The Hour of Truth

    The Hour of Truth

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Everything is Love

    Everything is Love

  • Cross of the Living

    Cross of the Living

  • Seamen

    Seamen

  • Haus des Lebens

    Haus des Lebens

  • Ein idealer Gatte

    Ein idealer Gatte

  • Die Tannerhütte

    Die Tannerhütte

  • Castle in Tyrol

    Castle in Tyrol

  • Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht

    Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht

  • Married En Route

    Married En Route