Karlheinz Böhm
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-03-16 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Darmstadt, Germany
Acting

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

Mister Karl as Self

2003

Our Best as Self

2001

Aeschbacher as Self

2000

Menschen der Woche as Self

2000

Koschwitz as Self

1999

Beckmann as Self

1998

Alpha Forum as Self

1998

Sabine Christiansen as Self

1997

Im Dialog as self

1997

Arthouse as Self

1994

Höchstpersönlich as self

1992

Morgenmagazin as Self

1992

Der Bergdoktor as Self

1990

Zeil um Zehn as Self

1987

Nachtcafé as Self

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self

1986

Wedden, dat..? as Self

1986

Showgeschichten as Self

1985

Der Club as Self

1985

Sonntagsgespräch as Self

1983

Leute as Self

1983

Inflation im Paradies as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")

1982

Menschen as Self

1982

Wortwechsel as Self

1981

Wetten, dass..? as Self

1981

Die Laurents as Theodore Laurent

1980

Heut' abend as Self

1980

Ringstraßenpalais as Bernie Artenberg

1979

Kur in Travemünde as Manfred Angenendt

1976

Die Tannerhütte as Becker

1976

Seniorenschweiz as Not available

1975

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Karl Tillmann

1974

Der große Preis as Self

1974

Motiv Liebe as Vater

1974

Martha as Helmut

1974

Effi Briest as Wullersdorf

1973

Immobilien as Rainer

1973

Schloß Hubertus as Tassilo

1972

Magic Graz as himself

1972

Verdacht gegen Barry Croft as Barry Croft

1971

Dalli Dalli as Self - Candidate

1970

Scene of the Crime as Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger

1969

Traumnovelle as Fridolin

1967

The Venetian Affair as Robert Wahl

1966

Ein idealer Gatte as Lord Goring

1965

The Hour of Truth as Hans Wernet

1964

Einer wird gewinnen as Self

1963

Burke's Law as Professor Thomas Marton

1963

Come Fly with Me as Baron Franz Von Elzingen

1963

Rififi in Tokyo as Carl Mersen

1962

Combat! as Bauer

1962

The Virginian as Karl Rilke

1962

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Heinrich von Hartrott

1962

Sissi - Forever My Love as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)

1961

The Magnificent Rebel as Ludwig van Beethoven

1960

Peeping Tom as Mark Lewis

1960

Too Hot to Handle as Robert Jouvel

1960

Crook and the Cross as Father Steiner

1959

Stars in the Ring as Self

1959

Court Martial as Oberleutnant Düren

1959

La Paloma as Robert Dahlberg

1958

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein as Dr. Paul Degenhard

1958

The Stowaway as Jean

1958

The House of the Three Girls as Franz Schubert

1958

Examen des Lebens as Paul Gardiner

1957

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress as Emperor Franz Joseph

1957

Seamen as Alfred Hanstein

1957

Castle in Tyrol as Thomas Stegmann

1956

Sissi: The Young Empress as Emperor Franz Joseph

1956

Kitty and the Great Big World as Robert Ashlin

1956

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz as Dr. med. Danwitz

1956

Nina as Frank Wilson

1955

Sissi as Emperor Franz Joseph

1955

Swedish Girl as Klaus Richter

1955

Unternehmen Schlafsack as Kanonier Gravenhorst

1955

Dunja as Mitja

1954

The Golden Plague as Karl Hellmer

1954

Salto Mortale as Manfred

1954

Die heilige Lüge as Not available

1954

The Witch as Not available

1954

Die Sonne von St. Moritz as Dr. Robert Frank

1953

Married En Route as Dr. Walter Delius

1953

Arlette Conquers Paris as Gérard Laurent

1953

Der unsterbliche Lump as Johannes Ritter / Petroni

1952

Alraune as Frank Braun

1952

Haus des Lebens as Pit Harlacher

1952

Viennese Women as Walter

1952

Der Weibertausch as Lorenz Holler

1952

Der Tag vor der Hochzeit as Not available

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

1948

Bambi-Verleihung as Self

1948

The Angel with the Trumpet as Franz Alt jun.