Karlheinz Böhm
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1928-03-16
- Died
- 2014-05-29
- Place of birth
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Also known as
- Karl-Heinz Böhm · Karlheinz Böhm · Karl Böhm · Carl Böhm · Karlheinz Boehm · Karl-Heinz Boehm
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
TV Shows (43)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Ferdinand Prelinger
Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Karl Rilke
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Professor Thomas Marton
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Combat!
1962
as Bauer
Nachtcafé
1987
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Der Club
1985
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Menschen der Woche
2000
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
Aeschbacher
2001
as Self
Dalli Dalli
1971
as Self - Candidate
Heut' abend
1980
as Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998
as Self
Koschwitz
2000
as Self
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Der Bergdoktor
1992
as Self
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self
Menschen
1982
as Self
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Showgeschichten
1986
as Self
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
1964
as Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
Arthouse
1997
as Self
Leute
1983
as Self
Zeil um Zehn
1990
as Self
Höchstpersönlich
1994
as self
Alles Liebe V.I.P.
2000
as Self
Menschen hautnah
1998
as Self
Motiv Liebe
1974
as Vater
Die Laurents
1981
as Theodore Laurent
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
1971
as Self
Ringstraßenpalais
1980
as Bernie Artenberg
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
Movies (70)
Sissi
1955
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Swedish Girl
1955
as Klaus Richter
Peeping Tom
1960
as Mark Lewis
Mister Karl
2008
as Self
The House of the Three Girls
1958
as Franz Schubert
Salto Mortale
1954
as Manfred
Magic Graz
1972
as himself
Sissi: The Young Empress
1956
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Unternehmen Schlafsack
1955
as Kanonier Gravenhorst
Nina
1956
as Frank Wilson
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958
as Dr. Paul Degenhard
Traumnovelle
1969
as Fridolin
Too Hot to Handle
1960
as Robert Jouvel
Die heilige Lüge
1954
The Swap
1952
as Lorenz Holler
The Venetian Affair
1966
as Robert Wahl
Fox and His Friends
1975
as Max
Schloß Hubertus
1973
as Tassilo
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
1952
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Jacob Grimm
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
2026
Married En Route
1953
as Dr. Walter Delius
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
as Karl Tillmann
Kur in Travemünde
1979
as Manfred Angenendt
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Seamen
1957
as Alfred Hanstein
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
as Heinrich von Hartrott
Come Fly with Me
1963
as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
Arlette Conquers Paris
1953
as Gérard Laurent
Ein idealer Gatte
1966
as Lord Goring
Viennese Women
1952
as Walter
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002
as Self
Cross of the Living
1962
as Gus
Effi Briest
1974
as Wullersdorf
A Very British Psycho
1997
as Self
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
1956
as Dr. med. Danwitz
Rififi in Tokyo
1963
as Carl Mersen
Martha
1974
as Helmut
La Paloma
1959
as Robert Dahlberg
The Stowaway
1958
as Jean
Sissi - Forever My Love
1962
as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
The Hour of Truth
1965
as Hans Wernet
The Eye of the Beholder
2005
as Self
Court Martial
1959
as Oberleutnant Düren
Kitty and the Great Big World
1956
as Robert Ashlin
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
2008
The Magnificent Rebel
1961
as Ludwig van Beethoven
The Angel with the Trumpet
1948
as Franz Alt jun.
Haus des Lebens
1952
as Pit Harlacher
Crook and the Cross
1960
as Father Steiner
Immobilien
1973
as Rainer
Everything is Love
2014
as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
Die Tannerhütte
1976
as Becker
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
2012
as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
Dunja
1955
as Mitja
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
1958
as Peter Hille
Castle in Tyrol
1957
as Thomas Stegmann
The Golden Plague
1954
as Karl Hellmer
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
1955
as Thomas
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
1954
as Georg
Unnatural
1952
as Frank Braun
Der unsterbliche Lump
1953
as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
1972
as Barry Croft
Die Sonne von St. Moritz
1954
as Dr. Robert Frank
Examen des Lebens
1958
as Paul Gardiner
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
1975
as Dr. Bruck
The Witch
1954
Inflation im Paradies
1983
as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
Seniorenschweiz
1976
About Karlheinz Böhm
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 f… With 113 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Karlheinz Böhm has appeared in 70 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Sissi (1955) — as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Swedish Girl (1955) — as Klaus Richter
- Peeping Tom (1960) — as Mark Lewis
- Mister Karl (2008) — as Self
- The House of the Three Girls (1958) — as Franz Schubert
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