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