Karlheinz Böhm

Biography

Karlheinz Böhm was a German-born Austrian actor who made about 45 films between 1948 and 1976 and also worked in the theater. Born in Darmstadt, he took acting lessons in Vienna with Helmuth Krauss. His role as Emperor Franz Joseph I in the Sissi trilogy, alongside Romy Schneider and starting with Sissi (1955), made him a familiar face in Austria and Germany. Michael Powell gave him the part of the psychopath Mark Lewis in Peeping Tom (1960). In the early 1960s he worked in American film and television as Jakob Grimm in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), Beethoven in The Magnificent Rebel, and a Nazi-sympathizing son in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). He then appeared in four Fassbinder films, including Fox and His Friends (1975), and did voice work, narrating a 1975 recording of Peter and the Wolf and voicing the villain Charles Muntz in the German version of Up in 2009.

86years old at death

Born March 16, 1928Darmstadt
Died May 29, 2014Grödig
Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20

Movie Career

Films: 8
Career span: 20 years1955 to 1975

Genres

Drama63%, 5 films
Crime38%, 3 films
History38%, 3 films
Romance25%, 2 films
Adventure13%, 1 film

First and latest

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Beyond film
In 2009, Böhm provided the German voice for the villain Charles Muntz in Up, which was Pixar's tenth animated feature.

Karlheinz Böhm movies on Netflix

Fox and His Friends1975IMDb rating 7.5as Max
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962IMDb rating 6.5as Heinrich von Hartrott
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962IMDb rating 6.5as Jacob Grimm
Peeping Tom1960IMDb rating 7.6as Mark Lewis
Too Hot to Handle1960IMDb rating 5.8as Robert Jouvel
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6as Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7as Kaiser Franz Josef
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0as Kaiser Franz Joseph

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Peeping Tom1960 Crime, Horror, Thrilleras Mark Lewis
IMDb rating 7.644K votes
Sissi1955 Comedy, Drama, Historyas Kaiser Franz Joseph
IMDb rating 7.011K votes
Sissi: The Young Empress1956as Kaiser Franz Josef
IMDb rating 6.78.1K votes
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957as Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
IMDb rating 6.66.7K votes
Fox and His Friends1975as Max
IMDb rating 7.57.7K votes
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962as Jacob Grimm
IMDb rating 6.52.5K votes
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962as Heinrich von Hartrott
IMDb rating 6.52.7K votes
Too Hot to Handle1960as Robert Jouvel
IMDb rating 5.8537 votes

Most often with

Ernst Marischka directed three of these films. Seven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Romy SchneiderErich Nikowitz

Josef Meinrad

Vilma Degischer

Gustav Knuth

Magda SchneiderErnst MarischkaDirector, 3 films

Films together

Romy Schneider3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Romy Schneider's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaSchneider as Empress Elisabeth of Austria / Sissi
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefSchneider as Sissi
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephSchneider as Sissi
Erich Nikowitz3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Erich Nikowitz's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaNikowitz as Erzherzog Franz-Karl
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefNikowitz as Erzherzog Franz-Karl
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephNikowitz as Archduke Franz Karl
Josef Meinrad3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Josef Meinrad's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaMeinrad as Oberst Böckl
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefMeinrad as Major Böckl
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephMeinrad as Gendarmerie-Major Böckl
Vilma Degischer3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Vilma Degischer's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaDegischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefDegischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephDegischer as Archduchess Sophie
Gustav Knuth3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Gustav Knuth's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaKnuth as Duke Max of Bavaria
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefKnuth as Duke Max of Bavaria
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephKnuth as Duke Max in Bavaria
Magda Schneider3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Magda Schneider's page
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of AustriaSchneider as Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosefSchneider as Vickie
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz JosephSchneider as Duchess Ludovika in Bayern / Vickie
Ernst MarischkaDirector, 3 films, 1955 to 1957
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Böhm as Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
- Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Böhm as Kaiser Franz Josef
- Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Böhm as Kaiser Franz Joseph
Also three films together1 more actor
- Uta FranzSissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957), Sissi: The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi (1955)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Awards

Seven awards and honors from 1985 to 2007.

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Karlheinz Böhm's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Result
Other honors
2007	Balzan Prize	Won
2001	Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany	Won
1986	Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer	Won
1985	Theodor Heuss Medal	Won
	Bavarian Order of Merit	Won
	Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights	Won
	Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria	Won

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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