Karlheinz Böhm
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1928
- Died
- May 29, 2014
- Birthplace
- Darmstadt, Germany
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.
Filmography
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism 2026
Actor
Everything is Love 2014
as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit 2012
as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht 2008
Actor
Mister Karl 2008
as Self
The Eye of the Beholder 2005
as Self
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère 2002
as Self
A Very British Psycho 1997
as Self
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me 1992
as Self
- Inflation im Paradies
Inflation im Paradies 1983
as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
- Kur in Travemünde
Kur in Travemünde 1979
as Manfred Angenendt
- Die Tannerhütte
Die Tannerhütte 1976
as Becker
- Seniorenschweiz
Seniorenschweiz 1976
Actor
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven 1975
as Karl Tillmann
Fox and His Friends 1975
as Max
- Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates 1975
as Dr. Bruck
Effi Briest 1974
as Wullersdorf
Martha 1974
as Helmut
Schloß Hubertus 1973
as Tassilo
- Immobilien
Immobilien 1973
as Rainer
- Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft 1972
as Barry Croft
- Magic Graz
Magic Graz 1972
as himself
Traumnovelle 1969
as Fridolin
The Venetian Affair 1966
as Robert Wahl
Ein idealer Gatte 1966
as Lord Goring
The Hour of Truth 1965
as Hans Wernet
Rififi in Tokyo 1963
as Carl Mersen
Come Fly with Me 1963
as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
as Jacob Grimm
Cross of the Living 1962
as Gus
Sissi - Forever My Love 1962
as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962
as Heinrich von Hartrott
The Magnificent Rebel 1961
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Too Hot to Handle 1960
as Robert Jouvel
Peeping Tom 1960
as Mark Lewis
Crook and the Cross 1960
as Father Steiner
La Paloma 1959
as Robert Dahlberg
Court Martial 1959
as Oberleutnant Düren
The House of the Three Girls 1958
as Franz Schubert
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down 1958
as Peter Hille
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein 1958
as Dr. Paul Degenhard
The Stowaway 1958
as Jean
- Examen des Lebens
Examen des Lebens 1958
as Paul Gardiner
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress 1957
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Castle in Tyrol 1957
as Thomas Stegmann
Seamen 1957
as Alfred Hanstein
Sissi: The Young Empress 1956
as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Nina
Nina 1956
as Frank Wilson
Kitty and the Great Big World 1956
as Robert Ashlin
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz 1956
as Dr. med. Danwitz
- Dunja
Dunja 1955
as Mitja
Sissi 1955
as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Swedish Girl
Swedish Girl 1955
as Klaus Richter
Unternehmen Schlafsack 1955
as Kanonier Gravenhorst
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen 1955
as Thomas
- Sacred Lie
Sacred Lie 1955
as Peter Weiland
The Golden Plague 1954
as Karl Hellmer
Salto Mortale 1954
as Manfred
The Witch 1954
Actor
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe 1954
as Georg
- Die Sonne von St. Moritz
Die Sonne von St. Moritz 1954
as Dr. Robert Frank
- Married En Route
Married En Route 1953
as Dr. Walter Delius
Der unsterbliche Lump 1953
as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
Arlette Conquers Paris 1953
as Gérard Laurent
- Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit 1952
Actor
The Swap 1952
as Lorenz Holler
Unnatural 1952
as Frank Braun
Haus des Lebens 1952
as Pit Harlacher
Viennese Women 1952
as Walter
The Angel with the Trumpet 1948
as Franz Alt jun.
Credits from TMDB.