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Katharina Bohm, Kristina Bohm, Daniela Bohm, Nicolas Bohm, Sissi Bohm, Michael Bohm, Aida Bohm
Movies
Sissi, Sissi ‑ The Young Empress, Peeping Tom, Sissi ‑ Fateful Years of, Fox and His Friends
Similar People
Almaz Bohm, Magda Schneider, Romy Schneider, Ernst Marischka, Katharina Bohm
In memory of karlheinz b hm
Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014), sometimes referred to as Carl Boehm or Karl Boehm, was a German actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. He was the founder of the trust Menschen für Menschen (“Humans for Humans”), which helps people in need in Ethiopia. He also received honorary Ethiopian citizenship in 2003.
He had two citizenships because his father was the Austrian conductor Karl Böhm, while his mother was the German-born soprano Thea Linhard. He was an only child, and spent his youth in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Dresden. In Hamburg he attended elementary school and the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease) enabled him to emigrate to Switzerland in 1939, where he attended the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a boarding school. In 1946, he moved to Graz with his parents, where he graduated from high school the same year. He originally intended to become a pianist but received poor feedback when he auditioned. His father urged him to study English and German language and literary studies, followed by studies of history of arts for one semester in Rome after which he quit and returned to Vienna to take acting lessons with Prof. Helmuth Krauss.
Acting career
From 1948 to 1976 he acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With Romy Schneider, he starred in Sissi (1955), the first of a film trilogy, as the Emperor Franz Joseph, with Schneider as his wife, Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The role for a time limited him to one specific genre as an actor, but Böhm's best known English language film was a dramatic change of image. In Peeping Tom (1960) he played the psychopath Mark Lewis. The director Michael Powell cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of an overbearing father. The film's initial rejection hurt both the actor and Powell, for Powell professionally as well as emotionally, but it is now regarded as a classic.
Briefly, in the early 1960s, Böhm worked in the American film and television industry. He played Jakob Grimm in the 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 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color television anthology 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 (all 1962), a remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film.
Bohm's voice acting work included narrating his father's 1975 recording of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev and in 2009 as the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up.
Charitable work
From 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen (Humans for Humans), Böhm was actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. In 2011 Karlheinz Böhm and his wife Almaz were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen.
Personal life
Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa. The marriage lasted from 1954 to 1957 and resulted in the birth of his daughter Sissy (born 1955). In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of sexual child abuse.
Böhm was married from 1958 to 1962 to Gundula Blau, and next from 1963 to 1980 to Polish actress Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass. His fourth and last marriage was with Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia in 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 February 2013 it was reported that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he lived in Grödig near Salzburg until his death in May 2014.
Filmography
Actor
1996
Der Bergdoktor (TV Series) as
Karlheinz Böhm
- Tropenfieber (1996) - Karlheinz Böhm
1983
Inflation im Paradies (TV Movie) as
Redakteur (segment "Testschock")
1983
Ringstraßenpalais (TV Series) as
Bernie Artenberg
- Der Staatsvertrag (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Leben auf Abruf (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Die Heimkehrer (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Fliegeralarm (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Eine Rechnung wird bezahlt (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Die Verwandtschaft (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Die Rückkehr (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
- Kein Glück in der Liebe (1983) - Bernie Artenberg
1981
Die Laurents (TV Series) as
Theodore Laurent
- Freiheit, die ich meine - 1819 (1981) - Theodore Laurent
- Franzosenzeit - 1808 (1981) - Theodore Laurent
- Zeit der Liederlichkeit - 1795 (1981) - Theodore Laurent
1979
Kur in Travemünde (TV Movie) as
Manfred Angenendt
1978
Tatort (TV Series) as
Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger
- Schwarze Einser (1978) - Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger (as Karl Heinz Böhm)
1976
Die Tannerhütte (TV Movie) as
Becker
1976
Seniorenschweiz (TV Movie)
1975
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven as
Karl Thälmann
1975
Fox and His Friends as
Max (as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
1975
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates (TV Movie) as
Dr. Bruck
1974
Effi Briest as
Wüllersdorf (as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
1974
Martha (TV Movie) as
Helmut Salomon
1973
Schloß Hubertus as
Tassilo
1973
Vabanque (TV Movie) as
Thomas J. Lockwood
1973
Immobilien (TV Movie) as
Rainer
1972
Motiv Liebe (TV Series) as
Vater
- Die Freundin - Vater
1972
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft (TV Movie) as
Barry Croft
1970
Literatur (TV Movie) as
Klemens
1969
Traumnovelle (TV Movie) as
Fridolin
1966
The Venetian Affair as
Robert Wahl (as Karl Boehm)
1966
Ein idealer Gatte (TV Movie) as
Lord Goring
1965
The Hour of Truth as
Jonathan (as Karl Boehm)
1963
Combat! (TV Series) as
Bauer
- The Wounded Don't Cry (1963) - Bauer (as Karl Boehm)
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) as
Professor Thomas Marton
- Who Killed Julian Buck? (1963) - Professor Thomas Marton (as Karl Boehm)
1963
Rififi in Tokyo as
Carl Mersen
1963
Come Fly with Me as
Baron Franz Von Elzingen (as Karl Boehm)
1963
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Karl Rilke
- The Golden Door (1963) - Karl Rilke (as Karl Boehm)
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as
Jacob Grimm (as Karl Boehm)
1962
Cross of the Living as
Gus
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as
Heinrich von Hartrott (as Karl Boehm)
1961
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Ludwig van Beethoven
- The Magnificent Rebel: Part 2 (1961) - Ludwig van Beethoven (as Karl Boehm)
- The Magnificent Rebel: Part 1 (1961) - Ludwig van Beethoven (as Carl Boehm)
1960
Crook and the Cross as
Pater Steiner
1960
Playgirl After Dark as
Robert Jouvel (as Carl Boehm)
1960
Peeping Tom as
Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm)
1959
La Paloma as
Robert Dahlberg
1959
Court Martial as
Oberleutnant Düren
1958
Das Dreimäderlhaus as
Franz Schubert
1958
Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um as
Peter Hille
1958
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958
The Stowaway as
Jean (as Carl-Heinz Boehm)
1958
Examen des Lebens (TV Movie) as
Paul Gardiner
1957
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin as
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
1957
Das Schloß in Tirol as
Thomas Stegmann
1957
Blaue Jungs as
Alfred Hanstein
1956
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin as
Kaiser Franz Josef
1956
Nina as
Frank Wilson
1956
Kitty und die große Welt as
Robert Ashlin
1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz as
Dr. med. Danwitz
1955
Dunja as
Mitja
1955
Sissi as
Kaiser Franz Joseph
1955
Sommarflickan as
Klaus Richter
1955
Unternehmen Schlafsack as
Kanonier Gravenhorst
1955
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen as
Thomas von Bley
1955
Sacred Lie
1954
Die goldene Pest as
Karl Hellmer
1954
The Eternal Waltz
1954
Die Hexe
1954
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe as
Georg
1954
Die Sonne von St. Moritz as
Dr. Robert Frank
1953
Hochzeit auf Reisen as
Dr. Walter Delius
1953
Der unsterbliche Lump as
Johannes Ritter / Petroni
1953
Arlette erobert Paris as
Gérard Laurent
1953
Salto Mortale as
Manfred Langen
1952
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit (as Karl Heinz Böhm)
1952
Der Weibertausch as
Lorenz Holler
1952
Alraune as
Frank Braun
1952
Haus des Lebens as
Pit Harlacher
1952
Wienerinnen as
Walter
1949
Höllische Liebe as
Blumenbote (uncredited)
1948
Der Engel mit der Posaune as
Franz Alt jr. (uncredited)
Assistant Director
1948
Der himmlische Walzer (second assistant director - uncredited)
1948
Königin der Landstraße (second assistant director - uncredited)
Director
1969
Karl Böhm - Porträt eines Dirigenten (TV Movie documentary)
Soundtrack
1953
Arlette erobert Paris (performer: "That's Love")
Thanks
2014
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- Blu-ray: Masters del Universo (2014) - (in memory of)
2005
The Eye of the Beholder (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
Self
2001
Ein Herz für Kinder (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Self - Honorary Award Recipient
- Ein Herz für Kinder 2010 (2010) - Self - Honorary Award Recipient
- 25 Jahre 'Ein Herz für Kinder' (2003) - Self
- Ein Herz für Kinder 2001 (2001) - Self
2008
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht (Video) as
Self
2008
Alles Gute Karlheinz Böhm - Ein Leben für Afrika (TV Special) as
Self
2002
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 15 April 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 16 May 2006 (2006) - Self
- Episode dated 13 March 2003 (2003) - Self
- Episode dated 20 March 2002 (2002) - Self
2008
Mr. Karl - Ein Mensch für Menschen (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2008
Stöckl am Samstag (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.2 (2008) - Self
2005
Beckmann (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 March 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 13 November 2006 (2006) - Self
- Episode dated 3 October 2005 (2005) - Self
2002
Im Dialog (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 25 January 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 6 July 2007 (2007) - Self
- Episode dated 22 November 2002 (2002) - Self
2007
Wortwechsel (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 January 2007 (2007) - Self
1981
Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) as
Self
- Wetten, dass..? aus Halle an der Saale (2006) - Self
- Wetten, dass..? aus Dornbirm '20 Jahre Wetten, dass..?' (2001) - Self