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Theodore Bikel

"I always sang, I always acted, I always played. " Theodore Bikel
About Theodore Bikel

Name: Theodore Meir Bikel

DOB: May 2, 1924

Place of birth: Vienna, Austria

Currently resides in: California

Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

Family: Robert and Daniel (sons), Wolfram (grandson)

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Charities/causes: President, Associated Actors and Artistes of America;
Chair of Board of Directors, Meretz USA;
Former Senior Vice President of the American Jewish Congress;
Former President of the Actors' Equity Association (1973-82);
Former Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA), (1981-1991);
Board Member of Amnesty International (USA);
Member of the National Council on the Arts (1977-82)

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Biography


Career Highlights
Background in music: ---

Instruments: Guitar, voice

How he got his start: Theodore Bikel's charismatic career began first on stage as an actor. His music career would kick off after he moved to the US, where he released the album Songs of a Russian Gypsy.

Big break:

Musical icons/influences:

Best known for: His dabblings in a host of different performance art variations including stage acting, musicals, folk music, tv acting and films.

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in The Defiant Ones (1958); Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Musical) in The Rope Dancer (1958); Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Musical) in The Sound of Music (1960).

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Trivia
Quotes
  • Theodore Bikel was in the original Broadway cast for The Sound of Music in 1959. Bikel's portrayal of Captain von Trapp garnered him a Tony Award nomination.
  • Theodore speaks 5 languages! He is fluent in Yiddish, Hebrew and German, and can also speak English and French.
  • Theodore Bikel has appeared in over 150 movies and TV shows.
  • He is one of the founders of the Newport Folk Festival.
  • The photograph young Israeli pioneer toiling the fields on the front of Bikel Sings Songs of Israel was actually shot in New Jersey
By Theodore Bikel:
  • "Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
  • "I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."
  • "I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation."
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  • Theodore Bikel's first ever concert was held at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1956.




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