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Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Acting·1928–2014·53 films

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

Filmography

Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom (1960)Mark Lewis
Sissi
Sissi (1955)Emperor Franz Joseph
Sissi: The Young Empress
Sissi: The Young Empress (1956)Emperor Franz Joseph
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)Emperor Franz Joseph
Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends (1975)Max
Martha
Martha (1974)Helmut
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)Heinrich von Hartrott
Effi Briest
Effi Briest (1974)Wullersdorf
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)Karl Tillmann
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)Jacob Grimm
Sissi - Forever My Love
Sissi - Forever My Love (1962)Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
Everything is Love
Everything is Love (2014)Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle (1960)Robert Jouvel
Unnatural
Unnatural (1952)Frank Braun
Come Fly with Me
Come Fly with Me (1963)Baron Franz Von Elzingen
Rififi in Tokyo
Rififi in Tokyo (1963)Carl Mersen
The Venetian Affair
The Venetian Affair (1966)Robert Wahl
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992)Self
Crook and the Cross
Crook and the Cross (1960)Father Steiner
Kitty and the Great Big World
Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)Robert Ashlin
Viennese Women
Viennese Women (1952)Walter
Traumnovelle
Traumnovelle (1969)Fridolin
The Angel with the Trumpet
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)Franz Alt jun.
Court Martial
Court Martial (1959)Oberleutnant Düren
The House of the Three Girls
The House of the Three Girls (1958)Franz Schubert
The Hour of Truth
The Hour of Truth (1965)Hans Wernet
Schloß Hubertus
Schloß Hubertus (1973)Tassilo
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe (1954)Georg
The Magnificent Rebel
The Magnificent Rebel (1961)Ludwig van Beethoven
Cross of the Living
Cross of the Living (1962)Gus
Der Weibertausch
Der Weibertausch (1952)Lorenz Holler
Seamen
Seamen (1957)Alfred Hanstein
The Stowaway
The Stowaway (1958)Jean
La Paloma
La Paloma (1959)Robert Dahlberg
A Very British Psycho
A Very British Psycho (1997)Self
Arlette Conquers Paris
Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)Gérard Laurent
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (1956)Dr. med. Danwitz
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958)Peter Hille
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein (1958)Dr. Paul Degenhard
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (2002)Self
The Golden Plague
The Golden Plague (1954)Karl Hellmer
Unternehmen Schlafsack
Unternehmen Schlafsack (1955)Kanonier Gravenhorst
Salto Mortale
Salto Mortale (1954)Manfred
The Witch
The Witch (1954)
Haus des Lebens
Haus des Lebens (1952)Pit Harlacher
Ein idealer Gatte
Ein idealer Gatte (1966)Lord Goring
Castle in Tyrol
Castle in Tyrol (1957)Thomas Stegmann
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen (1955)Thomas
Der unsterbliche Lump
Der unsterbliche Lump (1953)Johannes Ritter / Petroni
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit (2012)Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
The Eye of the Beholder
The Eye of the Beholder (2005)Self
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism (2026)
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht (2008)