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{{short description|Austrian-German actor and philanthropist}}
{{Short description|Austrian-German actor and philanthropist (1928–2014)}}
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| name = Karlheinz Böhm
| name = Karlheinz Böhm
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| image = Save The World Awards 2009 show11 - Karlheinz Böhm.jpg
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| caption = Karlheinz Böhm in ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' 1960
| caption = Böhm in 2009
| other_names = Karl Boehm<br>Carl Boehm
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|03|16|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|03|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], [[Hesse-Nassau]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], Hesse-Nassau, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|05|29|1928|03|16|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|05|29|1928|03|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Grödig]], [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]], [[Austria]]
| death_place = [[Grödig]], Salzburg, Austria
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{plainlist|
| spouse = {{marriage|Elisabeth Zonewa <br>|1954|1957|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Gudula Blau <br>|1958|1962|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Barbara Lass]] <br>|1963|1980|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Almaz Böhm <br>|1991}}
* {{marriage|Elisabeth Zonewa |1954|1957|end=divorced}}
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| children = 7, including [[Katharina Böhm]]
* {{marriage|Gudula Blau |1958|1962|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Barbara Lass]] |1963|1980|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Almaz Böhm |1991}}
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| children = 7; including [[Katharina Böhm|Katharina]]
| years active = 1948–2014
| years active = 1948–2014
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'''Karlheinz Böhm''' (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was an Austrian-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 (film)|Sissi film trilogy]] and internationally for his role as Mark, the [[psychopathic]] protagonist of ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'', directed by [[Michael Powell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/film/schauspieler-karlheinz-boehm-gestorben/68.045.168 |title=Schauspieler Karlheinz Böhm gestorben |publisher=Kurier.At |access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref> 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 is sometimes referred to as '''Carl Boehm''' or '''Karl Boehm'''.
'''Karlheinz Böhm''' (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was a German-born Austrian 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 (film)|Sissi film trilogy]] and internationally for his role as Mark, the [[psychopathic]] protagonist of ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'', directed by [[Michael Powell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/film/schauspieler-karlheinz-boehm-gestorben/68.045.168 |title=Schauspieler Karlheinz Böhm gestorben |publisher=Kurier.At |access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> 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.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born on the 16 of March 1928 in [[Darmstadt]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], Böhm was the son of Austrian conductor [[Karl Böhm]] and German-born soprano [[:de:Thea Linhard-Böhm|Thea Linhard]].<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10865492/Karlheinz-Bohm-obituary.html Obituary: Karlheinz Böhm], ''Daily Telegraph'', 30 May 2014</ref> He was an only child, and spent his youth in [[Darmstadt]], [[Hamburg]] and [[Dresden]]. In Hamburg he attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease)<ref>Gavin Gaughan [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karlheinz-bhm-actor-best-known-as-the-voyeuristic-killer-mark-lewis-in-michael-powells-controversial-masterpiece-peeping-tom-9502625.html "Karlheinz Böhm: Actor best known as the voyeuristic killer Mark Lewis in Michael Powell’s controversial masterpiece ‘Peeping Tom’"], ''The Independent'', 6 June 2014</ref> enabled him to emigrate to [[Switzerland]] in 1939, just around the beginning of [[World War II]],<ref>Brian Pendreigh [http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-carl-boehm-actor-1-3428663 "Obituary: Carl Boehm, actor"], ''The Scotsman'', 31 May 2014</ref> 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.
Böhm was born on 16 March 1928 in [[Darmstadt]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], the son of Austrian conductor [[Karl Böhm]] and German soprano [[:de:Thea Linhard-Böhm|Thea Linhard]].<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10865492/Karlheinz-Bohm-obituary.html Obituary: Karlheinz Böhm], ''Daily Telegraph'', 30 May 2014</ref> He was an only child, and spent his youth in Darmstadt, [[Hamburg]] and [[Dresden]]. In Hamburg he attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease)<ref>Gavin Gaughan [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karlheinz-bhm-actor-best-known-as-the-voyeuristic-killer-mark-lewis-in-michael-powells-controversial-masterpiece-peeping-tom-9502625.html "Karlheinz Böhm: Actor best known as the voyeuristic killer Mark Lewis in Michael Powell's controversial masterpiece ‘Peeping Tom’"], ''The Independent'', 6 June 2014</ref> enabled him to emigrate to [[Switzerland]] in 1939, just around the beginning of [[World War II]],<ref>Brian Pendreigh [http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-carl-boehm-actor-1-3428663 "Obituary: Carl Boehm, actor"], ''The Scotsman'', 31 May 2014</ref> 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==
==Acting career==
From 1948 to 1976 Böhm acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With [[Romy Schneider]], he starred in ''[[Sissi (film)|Sissi]]'' (1955), the first of a film trilogy, as [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|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.<ref>Paul Vitello [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/arts/karlheinz-bohm-actor-who-led-ethiopian-charity-dies-at-86.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0 "Karlheinz Böhm, Actor-Turned-Humanitarian, Dies at 86"], ''New York Times'', 4 June 2014</ref> In ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960) he played the psychopath Mark Lewis. Director [[Michael Powell]] cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of having 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.<ref>Emily Langer [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/karlheinz-bohm-actor-in-sissi-trilogy-and-thriller-peeping-tom-dies-at-86/2014/05/30/7edb3bf6-e805-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html "Karlheinz Böhm, actor in “Sissi” trilogy and thriller “Peeping Tom,” dies at 86"], ''Washington Post'', 31 May 2014</ref> One unusual aspect of the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout the movie, though the character had been born and raised in England to, probably, an English father, as played for short bits by Powell without an accent.
From 1948 to 1976 Böhm acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With [[Romy Schneider]], he starred in ''[[Sissi (film)|Sissi]]'' (1955), the first of a film trilogy, as [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|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.<ref>Paul Vitello [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/arts/karlheinz-bohm-actor-who-led-ethiopian-charity-dies-at-86.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0 "Karlheinz Böhm, Actor-Turned-Humanitarian, Dies at 86"], ''New York Times'', 4 June 2014</ref> In ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960) he played the psychopath Mark Lewis. Director [[Michael Powell]] cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of having 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 by some as a classic.<ref>Emily Langer [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/karlheinz-bohm-actor-in-sissi-trilogy-and-thriller-peeping-tom-dies-at-86/2014/05/30/7edb3bf6-e805-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html "Karlheinz Böhm, actor in “Sissi” trilogy and thriller “Peeping Tom,” dies at 86"], ''Washington Post'', 31 May 2014</ref> One unusual aspect of the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout the movie, though the character had been born and raised in England to, probably, an English father, as played for short bits by Powell without an accent.


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 ''{{Ill|The Magnificent Rebel|de|Schicksals-Sinfonie}}''. The latter film was made especially for ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' television anthology series, but it was released theatrically in [[Europe]].<ref>Scott Roxborough [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actor-philanthropist-karlheinz-bohm-dead-708134 "Actor, Philanthropist Karlheinz Bohm Dead at 86"], ''Hollywood Reporter'', 30 May 2014</ref> He appeared in a villainous role as the [[Nazi]]-sympathizing son of [[Paul Lukas]] in the MGM film ''[[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'' (all 1962), a remake of [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)|the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film]].
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 ''{{Ill|The Magnificent Rebel|de|Schicksals-Sinfonie}}''. The latter film was made especially for ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' television anthology series, but it was released theatrically in [[Europe]].<ref>Scott Roxborough [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actor-philanthropist-karlheinz-bohm-dead-708134 "Actor, Philanthropist Karlheinz Bohm Dead at 86"], ''Hollywood Reporter'', 30 May 2014</ref> He appeared in a villainous role as the [[Nazi]]-sympathizing son of [[Paul Lukas]] in the MGM film ''[[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'' (all 1962), a remake of [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)|the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film]].
[[File:Carl.boehm.jpg|thumb|Karlheinz Böhm in ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' 1960]]
[[File:Save The World Awards 2009 show11 - Karlheinz Böhm.jpg|thumb|Karlheinz Böhm, 2009]]
During 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]: ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'', ''[[Effi Briest (1974 film)|Effi Briest]]'', ''Faustrecht der Freiheit'' (''[[Fox and His Friends]]''), and ''Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel '' (''[[Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven]]'').
During 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]: ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'', ''[[Effi Briest (1974 film)|Effi Briest]]'', ''Faustrecht der Freiheit'' (''[[Fox and His Friends]]''), and ''Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel '' (''[[Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven]]'').


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==Charitable work==
==Charitable work==
On the ZDF show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' in 1981 Böhm raised 1.2 million [[Deutsche Mark]] for people in Africa. He bet that "not every third viewer would donate one Mark, one Swiss franc or seven Austrian schillings for needy people in the Sahel zone".<ref>[https://www.menschenfuermenschen.de/en/karlheinz-bohm/ Karlheinz Böhm] at Menschen für Menschen</ref> In November 1981, Böhm founded ''Menschen für Menschen'' (''Humans for Humans'') and involved in [[Charitable organization|charitable]] work in [[Ethiopia]]. He largely retired from acting in the 1980s for his project. Until today, ''Menschen für Menschen'' built over 400 schools, 2000 fountains and over 5 million people benefit from their work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.menschenfuermenschen.de/|title=Startseite|website=Menschen für Menschen - Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
On the ZDF show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' in 1981 Böhm raised 1.2 million [[Deutsche Mark]] for people in Africa. He bet that "not every third viewer would donate one Mark, one Swiss franc or seven Austrian schillings for needy people in the Sahel zone".<ref>[https://www.menschenfuermenschen.de/en/karlheinz-bohm/ Karlheinz Böhm] at Menschen für Menschen</ref> In November 1981, Böhm founded ''Menschen für Menschen'' (''Humans for Humans'') and involved in [[Charitable organization|charitable]] work in [[Ethiopia]]. He largely retired from acting in the 1980s for his project. Until today, ''Menschen für Menschen'' built over 400 schools, 2000 fountains and over 5 million people benefit from their work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.menschenfuermenschen.de/|title=Startseite|website=Menschen für Menschen - Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe|language=de-DE|access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>


Böhm received honorary [[Ethiopian]] citizenship in 2003. 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''.<ref>[http://noe.orf.at/stories/506625/ Essl Social Prize an "Menschen für Menschen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721004613/http://noe.orf.at/stories/506625/ |date=21 July 2011 }} on ORF, 26 March 2011</ref>
Böhm received honorary Ethiopian citizenship in 2003. 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''.<ref>[http://noe.orf.at/stories/506625/ Essl Social Prize an "Menschen für Menschen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721004613/http://noe.orf.at/stories/506625/ |date=21 July 2011 }} on ORF, 26 March 2011</ref>


==Personal life==
==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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p29665.htm|title=Person Page|website=thepeerage.com|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref> In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of sexual [[Child sexual abuse|child molestation]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.seifertverlag.at/liest/sissy-boehm-im-schatten-des-lichts/|title=Sissy Böhms Familienchronik: "Im Schatten des Lichts"|work=Seifert Verlag|access-date=2017-10-11|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/missbraucht-geschlagen-prostituiert-tochter-von-karlheinz-boehm-ueber-vater-er-war-nackt-und-wollte-mich-kuessen_id_4370940.html| title=Sie haben mich missbraucht, geschlagen, prostituiert| publisher=focus.de|language=de |date=December 28, 2014|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa. The marriage lasted from 1954 to 1957 and resulted in the birth of his daughter Sissy. In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of [[Child sexual abuse|child molestation]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.seifertverlag.at/liest/sissy-boehm-im-schatten-des-lichts/|title=Sissy Böhms Familienchronik: "Im Schatten des Lichts"|work=Seifert Verlag|access-date=11 October 2017|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/missbraucht-geschlagen-prostituiert-tochter-von-karlheinz-boehm-ueber-vater-er-war-nackt-und-wollte-mich-kuessen_id_4370940.html| title=Sie haben mich missbraucht, geschlagen, prostituiert| publisher=focus.de|language=de |date=28 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref>


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 (born 1964), 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]],<ref name=DieWelt>[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article113755950/Karlheinz-Boehm-hat-angeblich-schwersten-Alzheimer.html Karlheinz-Boehm ''[[Die Welt]],'' 19 February 2013]</ref> he lived in Grödig near [[Salzburg]] until his death in May 2014.
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 (born 1964), 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]],<ref name=DieWelt>[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article113755950/Karlheinz-Boehm-hat-angeblich-schwersten-Alzheimer.html Karlheinz-Boehm ''Die Welt,'' 19 February 2013]</ref> he lived in Grödig near [[Salzburg]] until his death in May 2014.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* ''[[The Angel with the Trumpet (1948 film)|The Angel with the Trumpet]]'' (1948) as Franz Alt jr.
* ''[[The Angel with the Trumpet (1948 film)|The Angel with the Trumpet]]'' (1948) as Franz Alt jr.
* ''Höllische Liebe'' (1949) as Blumenbote
* ''{{ill|Höllische Liebe|de}}'' (1949) as Flower Delivery Man
* ''[[The Day Before the Wedding]]'' (1952) as Walter
* ''[[The Day Before the Wedding]]'' (1952) as Walter
* ''[[House of Life]]'' (1952) as Pit Harlacher
* ''[[House of Life]]'' (1952) as Pit Harlacher
* ''[[Alraune (1952 film)|Alraune]]'' (1952) as Frank Braun
* ''[[Alraune (1952 film)|Alraune]]'' (1952) as Frank Braun
* ''[[The Exchange (1952 film)|The Exchange]]'' (1952) as Lorenz Holler
* ''[[The Exchange (1952 film)|The Exchange]]'' (1952) as Lorenz Holler
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* ''[[Salto Mortale (1953 film)|Salto Mortale]]'' (1953) as Manfred
* ''Der Tag vor der Hochzeit'' (1952)
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* ''[[Salto Mortale (1953 film)|Salto Mortale]]' (1953) as Manfred
* ''[[Arlette Conquers Paris]]'' (1953) as Gérard Laurent
* ''[[Arlette Conquers Paris]]'' (1953) as Gérard Laurent
* ''[[The Immortal Vagabond (1953 film)|The Immortal Vagabond]]'' (1953) as Johannes Ritter/Petroni
* ''[[The Immortal Vagabond (1953 film)|The Immortal Vagabond]]'' (1953) as Johannes Ritter/Petroni
* ''[[Hochzeit auf Reisen]]'' (1953) as Dr. Walter Delius
* ''[[Wedding in Transit]]'' (1953) as Dr. Walter Delius
* ''Die Sonne von St. Moritz'' (1954) as Dr. Robert Frank
* ''[[The Sun of St. Moritz (1954 film)|The Sun of St. Moritz]]'' (1954) as Dr. Robert Frank
* ''[[Sacred Lie (film)|Sacred Lie]]'' (1954) as Peter Weiland
* ''[[Sacred Lie (film)|Sacred Lie]]'' (1954) as Peter Weiland
* ''[[Love is Forever (1954 film)|Love is Forever]]'' (1954) as Georg
* ''[[Love is Forever (1954 film)|Love is Forever]]'' (1954) as Georg
* ''[[The Witch (1954 film)|The Witch]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Witch (1954 film)|The Witch]]'' (1954) as Graf Ulrich Ziszek-Wald
* ''[[The Eternal Waltz]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Golden Plague (1954 film)|The Golden Plague]]'' (1954) as Karl Hellmer
* ''[[The Golden Plague (1954 film)|The Golden Plague]]'' (1954) as Karl Hellmer
* ''[[I Was an Ugly Girl]]'' (1955) as Thomas von Bley
* ''[[I Was an Ugly Girl]]'' (1955) as Thomas von Bley
* ''[[Operation Sleeping Bag]]'' (1955) as Kanonier Gravenhorst
* ''[[Operation Sleeping Bag]]'' (1955) as Kanonier Gravenhorst
* ''Sommarflickan'' (1955) as Klaus Richter
* ''{{Ill|Swedish Girl|de|Schwedenmädel}}'' (1955) as Klaus Richter
* ''[[Sissi (film)|Sissi]]'' (1955) as Kaiser [[Franz Joseph]]
* ''[[Sissi (film)|Sissi]]'' (1955) as Emperor [[Franz Joseph]]
* ''[[Dunja (film)|Dunja]]'' (1955) as Mitja
* ''[[Dunja (film)|Dunja]]'' (1955) as Mitja
*''[[The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz]]'' (1956) as Dr. med. Danwitz
* ''[[The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz]]'' (1956) as Dr. med. Danwitz
* ''[[Kitty and the Great Big World]]'' (1956) as Robert Ashlin
* ''[[Kitty and the Great Big World]]'' (1956) as Robert Ashlin
* ''[[Nina (1956 film)|Nina]]'' (1956) as Frank Wilson
* ''[[Nina (1956 film)|Nina]]'' (1956) as Frank Wilson
* ''[[Sissi – The Young Empress]]'' (1956) as Kaiser Franz Josef
* ''[[Sissi – The Young Empress]]'' (1956) as Emperor Franz Josef
* ''Blaue Jungs'' (1957) as Alfred Hanstein
* ''{{ill|Seamen (1957 film)|de|3=Blaue Jungs (1957)|lt=Seamen}}'' (1957) as Kapitänleutnant Alfred Hanstein
* ''{{ill|Das Schloß in Tirol|de}}'' (1957) as Thomas Stegmann
* ''{{ill|Das Schloß in Tirol|de}}'' (1957) as Thomas Stegmann
*''[[Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress]]'' (1957 as Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
* ''[[Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress]]'' (1957) as Emperor Franz Josef
* ''Examen des Lebens'' (1958, TV film) as [[A Question of Fact|Paul Gardiner]]
* ''[[The Stowaway (1958 film)|The Stowaway]]'' (1958) as Jean
* ''[[The Stowaway (1958 film)|The Stowaway]]'' (1958) as Jean
* ''Man müßte<!--sic!--> nochmal zwanzig sein'' (1958) as Dr. Paul Degenhard
* ''{{ill|Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein|de}}'' (1958) as Dr. Paul Degenhard
* ''[[That Won't Keep a Sailor Down]]'' (1958) as Peter Hille
* ''[[That Won't Keep a Sailor Down]]'' (1958) as Peter Hille
* ''[[The House of Three Girls (1958 film)|The House of Three Girls]]'' (1958) as Franz Schubert
* ''[[The House of Three Girls (1958 film)|The House of Three Girls]]'' (1958) as [[Franz Schubert]]
* ''[[Court Martial (1959 film)|Court Martial]]'' (1959) as Oberleutnant Düren
* ''[[Court Martial (1959 film)|Court Martial]]'' (1959) as Oberleutnant Düren
* ''[[La Paloma (film)|La Paloma]]'' (1959) as Robert Dahlberg
* ''[[La Paloma (film)|La Paloma]]'' (1959) as Robert Dahlberg
* ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960) as Mark Lewis
* ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960) as Mark Lewis
* ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'' (1960) as Robert Jouvel
* ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'' (1960) as Robert Jouvel
* ''{{Ill|Der Gauner und der liebe Gott|de}}'' (1960) as Pater Steiner
* ''{{ill|Crook and the Cross|de|Der Gauner und der liebe Gott}}'' (1960) as Pater Steiner
* ''{{Ill|The Magnificent Rebel|de|Schicksals-Sinfonie}}'' (1961) as Ludwig van Beethoven
* ''{{Ill|The Magnificent Rebel|de|Schicksals-Sinfonie}}'' (1961) as [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* ''[[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'' (1962) as Heinrich von Hartrott
* ''[[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'' (1962) as Heinrich von Hartrott
* ''[[Cross of the Living]]'' (1962) as Gus
* ''[[Cross of the Living]]'' (1962) as Gus
*''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' (1962) as Jacob Grimm
* ''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' (1962) as [[Jacob Grimm]]
* ''[[Come Fly with Me (film)|Come Fly with Me]]'' (1963) as Baron Franz Von Elzinge
* ''[[Come Fly with Me (film)|Come Fly with Me]]'' (1963) as Baron Franz von Elzingen
* ''Rififi à Tokyo'' (1963) as Carl Mersen
* ''[[Rififi in Tokyo]]'' (1963) as Carl Mersen
* ''L'Heure de la vérité'' (1965) as Jonathan
* ''{{ill|The Hour of Truth (1965 film)|fr|3=L'Heure de la vérité|lt=The Hour of Truth}}'' (1965) as Jonathan
* ''[[The Venetian Affair (film)|The Venetian Affair]]'' (1966) as Robert Wahl
* ''[[The Venetian Affair (film)|The Venetian Affair]]'' (1966) as Robert Wahl
* ''Traumnovelle'' (1969, TV film), as Fridolin
* ''An Ideal Husband'' (1966, TV Movie) as [[An Ideal Husband|Lord Goring]]
* ''Verdacht gegen Barry Croft'' (1972, TV film), as Barry Croft
* ''Traumnovelle'' (1969, TV Movie) as [[Dream Story|Fridolin]]
* ''Verdacht gegen Barry Croft'' (1972, TV Movie) as Barry Croft
* ''[[Hubertus Castle (1973 film)|Hubertus Castle]]'' (1973) as Tassilo
* ''[[Hubertus Castle (1973 film)|Hubertus Castle]]'' (1973) as Tassilo
* ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'' (1974, TV film) as Helmut Salomon
* ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'' (1974, TV Movie) as Helmut Salomon
* ''[[Effi Briest (1974 film)|Effi Briest]]'' (1974) as Wüllersdorf
* ''[[Effi Briest (1974 film)|Effi Briest]]'' (1974) as Wüllersdorf
* ''[[Fox and His Friends]]'' (1975) as Max
* ''[[Fox and His Friends]]'' (1975) as Max
* ''[[Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven]]'' (1975) as Karl Tillmann
* ''[[Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven]]'' (1975) as Karl Tillmann
* ''[[Ringstraßenpalais (TV series)|Ringstraßenpalais]]'' (1983, TV series) as Bernie Artenberg
* ''[[Ringstraßenpalais (TV series)|Ringstraßenpalais]]'' (1983, TV Series) as Bernie Artenberg
* ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' (2009) as Charles F. Muntz (voice, German version)
* ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' (2009) as Charles F. Muntz (voice, German version)
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Karlheinz Böhm
Böhm in 2009
Born(1928-03-16)16 March 1928
Darmstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany
Died29 May 2014(2014-05-29) (aged 86)
Grödig, Salzburg, Austria
Other namesKarl Boehm
Carl Boehm
OccupationActor
Years active1948–2014
Spouses
Elisabeth Zonewa
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(m. 1954; div. 1957)​
Gudula Blau
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(m. 1958; div. 1962)​
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(m. 1963; div. 1980)​
Almaz Böhm
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(m. 1991)​
Children7; including Katharina

Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was a German-born Austrian 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 film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell.[1] 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.

Early life

Böhm was born on 16 March 1928 in Darmstadt, Germany, the son of Austrian conductor Karl Böhm and German soprano Thea Linhard.[2] He was an only child, and spent his youth in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Dresden. In Hamburg he attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease)[3] enabled him to emigrate to Switzerland in 1939, just around the beginning of World War II,[4] 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 Böhm acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With Romy Schneider, he starred in Sissi (1955), the first of a film trilogy, as 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.[5] In Peeping Tom (1960) he played the psychopath Mark Lewis. Director Michael Powell cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of having 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 by some as a classic.[6] One unusual aspect of the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout the movie, though the character had been born and raised in England to, probably, an English father, as played for short bits by Powell without an accent.

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 [de]. The latter film was made especially for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color television anthology series, but it was released theatrically in Europe.[7] 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.

Karlheinz Böhm in Peeping Tom 1960

During 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 (Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven).

Böhm's voice acting work included narrating his father's 1975 recording of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev and in 2009 providing the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up.

Charitable work

On the ZDF show Wetten, dass..? in 1981 Böhm raised 1.2 million Deutsche Mark for people in Africa. He bet that "not every third viewer would donate one Mark, one Swiss franc or seven Austrian schillings for needy people in the Sahel zone".[8] In November 1981, Böhm founded Menschen für Menschen (Humans for Humans) and involved in charitable work in Ethiopia. He largely retired from acting in the 1980s for his project. Until today, Menschen für Menschen built over 400 schools, 2000 fountains and over 5 million people benefit from their work.[9]

Böhm received honorary Ethiopian citizenship in 2003. 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.[10]

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. In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of child molestation.[11][12]

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 (born 1964), 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,[13] he lived in Grödig near Salzburg until his death in May 2014.

Filmography

Grave of Karlheinz Böhm in Salzburg

References

  1. ^ "Schauspieler Karlheinz Böhm gestorben". Kurier.At. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ^ Obituary: Karlheinz Böhm, Daily Telegraph, 30 May 2014
  3. ^ Gavin Gaughan "Karlheinz Böhm: Actor best known as the voyeuristic killer Mark Lewis in Michael Powell's controversial masterpiece ‘Peeping Tom’", The Independent, 6 June 2014
  4. ^ Brian Pendreigh "Obituary: Carl Boehm, actor", The Scotsman, 31 May 2014
  5. ^ Paul Vitello "Karlheinz Böhm, Actor-Turned-Humanitarian, Dies at 86", New York Times, 4 June 2014
  6. ^ Emily Langer "Karlheinz Böhm, actor in “Sissi” trilogy and thriller “Peeping Tom,” dies at 86", Washington Post, 31 May 2014
  7. ^ Scott Roxborough "Actor, Philanthropist Karlheinz Bohm Dead at 86", Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2014
  8. ^ Karlheinz Böhm at Menschen für Menschen
  9. ^ "Startseite". Menschen für Menschen - Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  10. ^ Essl Social Prize an "Menschen für Menschen" Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine on ORF, 26 March 2011
  11. ^ "Sissy Böhms Familienchronik: "Im Schatten des Lichts"". Seifert Verlag (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Sie haben mich missbraucht, geschlagen, prostituiert" (in German). focus.de. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  13. ^ Karlheinz-Boehm Die Welt, 19 February 2013
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