Theodore Bikel. Photo from [1] by permission.

Theodore Bikel (born May 2, 1924) is an Austrian-born character actor and folk singer. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his role as the Southern Sheriff in The Defiant Ones. Image File history File links Theodore_Bikel_Headshot. ... Image File history File links Theodore_Bikel_Headshot. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A character actor is an actor who predominantly performs supporting parts, often in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... This article is about the movie. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ...

He played the Captain in the original Broadway cast of The Sound of Music, and also played Tevye in the original run (but not the original cast) of Fiddler On the Roof. He has performed the role of Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF more often than any other actor (2094 times to date.) The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical and film based on the book The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ... Tevye is the protagonist of several of Sholom Aleichems stories, originally written in Yiddish and first published in 1894, most famously the fictional memoir Tevye and his Daughters, about a pious Jewish milkman in Tzarist Russia, and the troubles he has with his daughters (Tevye has six daughters — in... Fiddler on the Roof is one of the most famous stage and film musicals. ...

Bikel was a co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival (together with Pete Seeger and George Wein) in 1961.

In 1962 he heard Bob Dylan give his premiere performance of "Blowin' In the Wind." Bikel then went to his scheduled performance and became the first singer besides Dylan to perform the song in public. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ... Blowin in the Wind is a song written by Bob Dylan in April 1962, and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin Bob Dylan. ...

In the early 1990s, he appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing Sergei Rozhenko, a Russian-born retired petty officer on a Starfleet vessel, who had found Worf as a boy, and taken him home and raised him as his son. Bikel performed two roles in the Babylon 5 universe. The first was as Rabbi Koslov in the first season episode TKO (see TKO (Babylon 5). The second role, while filmed later, took place earlier. In Babylon 5: In the Beginning Bikel played the roll of Anla'Shok (Ranger) leader Entil'Zha (Ranger One) Lenonn. The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) with – as of the late 24th century – hundreds of starships and starbases at its disposal. ... Worf (worIv in the Klingon language) is a Klingon in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... TKO is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Marcus Cole, a Ranger, portrayed by Jason Carter in Babylon 5 A Ranger (Minbari: AnlaShok) is a fictional class of warrior that plays a prominent part of the science fiction television series, Babylon 5. ...

President Carter appointed Theodore Bikel to serve on the National Council for the Arts in 1977 for a six year term.

Bikel's autobiography "Theo" was published in 1995 by Harper Collins, and re-issued in an updated version by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2002.

Theodore Bikel has been a professional, actor, singer, musician, recording artist, lecturer and arts activist for over six decades and continues to be active in all media.

External links

• Theodore Bikel at The Internet Movie Database
• Theodore Bikel article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
• The Theodore Bikel Web Site