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Theodore Bikel

1924 - 2015

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Theodore Meir Bikel ( bih-KEL; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist. He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Mandatory Palestine, where he lived as a teenager. He later studied acting at Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his London stage debut in 1948 and in New York in 1955. He was also a widely recognized and recorded folk singer and guitarist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Bikel is the 3,847th most popular actor (down from 3,391st in 2019), the 798th most popular biography from Austria (down from 743rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Austrian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Theodore Bikel ranks 3,847 out of 13,578. Before him are Bert Lahr, Gerald McRaney, James Norton, Ross Martin, Neda Arnerić, and Sofie Gråbøl. After him are Ana Obregón, Toshio Furukawa, Manorama, Maurice Costello, Vesa-Matti Loiri, and Ku Hye-sun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Theodore Bikel ranks 300. Before him are Ricardo Infante, Tatyana Lioznova, Attilio Giovannini, Mohamed M. Atalla, Raoul Coutard, and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. After him are Thomas Berger, Jean-Michel Charlier, Ken Green, Mel Patton, Jimmy Gardner, and Arkady Vorobyov. Among people deceased in 2015, Theodore Bikel ranks 266. Before him are Hermann Zapf, Danièle Delorme, Gheorghe Gruia, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Geoffrey Howe, and Florence Arthaud. After him are Ludvík Vaculík, Manorama, Karel Mejta Sr, Ellsworth Kelly, Boris Morukov, and Charles Pasqua.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Theodore Bikel ranks 798 out of 1,424. Before him are Georg Braun (1907), Kurt Schmied (1926), Carl Vaugoin (1873), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), and Berta Zuckerkandl (1864). After him are Helena Rasiowa (1917), Jacob Taubes (1923), Annemarie Selinko (1914), Josef Stroh (1913), Christl Haas (1943), and Walter Berry (1929).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Theodore Bikel ranks 37. Before him are Eva May (1902), Fritz Kortner (1892), Joseph Schildkraut (1896), Liane Haid (1895), Monica Bleibtreu (1944), and Paula Wessely (1907). After him are Mia May (1884), Ferdinand Marian (1902), Heinz Weixelbraun (1963), Hans Moser (1880), Peter Simonischek (1946), and La Jana (1905).

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