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name: "Karlheinz Böhm"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karlheinz-bohm"
fi1m_id: "karlheinz-bohm"
imdb_id: "nm0003337"
tmdb_id: 6251
wikidata_id: "Q78928"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1928"
died: "29 May 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:55:24.771461+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Karlheinz Böhm

## Identity

Karlheinz Böhm

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karlheinz-bohm
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karlheinz-bohm
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003337
- **TMDB ID:** 6251
- **Wikidata ID:** Q78928
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6251

Actor. Born 16 March 1928 in Darmstadt, Germany. Died 29 May 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1928, Darmstadt, Germany
- **Died:** 29 May 2014
- **Active:** 1960–1975
- **Also known as:** Karl-Heinz Böhm, Karl Böhm, Carl Böhm, Karlheinz Boehm, Karl-Heinz Boehm, Carl Boehm
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6251

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fox and His Friends*](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) (78)

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## Biography

Karlheinz Böhm (also credited as Karl-Heinz Böhm, Carl Böhm and similar variants) was a German-born Austrian actor. He appeared in around 45 films between 1948 and 1976, beginning his career on stage in Germany before moving into cinema.

He became well known in Austria and Germany for playing Emperor Franz Joseph I opposite Romy Schneider in the Sissi film trilogy (1955–1957). Internationally, he is recognised for his role as the psychopathic protagonist Mark Lewis in Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960). Between 1974 and 1975 he appeared in four consecutive films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Martha, Effi Briest, Fox and His Friends (as Max) and Mother Küsters’ Trip to Heaven.

Böhm founded the charity Menschen für Menschen in 1981 and was active in development work in Ethiopia, receiving honorary Ethiopian citizenship in 2003 and the Balzan Prize in 2007.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Max — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism* (2026), Actor
- *Everything is Love* (2014), as Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
- *Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit* (2012), as Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
- *Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht* (2008), Actor
- *Inflation im Paradies* (1983), as Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
- *Die Laurents* (1981), series, as Theodore Laurent
- *Ringstraßenpalais* (1980), series, as Bernie Artenberg
- *Kur in Travemünde* (1979), as Manfred Angenendt
- *Die Tannerhütte* (1976), as Becker
- *Seniorenschweiz* (1976), Actor
- *Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven* (1975), as Karl Tillmann
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Max — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Im Hause des Kommerzienrates* (1975), as Dr. Bruck
- *Effi Briest* (1974), as Wullersdorf
- *Martha* (1974), as Helmut
- *Motiv Liebe* (1974), series, as Vater
- *Schloß Hubertus* (1973), as Tassilo
- *Immobilien* (1973), as Rainer
- *Verdacht gegen Barry Croft* (1972), as Barry Croft
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Ferdinand Prelinger
- *Traumnovelle* (1969), as Fridolin
- *The Venetian Affair* (1966), as Robert Wahl
- *Ein idealer Gatte* (1966), as Lord Goring
- *The Hour of Truth* (1965), as Hans Wernet
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Professor Thomas Marton
- *Rififi in Tokyo* (1963), as Carl Mersen
- *Come Fly with Me* (1963), as Baron Franz Von Elzingen
- *Combat!* (1962), series, as Bauer
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Karl Rilke
- *The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm* (1962), as Jacob Grimm
- *Cross of the Living* (1962), as Gus
- *Sissi - Forever My Love* (1962), as Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
- *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962), as Heinrich von Hartrott
- *The Magnificent Rebel* (1961), as Ludwig van Beethoven
- *Too Hot to Handle* (1960), as Robert Jouvel
- *Peeping Tom* (1960), as Mark Lewis
- *Crook and the Cross* (1960), as Father Steiner
- *La Paloma* (1959), as Robert Dahlberg
- *Court Martial* (1959), as Oberleutnant Düren
- *The House of the Three Girls* (1958), as Franz Schubert
- *That Won't Keep a Sailor Down* (1958), as Peter Hille
- *Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein* (1958), as Dr. Paul Degenhard
- *The Stowaway* (1958), as Jean
- *Examen des Lebens* (1958), as Paul Gardiner
- *Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress* (1957), as Emperor Franz Joseph
- *Castle in Tyrol* (1957), as Thomas Stegmann
- *Seamen* (1957), as Alfred Hanstein
- *Sissi: The Young Empress* (1956), as Emperor Franz Joseph
- *Nina* (1956), as Frank Wilson
- *Kitty and the Great Big World* (1956), as Robert Ashlin
- *Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz* (1956), as Dr. med. Danwitz
- *Sissi* (1955), as Emperor Franz Joseph
- *Dunja* (1955), as Mitja
- *Swedish Girl* (1955), as Klaus Richter
- *Unternehmen Schlafsack* (1955), as Kanonier Gravenhorst
- *Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen* (1955), as Thomas
- *The Golden Plague* (1954), as Karl Hellmer
- *Salto Mortale* (1954), as Manfred
- *The Witch* (1954), Actor
- *...und ewig bleibt die Liebe* (1954), as Georg
- *Die heilige Lüge* (1954), Actor
- *Die Sonne von St. Moritz* (1954), as Dr. Robert Frank
- *Married En Route* (1953), as Dr. Walter Delius
- *Der unsterbliche Lump* (1953), as Johannes Ritter / Petroni
- *Arlette Conquers Paris* (1953), as Gérard Laurent
- *The Swap* (1952), as Lorenz Holler
- *Der Tag vor der Hochzeit* (1952), Actor
- *Unnatural* (1952), as Frank Braun
- *Haus des Lebens* (1952), as Pit Harlacher
- *Viennese Women* (1952), as Walter
- *The Angel with the Trumpet* (1948), as Franz Alt jun.

## Gallery

- ![Karlheinz Böhm at the "green carpet" for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria).](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-a82c99f34ac9.jpg) Karlheinz Böhm at the "green carpet" for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Save_The_World_Awards_2009_show11_-_Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Der Schauspieler und Initiator der Stiftung "Menschen für Menschen" Karlheinz Böhm im Januar 2008 in München. (Verleihung des internationalen Hundertwasser-Prei](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-f2bd1c7054df.jpg) Der Schauspieler und Initiator der Stiftung "Menschen für Menschen" Karlheinz Böhm im Januar 2008 in München. (Verleihung des internationalen Hundertwasser-Prei — Michael Lucan, München, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Karlheinzboehm2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Besuch bei Karl-Heinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-26ead0b90d1a.jpg) Besuch bei Karl-Heinz Böhm — Jack Metzger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Jack_Metzger_Besuch_bei_Karl-Heinz_B%C3%B6hm_ETH-BIB_Com_C08-093-001.jpg/1280px-Jack_Metzger_Besuch_bei_Karl-Heinz_B%C3%B6hm_ETH-BIB_Com_C08-093-001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Besuch bei Karl-Heinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-e267cc1bcb99.jpg) Besuch bei Karl-Heinz Böhm — Jack Metzger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Jack_Metzger_Besuch_bei_Karl-Heinz_B%C3%B6hm_ETH-BIB_Com_C08-093-002.jpg/1280px-Jack_Metzger_Besuch_bei_Karl-Heinz_B%C3%B6hm_ETH-BIB_Com_C08-093-002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karlheinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-d7d79db9478f.jpg) Karlheinz Böhm — Image via TMDB
- ![Karlheinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-e04ade7adfdc.jpg) Karlheinz Böhm — Image via TMDB
- ![Karlheinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-1cba4f41c534.jpg) Karlheinz Böhm — Image via TMDB
- ![Freiburg im Breisgau: Karlheinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-9ce86d687bb5.jpg) Freiburg im Breisgau: Karlheinz Böhm — Marlis Decker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Freiburg_im_Breisgau-_Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm_-_LABW_-_Staatsarchiv_Freiburg_W_140_Nr._15831.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karlheinz Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/3877717/gallery-3e7c72847af4.jpg) Karlheinz Böhm — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Balzan Prize 2007: Balzan Prize (won)
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2001: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer 1986: Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer (won)
- Theodor Heuss Medal 1985: Theodor Heuss Medal (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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