- Theodore Meir Bikel was an Austrian-American Jewish actor, folk singer, musician, composer, and activist
Born: | 02 May 1924 Comment | When did Theodore Bikel die? / Died | 21 July 2015 | How many years did Theodore Bikel live? / Lived | 91 years | Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
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Theodore Bikel facts
- He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Tel Aviv, Israel, when he was in his teens
- 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
- In 1959 he co-founded the Newport Folk Festival and created the role of Captain von Trapp opposite Mary Martin as Maria in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music
- In 1969 Bikel began acting and singing on stage as Tevye in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, a role he performed more often than any other actor to date
- The production won nine Tony Awards and was one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history
- Bikel was president of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America and was president of Actors' Equity in the late 1970s and early 1980s
- He served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Partners for Progressive Israel, where he also lectured
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