Theodore Bikel Dies: Actor & Longtime Union Activist Was 91
Source: Deadline
by Erik Pedersen
Theodore Bikel, who appeared in movie, TV and stage roles ranging from The African Queen and Fiddler On The Roof to All In The Family and JAG and devoted much of his life to helping actors and actors unions, died today in Los Angeles. He was 91.
Theodore Bikel, who appeared in movie, TV and stage roles ranging from The African Queen and Fiddler On The Roof to All In The Family and JAG and devoted much of his life to helping actors and actors unions, died today in Los Angeles. He was 91.
Aside from his long and prolific career on stage and screen, Bikel’s showbiz legacy is likely to be his tireless advocacy for actors and their unions. He served as president of Actors’ Equity Association from 1973-82 and was the longtime president of the Associated Actors & Artistes of America, the 95-year-old labor organization through which all of the entertainment industry’s performers unions once were affiliated to the AFL-CIO.
“Theo Bikel is a mensch, a tireless force for good, having served his fellow actors as union leader for more than 20 years and lending his voice to significant issues of the day,” Actors’ Equity President Nick Wyman told Deadline last year. “He has had a remarkable, multi-faceted career and there are very few who loved their union more, fought as passionately for what mattered, or honored their craft as much as Theo.”
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Read more: http://deadline.com/2015/07/theodore-bikel-dead-actor-union-activist-1201482931/
Marta and I met Mr Bikel in 2004 at the Twilight Zone Con: http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm
Theodore Bikel was off to the side, and I'd been dying to meet him. I had a shot from "I Bury the Living" that he laughed over, and said that he was only 30 when he made the film, but they made him up to be a 60 year old and he spent most of his time in the makeup chair on it. Steve had a shot from his "Combat!" episode, "Mountain Men," and he also signed the Combat! Recon T-shirt. Peter Mark Richman cornered us, and we promised to be back in a bit.
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R.I.P.
The Russians are Coming"
back in the 1970s.
Does anybody remember him in that movie The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming ??
That's him, as the blowhard Russian sub commander, along with Alan Arkin as his XO.
2002: http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/tzcon2002.htm
2004: http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm
And for the 80's TZ: http://www.steveandmarta.com/ntz1.htm
