What is Theodore Bikel?
{{Infobox person |name = Theodore Bikel |image = Theodore Bikel (4133239868 24c25ac837 z) (cropped).jpg |caption = Bikel in November 2009 |birth_name = Theodore Meir Bikel |birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|05|02|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|07|21|1924|05|02}} |death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |nationality = Austrian-American |citizenship = Austrian, American (1961-death) |alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] |known_for = '''Sheriff Max Muller''' in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' |occupation = Actor |years_active = 1946-2007 |spouse = {{marriage|Ofra Ichilov|1942|1943}} ([[divorce]]d)<br>{{marriage|Rita Weinberg Call|1967|2008}} (divorced)<br>{{marriage|[[Tamara Brooks]]|2008|2012}} (her death)<br>{{marriage|Aimee Ginsburg|2013|2015}} (his death) |children = By Call: 2 }} '''Theodore Meir Bikel''' (May 2, 1924 &ndash; July 21, 2015) was an [[Austrians|Austrian]]-[[Americans|American]] actor, singer, and musician. He was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] as [[Sheriff]] Max Muller in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' in 1958. ==Early life== Bikel was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] on May 2, 1924.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/96/Theodore-Bikel.html Bikel's Film Reference biography]</ref> He studied at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in [[London]]. He moved to the United States in 1954. He became a U.S. citizen in 1961. ==Personal life== Bikel was married to Ofra Ichilov from 1942 until they [[divorce]]d in 1943. Then he was married to Rita Weinberg Call from 1967 until they divorced in 2008. He was married to [[Tamara Brooks]] from 2008 until her death in 2012. He had two children with Call. Bikel died on July 21, 2015, at [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]] of natural causes, aged 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/farewell-to-jewish-actor-singer-theodore-bikel-91/2015/07/23/ |title=Farewell to Jewish Actor,