Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel was the actor who portrayed Sergey Rozhenko in the fourth season episode . A versatile character actor, born in Vienna, Austria, Bikel was a master of languages, dialects, and accents, and often played ethnic roles, such as a German officer and Serbian king.
Outside of Star Trek, Bikel is probably best known for his -nominated performance as Sheriff Max Muller in (1958, featuring fellow Star Trek guest actors Whit Bissell and Lawrence Dobkin).
Bikel made appearances in a number of other classic, highly memorable films, including The African Queen (1951), (1952), The Enemy Below (1957, with Biff Elliot), (1964), and (1966, with Brian Keith, Andrea Dromm, Don Keefer, and Michael J. Pollard). In 1958, he starred in , directed by Robert Wise (who would later direct ) and written by Don M. Mankiewicz. This film also featured Jon Lormer in an uncredited role as a doctor. 
Bikel made guest appearances on such television shows as The Twilight Zone, , , Mission: Impossible, , (playing a different role in each episode he was in), (starring Ricardo Montalban), (with Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), and and had recurring roles on (with Joan Collins) and . He also had two roles on Babylon 5. In addition, he portrayed President Richard Nixon's Secretary of State in (1989, featuring James B. Sikking, Gregg Henry, Richard Kiley, and David Ogden Stiers.
On stage, Bikel played the role of Captain von Trapp in the musical The Sound of Music. This role was played by Christopher Plummer in the 1965 film version.
Bikel passed away on 21 July 2015 at the age of 91. 
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