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If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Television Actor
Trade Unionist
Vienna
Austria
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