The renowned actor, musician, composer and activist Theodore Bikel has died at the age of 91. Bikel was known for creating the role of Baron von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” on Broadway and for the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” which he played more than 2,000 times. He was a folk singer who co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Pete Seeger. And he was an outspoken critic of Israeli policy, including plans to forcibly relocate 40,000 Bedouin Arabs from their ancestral lands, which he denounced on Democracy Now!

Theodore Bikel: “One thing that is absolutely clear in my mind is that human beings cannot be treated like cattle. Human beings must be given the dignity and the respect that all human beings deserve, especially by a people who themselves—Jews—have experienced such deprivation in the past. So when I say that the very people who were told to get out of Anatevka in the fictional village of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' the descendants of those very people are now telling others, strangers in their midst, that they must get out of their homes, seems fundamentally wrong. And a wrong cannot be allowed to stand.”

Tune in Friday to hear our complete interview with Theodore Bikel.