Bugenhagen in Tel Megiddo in The Omen (1976).
Carl Bugenhagen is a character that appeared in The Omen (1976) and Damien - Omen II. He was an exorcist and an archaeologist based out of Tel Megiddo in Israel.
He was portrayed by Australian actor Leo McKern in both films.
Biography[]
Carl Bugenhagen was an exorcist. He was also an archaeologist located in Tel Megiddo, where he excavated the Daggers of Megiddo at some point.
The Omen (1976)[]
When Robert Thorn and Keith Jennings come to Bugenhagen looking for a way to kill the Antichrist, Bugenhagen gives Robert the seven Daggers of Megiddo and tells him how to use them to permanently destroy the Antichrist. He also warns Robert not to make any mistake, and that if his son Damien is indeed the Antichrist, then he will bear a birthmark shaped like a sequence of three sixes.
Damien - Omen II[]
After Robert dies trying to kill Damien, a priest has the Daggers of Megiddo sent back to Bugenhagen in Israel.
A week after Robert's death, when Yigael's Wall is excavated in the ruins of Megiddo, Bugenhagen sees that its depiction of the Antichrist is identical to Damien Thorn; and realizes that Damien is indeed the Antichrist.
Bugenhagen goes to Morgan to tell him that Damien is the Antichrist.
Bugenhagen drives to the town of Acre, and goes to his old friend Michael Morgan, brandishing a box containing the Daggers of Megiddo and a note explaining that Damien is the Son of Satan. When Morgan refuses to believe that Damien is the Antichrist, Bugenhagen takes him into the ruins of Megiddo and shows him Yigael's Wall. Shortly after, the ruins begin to collapse, sealing the exit and slowly burying Morgan and Bugenhagen alive. As the two are buried, Bugenhagen yells out that though evil may seem triumphant, good will prevail in the end.
Morgan and Bugenhagen are buried alive.
Bugenhagen's and Morgan's corpses remained buried in the ruins of Megiddo for seven years, until their skeletons were unearthed alongside Yigael's Wall.
Relationships[]
Michael Morgan[]
Morgan and Bugenhagen were old friends. Bugenhagen seemed to be somewhat infuriated when Morgan refused to believe that Damien was the Antichrist, though this may have been more due to the gravity of the situation.
Brennan[]
Brennan and Bugenhagen knew one another, since Brennan told him all the story and details of the birth of the Antichrist, and Bugenhagen was slightly saddened when he discovered that Brennan was dead.
Joan Hart[]
Bugenhagen found Hart to be a nuisance, especially in mixed company.
Trivia[]
- Bugenhagen is the only character to appear in more than one of the original Omen films and be portrayed by the same actor.