Fyvush Finkel
Birthday
1922/10/09
Day of death
2016/08/14 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Fyvish Finkle , Philip Finkel, Fivush Finkel
Biography
Fyvush Finkel, born Philip Finkel, was an American actor from New York City, the son of Jewish immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. His career began in the Yiddish theatres of Manhattan where his talent for peppering his singing with comedic inflections gained him notoriety and consistent casting for over thirty years. He finally made his Broadway debut in 1964 as a member of the original production of Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha the innkeeper. During the 1990s he began working in tel...Read more
Acting
(1995) Nixon
as Murray Chotiner
(1993) For Love or Money
as Milton Glickman
(1993) The Pickle
as Mr. Shacknoff
(1986) Off Beat
as Vendor
(1986) Seize the Day
as Shomier
(1990) Q & A
as Preston Pearlstein
(2007) Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self
(1992) Picket Fences: Pilot
as Douglas Wambaugh
(1986) Brighton Beach Memoirs
as Mr. Greenblatt
(2009) A Serious Man
as Dybbuk?
(2017) If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
(1998) The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Hearing Aid (voice)
(1995) Aaron’s Magic Village
as Narrator (voice)
(2015) Deli Man
as Himself
(1996) A Rugrats Chanukah
as Shlomo (voice)
(2000) Boston Public
as Harvey Lipschultz
(1998) Fantasy Island
as Fisher
(1989) The Simpsons
as Fyvush Finkel (voice)
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(2010) Blue Bloods
as Moishe
(1994) Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Jackie the Shtickman (voice)
(1992) Picket Fences
as Douglas Wambaugh
(2008) The Jewish Americans
as Self