Fyvush Finkel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1922
- Died
- August 14, 2016 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 television and came to the attention of producer David E. Kelley, who cast him in two of his successful series: Picket Fences and Boston Public, the former earning him an Emmy (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) in 1994. After Boston Public was cancelled in 2004 he returned to the theatres of New York, eventually retiring after the conclusion of the production of New Jerusalem in 2007. He passed away at his home in New York at the age of 93 due to heart problems.
Known For
Filmography
Game Day
Movie · as Max
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Movie · as Self
Deli Man
Movie · as Self
The Other Men in Black
Movie · as Moshe
Harry's Law
TV · as Abe Gold · 1 ep
Blue Bloods
TV · as Moishe · 1 ep
A Serious Man
Movie · as Dybbuk?
The Jewish Americans
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Movie · as Self
The Wedding Bells
TV · as Saul Finkelstein · 1 ep
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Movie · as Self
The Crew
Movie · as Sol Lowenstein
Boston Public
TV · as Harvey Lipschultz · 81 eps
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Movie · as Hearing Aid (voice)
Fantasy Island
TV · as Fisher · 13 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps
A Rugrats Chanukah
Movie · as Shlomo (voice)
Early Edition
TV · as Phil Kazakian · 2 eps
Nixon
Movie · as Murray Chotiner
The Real Shlemiel
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chicago Hope
TV · as Douglas Wambaugh · 1 ep
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
TV · as Jackie the Shtickman (voice) · 1 ep
For Love or Money
Movie · as Milton Glickman
The Pickle
Movie · as Mr. Shacknoff
Picket Fences
TV · as Douglas Wambaugh · 87 eps
Mobsters
Movie · as Tailor
Q & A
Movie · as Preston Pearlstein
The Simpsons
TV · as Fyvush Finkel (voice) · 1 ep
Off Beat
Movie · as Vendor
Seize the Day
Movie · as Shomier
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Movie · as Mr. Greenblatt
Evergreen
TV · as Peddler · 1 ep