Fyvush Finkel

Film & TV

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

Known for

• Game Day — Max2019
• If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast — Self2017
• Deli Man — Self2015
• The Other Men in Black — Moshe2013
• Harry's Law — Abe Gold2011
• Blue Bloods — Moishe2010
• A Serious Man — Dybbuk?2009
• The Jewish Americans — Self2008
• Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women — Self2007
• The Wedding Bells — Saul Finkelstein2007

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1922-10-09

Active to

2016-08-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

93

Total plays

300

Philip "Fyvush" Finkel (Yiddish: פֿײַוויש פֿינקעל‎; October 9, 1922 – August 14, 2016) was an American actor known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series Picket Fences, for which he earned an Emmy Award for Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1994. He is also known for his portrayal of Harvey Lipschultz, a crotchety history teacher, on the television series Boston Public. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fyvush+Finkel">Rea

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Philip

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Brooklyn

Place of death

Manhattan

Occupation

actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Award

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Image

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